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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: Shuckins on May 09, 2006, 04:37:38 PM
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The Boss Lady of three of the juvenile units in our system has given me permission to draw up a list of educational movies or videos in order to start a film library at our camp.
The companies that specialize in this type of film usually charge out the wazoo for their goods; $29.95 being the average price for a vcr tape.
I intend to bypass that system as much as possible and order from on-line sites in order to cut the costs.
I already have a fair number of historical films in mind, since that is the field of my major. Films that teach character and a sense of duty or are literary classics, such as: Sergeant York, True Grit, The Odyssey, etc.
Where I could use some help is getting suggestions from any of you who might have something to recommend that I haven't thought of. So any work that you can think of that fills the bill please post it here. It can be in fields other than history as well; American and English literature and math.
Bear in mind, please, that the kids we teach are between the ages of 13 and 17, with varying degrees of academic talent; some being nearly illiterate while others perform at a post-high school level.
Appreciate your help:
Regards, Shuckins
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March of the Penguins
Excellent documentary; Appropriate for all ages.
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The Great Raid
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Hart's War (underrated IMNSHO)
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Thanks MT...I had forgotten about those two.
March of the Penguins? Never seen it. Would our thugs be turned off by it? They don't take too well to "cute" films.
Regards, Shuckins
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pfft. "The Great Escape"
cant go wrong with "sticking it to the man" films
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Originally posted by Shuckins
March of the Penguins? Never seen it. Would our thugs be turned off by it? They don't take too well to "cute" films.
Regards, Shuckins
I wouldn't call March of the Penguins a 'cute' movie...it's a movie about hardship and endurance on both the part of the penguins and of the scientists.
But there is also Tora! Tora! Tora!
Another movie you may not have heard about is "Trinity and Beyond"
follow this link for info (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0114728/)
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Good Night and Good Luck
The Jack Bull
Memphis Belle
Rabbit-Proof Fence
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Apollo 13.. Gawd.. that movie rocked.
Cosmos series.
Nova series.
This old house? Maybe instill some vocational skills?
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On The Beach
High Noon
Hotel Rwanda
Lawrence of Arabia
Mr Smith Goes to Washington
The Right Stuff
Spartacus (1960)
12 Angry Men
The Bridges at Toko Ri ("..where do we find such men?")
Four Feathers
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The Right Stuff would be a great movie for your kids...problem is getting them to sit through all four hours of it!!!
I'd also recommend "Big Fish", and "JFK"...
Maybe some Jack Johnson cd's too...
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Goooooooooooooooooooooooooooo od Morning Vietnam! :D
...yeah, I know, but I had to. :rolleyes:
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Wow...Four Feathers. Haven't seen that one in a while.
All good suggestions guys...thanks!
Regards, Shuckins
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Originally posted by xrtoronto
I wouldn't call March of the Penguins a 'cute' movie...it's a movie about hardship and endurance on both the part of the penguins and of the scientists.
But there is also Tora! Tora! Tora!
Another movie you may not have heard about is "Trinity and Beyond"
follow this link for info (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0114728/)
Tora, Tora, Tora, is a good historical movie, but don't forget about Hellcats of the Navy - Midway - U-571 - Patton - and Run Silent, Run Deep.
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U-571 was AWFUL! haha...Heres another awful movie..."Strawberry gum? I AM THE GREATEST! I AM THE GREATEST"!
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Originally posted by cav58d
U-571 was AWFUL! haha...Heres another awful movie..."Strawberry gum? I AM THE GREATEST! I AM THE GREATEST"!
It might have been awful, but its based on fact.
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Red Dawn
As a kid my dad sat me and my brother down and told us to "pay attention, this could happen"
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check out 'second hand lions'
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Originally posted by dmf
It might have been awful, but its based on fact.
Oooh, that's gonna cost her! Judges? :p
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The Outsiders
Rumble Fish
Of Mice and Men
Star Chamber
Shane and Old Yella (yeah I know but teaches great lessons)
Military minded movies:
Taps
Field of stones (may be a little too much language)
One suggestion is to visit your local library and see what movies they have for check out. Normally they will have a large selection of educational films that will give you an idea of what to look for.
As to getting them....any flea market should have a good variety. Also Ebay is worth checking out.
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To Hell & Back
Hell in the Pacific
Battlezone
The Red Badge of Courage
The Train
Is Paris Burning? (Documentary)
Pursuit of the Graf Spee
Flight of the Phoenix
Murphy's War
The Wild Geese
The Magnificent Seven
Treasure of the Sierra Madre
Ten Little Indians
North by Northwest
The Black Shield of Falworth
El Cid
Mysterious Island
Clash of the Titans
The Incredible Shrinking Man
The Time Machine (original version)
The Man who would be King
Twilight for the Gods
Green Mansions
The Savage Innocents
The Naked Prey
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If you want movies in general get the Pink Panther cartoons, Titanic, Brother Bear, Charlates web, Bugs Bunny ( any movie with Bugs bunny in it :) ) Animaniacs series. I can go on forever about my cartoons :)
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Classic cartoons are becoming a lost art. They should be included for sure.
Les
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Originally posted by dmf
It might have been awful, but its based on fact.
Uh, no....it's not. It even says so in the closing credits.
Now, for movie suggestions:
The Right Stuff
When a Man Loves a Woman (suck film, but it's a good teaching tool about alcohol abuse)
Blackhawk Down
Something The Lord Made
The Tuskegee Airmen
The Siege of Firebase Gloria
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http://www.iwm.org.uk/upload/package/10/enigma/enigma12.htm
the British captured the first enigma Machine from U-110
and the 1 month later captured a 2nd from the german weather ship Lauenberg
by the way U-571 was Crap
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Das Boot, directors cut (Available in English)
The Bridge on the River Kwai
A Bridge Too Far
Doctor Strangelove (Peter Sellers at his best)
HBOs "Band of Brothers"
Excaliber (1982)
Waterloo
The Outlaw Josey Wales
She Wore A Yellow Ribbon
Just a few off the top of my head...
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Broke Back Mountain
What? What?
:rofl
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Originally posted by Squire
Das Boot, directors cut (Available in English)
IMHO, the German version with English sub-titles is better. ;)
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Films that teach character and a sense of duty
it may not seem like it to some, but if you really watch the film you'll see the struggle with this exact thing.
Remains of the Day.
a butler for a englishman who was a nazi sympathizer during WWII. i think it is an amazing move though maybe too slow moving for teenagers.
also i have not seen mentioned:
Downfall (simply amazing movie)
Max (underrated yet really shows a glimpse into the nazi brainwashing)
Enemy at the Gates has a struggle with duty and honor (though some say the movie is completely no-historic)
Platoon
Dark Blue World
Wall Street is a great example of the struggle between right and wrong.
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Old guy next door when I was a kid was in the Merchant Marine.. Murmask Convoy veteran, North Atlantic Convoy veteran. Survived two sinkings by Uboat, one in the Carribean, the other off New Jersey. Musta taken a heluva lot of courage to walk up the gangway of another ship after going into the water twice before..
After that, was assigined to Atlantic Convoy and from there, Murmask. Lost all the fingers on his left hand, had no toes on either foot after the Murmask run.
Stuff he told me scared the living crap outta me.
Grew up, found out it was true.
Wonder why there's no movies about what those guys endured.. kinda leaves any small shred of sympathy for a Uboat crew totally flat.
Couldn't wait for the crew in Das Boot to get sunk.
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Paths of Glory (1957, by Stanley Kubric)
Casualties of War (1989, by Brian De Palma)
Idi i smotri (1985, by Elem Klimov)
The Seventh Cross (1944, by Fred Zinnemann)
Bad Day at Black Rock (1955, by John Sturges)
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Debby Does Dallas.
Deep Throat.
Where the boys aren't.
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The Godfather (I,II and III)
Scarface
Goodfellas
New Jack City
Boyz N the Hood
Colors
Reservoir Dogs
Menace II Society
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12 angry men
ben hur
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Originally posted by dmf
It might have been awful, but its based on fact.
What fact, that there was a war and the German's used a coding machine called Enigma?
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Ok rpm I have to take your your word on that one I've never seen teh ending credits, I have been misinformed by the person that supposedly "knows" this stuff.
If its not historical, please scratch it from my list, the only fiction I like is scifi, and some scifi might not be fiction much longer.
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"Wonder why there's no movies about what those guys endured"
There is, "Action in the North Atlantic"....starring Bogart, Raymond Massey,
Alan Hale and many more recognizable faces. Sounds like your friend might have wrote the script. Great movie, tv guide usually gives it four stars.
mtndog
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Originally posted by Edbert1
What fact, that there was a war and the German's used a coding machine called Enigma?
You left out there was a lot of water and a submarine
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Glory
The Dawn Patrol
The Guns of Navarone
Schindler's List
Sergeant York
The Lost Battalion
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Gettysburg. Great Movie....two VCR tapes worth.
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Originally posted by mtndog
"Wonder why there's no movies about what those guys endured"
There is, "Action in the North Atlantic"....starring Bogart, Raymond Massey,
Alan Hale and many more recognizable faces. Sounds like your friend might have wrote the script. Great movie, tv guide usually gives it four stars.
mtndog
I think I saw that one once, isn't in black and white?
As far as my friend, he's usually pretty good about being correct about WW2, He seems pretty much into all that stuff. I'm more into just war movies, scifi, horror and really good comedy, and some good love movies.
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Originally posted by Shuckins
Films that teach character and a sense of duty or are literary classics,
K-19; Widowmaker. I watched it again last night for about the 4th time. excellent movie, good story
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Crash -- dominated 2006 Oscars as compelling study of communication and perceptions between various ethnic groups.
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check out "What the Bleep do we know" very educational and thought provoking is regard to science.
Cool stuff
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Originally posted by Sandman
IMHO, the German version with English sub-titles is better. ;)
Who the **** would watch it dubbed?
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Originally posted by mora
Who the **** would watch it dubbed?
Americans that don't like to read. ;)
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Brokeback mount..uhhhh....heheh.....may be not.
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Suggestions (excuse me of they're mentioned already...didn't really read every last word of this thread);
Glory
Bridge on the River Kwai
Das Boot
Band of Brothers
Tuskeegee Airmen
Horatio Hornblower (BBC & Disc or History ch?) not historical, but
Master & Commander
HH and M&C are not historical in the strict sense, but I think would have a message you'd like to convey to the impressionable minds you refer to. Good Luck...maybe something'll rub off!
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Originally posted by Halo
Crash -- dominated 2006 Oscars as compelling study of communication and perceptions between various ethnic groups.
Just got CRASH this week and watched it Saturday night. Better movie than i was expecting. Not a great movie, but I would recommend it. Good social comment on racism from various different points of view.
I viewed it as racism often fueled by anger and frustration...not real racism at all...and effecting everyone.
It is contemporary and probably well accepted by "your group" Shuckins.