syscom3
Pacific Historian
Oliver Stone was a Vietnam War infantryman who saw plenty of action.
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.....and you have to remember that the people who produce this stuff have never left their comfey chairs, nor had a single bullet fired at them.....
However the best has to go to the undubbed Das Boot. It kept me on edge for the entire film which is incredible considering its length.
syscom3
Correct....I should have said the majority of those who make these movies. I can't think of another one?
The great director, John Ford was at Omaha beach
actors:
Eddie Albert was at Tarawa
Jimmy Stewart flew B-17's
Jimmy Stewert flew B24's, and was a B47 pilot in SAC. He even flew a sortie over Vietnam in a B52 as an observer.
The great director, John Ford was at Omaha beach
After watching Private Ryan I was wondering what would be the next most realistic war movie? Any thoughts? And before I get slammed about how inaccurate the movie was (yes I know about the Mustangs at the end) I thought it was better researched than other movies I've seen .. like... Pearl harbor...GAK!
Tora! Tora! Tora! Very historically accurate. I know that the B-17s were Gs and the Jap carriers were American in the launch scenes, but the history was right on.
Weren't most of the Zeros converted T5s as well? I do know one scene, where a taxing P40 gets hit, the detonation went wrong, and it veered way off course. So the extras aren't acting, they really are running for their lives
Edited to add
There is a bit in Pearl Harbour where a Kate gunner is waving at nearby children to get them out of the way. That bit has always struck me as unrealistic; would Japanese airmen have done such a thing?
I do know one scene, where a taxing P40 gets hit, the detonation went wrong, and it veered way off course. So the extras aren't acting, they really are running for their lives
That's pretty interesting, I never heard that before. To me ,that's some of the most interesting history about a movie. What really happened while it was being made. I read an article about the movie "The Fugitive" starring Harrison Ford and the scene where they staged the train wreck...Those weren't models but the real thing! The production company found out it was cheaper to buy real ( retired ) locomotives and wreck them than to have a model scene fabricated. Another interesting tidbit... After the wreck when Harrison Ford looks up from under the bridge... In the original film there was a man looking back down at him. Trouble was no one knows who he was. He wasn't a member of the cast or crew and he wasn't seen afterwards. Now that's weird!
To me ,that's some of the most interesting history about a movie. What really happened while it was being made.