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The trailer for Merry christmas made me very excited. Is the movie going into theatres or strait to DVD/video??
Also recently at my church in Pasadena (Near Los Angeles) They filmed a segment of a WW1 Hospital scene. It was awsome, They tore up the walls and added tile.I should have taken a photo to puton the forum. Then They cleaned up nice and repainted it as before. SupposedlyGeorge Cloony is in it. Anyone know what movie in development was filmed here?
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| hypersonic1 hat folgendes geschrieben: | | The trailer for Merry christmas made me very excited. Is the movie going into theatres or strait to DVD/video?? |
It's already in the theatres in Germany
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Hm, as far as I know there's only one Great War themed movie under production at the moment. Something about an American fighter squadron in 1917/18. I cannot recall the title, but I'm sure it's not with George Clooney.
[Editiert von Parabellum am 22.Dec.2005 um 11:37]
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After consulting the Internet Movie Database, the only movie with George Clooney in production right now is "The Good German", but it is set in Berlin shortly after WWII.
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there is already a topic abou the movie
gunny
p.s.: you can find the official site and information al there
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Yeah but this was also a double question and i didnt want to spam on the other thread.... so istarted a new one.
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:p , well actually this is the third thread about this movie , seems to be worth to see 
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I have a question about a movie I saw a long time ago and have not seen since. Maybe you might know. It would be nice to add it to my collection.
It was a WWI movie probably made between 1931 to 1941 (based on the cinimatography and dialogs). It was probably a Brittish production although it might have been American.
Story was about a wounded soldier, lost in desert setting (behind enemy lines). He finds an out of the way hotel where he is given help by the people there. A german field commander in charge of a small force then shows up. As the field commander and his staff decide to stay in the hotel the soldier tries to "spy" on the germans by pretending he was one of the hotel workers. That is about all I can remember now other than the fact it was a good movie, more intrigue than battle action.
Anyone know of this movie or the title?
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Doesn't say a thing to me. I tought a moment you meant The English Patient , but if i can remember it's something totally different.
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You probably mean "Five Graves to Cairo", directed by Billy Wilder. This was made 1942 and based on a WWI story, but played in WWII of course.
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I thought the same thing too Bratskos Di Mola, then I found out the same thing too heh.
Jagdpanther you might be right. I do remember it being a WWI story, but somehow remember the uniforms looked more like WWII in my thoughts. I did remember the lighting, sound quality and dialog appeared to be an earlier film, but the war was on so they were probably using surplus equipment. Now to see if I can find it.
Thank you for responding to my posts.
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How could you forget Charlie Chaplin’s Shoulder Arms? It’s a very funny movie and I warmly recommend it to all. There’s a part, where the main character (a doughboy played by Chaplin) receives a package from home and inside he founds some Limburger cheese that cause him to wear his gasmask. Then he throws the cheese to the German lines and it hits the German officer in the face and all the soldiers near him wear their gasmasks too and run off.
[Edited by Smyrnov at 25.Jan.2006 and 11:58]
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Seems to be a funny movie to me
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Yes it is. And the Kaiser appears there as well!
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NIce!!!
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I just went and saw Merry Christmas and thought it was a very good movie. Unfortunately they only show it at one theater here (just because it's close to the only WW1 national monument in the US) but I thought the movie was outstanding. I would've liked to have seen a little more combat, but I can't complain. Speaking of WWI movies, has anybody seen or know where to get the 1919 version of "The Lost Battalion"? I have the new movie but have been dying to see the original. Also, does anybody know of any movies with the American 82nd Div. besides "Sgt. York"? I'm in that division now and would just like to see them in action during the Great War.
-Hooah!
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Goodness, I think they just stopped shoing it around here. Dang, I missed the opportunity to see it. Well, a 45 minuite trip by train. D'you think it was worth it?
Autobus: 85 cents
Ticket: 3.87 US
Wandering for 2 hours to find theater (estimated)
Movie Ticket: 8.59 US
Return ticket: 3.87 US
Autobus: 85 cents
Just to see that movie, would use up a whole day, but I really wanted to see it.
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If you were in Belgium it would all cost you a lot more , counting the Euro course. the Movies are expensive as hell here.
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For an A-Class movie? €7.50. A B-Class movie is about €6. Counting that a euro is about 1,3 dollar...
And I even haven't counted the price of the food in it  Yes, it is expensive as hell 
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I dont suppose you guys do what cheap and poor americans do. Sneak food in a multi pocketed jacket. The thing is, if I was in Belgium, i'd be a tourist so obviously, i'd be paying that much to get in. Mostly because I wouldnt know how to convert from euro to dollar too well.
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| Col. Fokkhof hat folgendes geschrieben: | For an A-Class movie? €7.50. A B-Class movie is about €6. Counting that a euro is about 1,3 dollar...
And I even haven't counted the price of the food in it Yes, it is expensive as hell |
No kidding , last movie I payed was even 8 euros , bastards .... Food is always around 4 - 8 euro's and then the fast-food afterwarths is like 7 euro's. Then when you go to a party afterwarths and the day after that , you're able to loose 50 euro's in two days just like I did
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Wow I am taking a girl out Fri night for the opening of Pirates of the Carribean 2 tickets are about $8 per person plus the food and drinks. That at least $30 right there. And Hollywood wonders why movies dont do so well at theaters any more and better on DVD.
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I'm just curious. Where do european films come from? Do you out there in Europe have a hollywood and get US made movies as well?
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We get Hollywood movies in our commercial cinema's filled up with some other stuff , in more alternative cinema's you can see some higher culture movies wich are mostly of own breed and neighbours.
A second hollywood doesn't exist really over here. Somebody just makes films , no big buisness over here, tough our products are believed to be a lot better then imported stuff.
Because they don't make big money out of it , neither invest big money in it, the producement isn't that big.
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That just means they spend more time on creating and writing a better movie than hollywood's idea of big special effects automaticly equals good movie.
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Well yes. The story behind the movies are much better in European films. And not only our big neighbours France, Germany and the UK make good films. Belgium has produced quite some movies itself - I saw several of them, and they were very good, I prefer them above the hollywood ones. "De Zaak Alzheimer" for example was a very good one, or "L'Enfant". Wasn't "Une longue dimanche de fiançailles" a European movie too? They were produced in the period hollywood began to produce crappy films only; after Lord of the Rings III I saw no good American movie anymore... Actually this is positive, European movies have more chance for a breaktrough then
| Zitat: | | Because they don't make big money out of it , neither invest big money in it, the producement isn't that big. |
Jup, totally correct. And I hope it stays like this.
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It's just that the American and European movie cultures are growing more and more apart. Hollywood has the American mindset, Europe has the European mindset... The American audience goes to the movies expecting to see excitement and to be thrilled, to be bombarded with special effects and epical soundtracks, ofcourse at the cost of originality. American movies seem to be ridden with clichés that are, sometimes, ridiculous (bombs with timers that count down in big red digits, weapons making a cocking sound when they're drawn, a clear difference between the side of the 'good guys' and the 'bad guys', etc). Ofcourse the general opinion on this is that "it's just a movie", meaning little details and complicated plots that will only be understood by half the audience can be expended on the behalf of the movie's allround "funfactor". American movies typically have more memorable scenes and badass actors than european movies. Think Scarface, Indiana Jones, and Fight Club. Movies are unrealistic, but it feels good and they're fun to watch and talk about.
European movies, on the other hand, don't have the money or intention to pay for famous actors and special effects, but their idea of a movie is portraying an intense story that looks grim and realistic, portraying the good and bad sides of every character without generalisations, without being obliged to make the audience "feel good" by incorporating a 'happy end' (god how I hate those ). Watching a european movie is like reading a book, it can be quite boring during some parts, but it gives you lots of thought afterwards and you really feel like you've learned something new when you're finished. And I'm not talking about learning what the movie dictates you to think, but I have a feeling that european movies leave alot more room for interpretation than their American counterparts. Prime examples of European movies are All Quiet On The Western Front, Der Untergang, Das Experiment (watch this one  ), De Tweeling. I was really looking forward to that Rohtenburg movie, but AFAIK that damn cannibal sued its makers from his cell and made them cancel it.
Talking about war movies, I really liked The Lost Battalion because it's the only good and modern WW1 movie around these parts. But ofcourse you can cleary see why it's an American movie, as demonstrated by the way the Americans quickly but efficiently slaughter the Germans in close combat (tripping them over their shoulders, taking their lugers and blasting them with it, almost surpassing Agent Smith ), and how the (badassedly portrayed) American prisoner refuses the noble Prussian German commander's (because all German commanders are noble Prussian Rommel types ) cigarette (even though it wasn't widely known that smoking was a "bad habit" as the prisoner, again, badassedly said) and so on and so forth. But hey, it was an exciting movie and it kept me hooked to the screen for 90 minutes. That's the strength of Hollywood...
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I haven't seen the Lost Battalion yet. I couldn't find it in France. However, talking about WW1 movie, Deathwatch was an excellent one.
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http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0020629/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078753/
The only "All Quiet on the Western Front" movies i know are both american.
[Edited by Badger[Fr] at 07.Jul.2006 and 21:49]
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| Badger[Fr] hat folgendes geschrieben: | I haven't seen the Lost Battalion yet. I couldn't find it in France. However, talking about WW1 movie, Deathwatch was an excellent one.
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http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0020629/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078753/
The only "All Quiet on the Western Front" movies i know are both american.
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Oh, you're right, ofcourse, I meant that other WW1 movie, La Grande Illusion. I mix those names up sometimes.
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don´t know..deathwatch is kind of weird (with that evil german and the strange ending) o.0
ok the atmosphere is cool (very dark and so) but the story is a bit confusing
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