Posted on 02/01/2010 4:35:08 PM PST by smokingfrog
Taipei - Hong Kong director John Woo plans to make a film about The Flying Tigers, the US volunteer group which helped China fight against Japan during World War II, a newspaper said Monday. The China Times, quoting an unnamed source, said Wu plans to spend 150 million US dollars on making the film to recall how The Flying Tigers helped the Chinese Air Force transport arms and supplies during WWII.
Animation of the film will be made in the United States, indoor scenes will be shot in Taiwan, and outdoor actions will be filmed in China, it noted.
Top picks for the leading role, General Chennault, include Tom Cruise and John Travolta.
Half of the budget will be used on recreating the warships and warplanes of the WWII era, the paper reported.
Taiwan's Defence Ministry on Monday admitted it has helped Wu gather material for the film, but denied it will contribute to financing the film.
(Excerpt) Read more at earthtimes.org ...
How about someone like Chris Cooper as Chennault? Flyboys and heroes are not always pretty boys. I met Pappy Boyington once and his face looked like an old baseball glove.
Sorry everybody else I think Travolta just might pull off the acting bit.
He looks like a tough old bird.
Top picks for the leading role, General Chennault, include Tom Cruise and John Travolta.Better hand out airsick bags.
I wonder how many flying P-40 warhawks are still out there?
Harry Dexter White in the Treasury Department played a key role in sabotaging U.S. economic aid to the Nationalists, as even his friendly biographer admits.In a December 9, 1944 memo to Treasury Secretary Morgenthau, White wrote, "We have stalled as much as we have dared and have succeeded in limiting gold shipments to $26 million during the past year. We think it would be a serious mistake to permit further large shipments at this time." The U.S. government had made a commitment to Chiang in writing to supply $200 million in gold to curb inflation in Nationalist China. White's policy prevented the shipment until it was too late to be effective in stemming the inflation, a contributing factor to loss of American confidence in Chiang and thus to Chiang's defeat.
White also supported the propaganda line favorable to the Communists. Reporting to Morgenthau on the Dixie Mission on October 16, 1944, White wrote that the interests of the Chinese Communist Party "do not run counter to those of the United States in the foreseeable future and merit a sympathetic and friendly attitude on our part."
With White, unlike the China Hands, there is evidence that he was involved in Communist groups. Both Elizabeth Bentley and Whittaker Chambers named White as a member of Communist cells, the Silvermaster and Ware groups respectively . . . more
Thanks for that info. I have read about half of it and will read the rest later.
Crap..ruin a good movie without even breaking a sweat.
Harrison Ford would be better choice, since he and Chennault would be closer in age. Or Maybe Chris Cooper.
Say NO to metro sexuals playing US military heros.
Chiang was a commie?...
Do tell please.
There are a few flying P-40s out there. There are only one or two of the P-40 Tomahawks flying. For those who would like to see one flying in Flying Tiger markings a link is at this website:
Click on link that says
P-40 Tomahawk Flight Video
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