A MOVIE TO MAKE AMERICA PROUD (Malkin on Willis' movie)

Michelle Malkin ^ | 11-27-05 | Michelle Malkin

[STARWISE]

The Sunday Times of London follows up on Bruce Willis' plans to make a film about the heroes of Deuce Four, based on the reporting of embedded journalist/blogger extraordinaire Michael Yon:

ANGERED by negative portrayals of the conflict in Iraq, Bruce Willis, the Hollywood star, is to make a pro-war film in which American soldiers will be depicted as brave fighters for freedom and democracy.

It will be based on the exploits of the heavily decorated members of Deuce Four, the 1st Battalion, 24th Infantry, which has spent the past year battling insurgents in the northern Iraqi town of Mosul.

Willis attended Deuce Four’s homecoming ball this month in Seattle, Washington, where the soldiers are on leave, along with Stephen Eads, the producer of Armageddon and The Sixth Sense.

The 50-year-old actor said that he was in talks about a film of “these guys who do what they are asked to for very little money to defend and fight for what they consider to be freedom”.

Unlike many Hollywood stars Willis supports the war and recently offered a $1m (about £583,000) bounty for the capture of any of Al-Qaeda’s most wanted leaders such as Osama Bin Laden, Ayman Al-Zawahiri or Abu Musab al- Zarqawi, its commander in Iraq. Willis visited the war zone with his rock and blues band, the Accelerators, in 2003.

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[Dustbunny]

I can't wait to see the movie. He is my favorite actor.

[Dustbunny]

Movies with Danny Glover? Are you thinking of Mel Gibson?

You are right, it was Mel Gibson. I also love Mel Gibson but would not spend a dime on a movie with Danny Glover in it or a vast number of other Hollywood RATS.

[rodguy911]

Willis is one of the good guys in Hollywood.

[fml]

I had a major crush on Willis in his first TV show, with Cybil Shephard...

Me too. Even bigger because the Bruce Willis I swooned over didn't do movies with Glover :}

[Lee'sGhost]

" . . .wring their hands that the "Republicans" and the "extreme right wing" have taken over the country"

worth the price of admission all by itself.

[sionnsar]

ping.....Deuce Four is stationed at Ft. Lewis, right?

Thanks to goodnewsswins for the ping!

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[wardaddy]

he started as a bartender in Manhattan didn't he?

[calrighty]

This is very good news! PING!

[cgk]

MALKIN PING!

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Michael Yon's blog is a must-read for everyone. Glad to see Michelle highlighting it again. He is the photographer who took this gripping picture while with the Deuce Four, which nearly everyone has seen:

[rightinthemiddle]

Thanks for the ping. (BTW...you have a great home page)

Wish there was a way we could forward this thread to Bruce Willis. Anybody have an idea?

[WildWeasel]

One suggestion..

Maybe Willis can get James Woods in the cast too.. I can see ultra smarty conservative James Woods ( MIT grad ) playing the role of a spy or high level general.

[cgk]

You're welcome, and thank YOU!

As soon as Bruce's website comes back online, he has contact info on it somewhere I believe... he's been "blogging" covering the war & the MSM & Michael Yon's writings, and has mentioned readers commenting on his site.

[princess leah]

could we get Bruce to run against Feinstein in 2006? Senator WIllis sounds pretty cool and we could use a pro-US troops senator from CAlifornia for a change!

[Cinnamon Girl]

Finally. How about Bruckheimer produces?

[rfreedom4u]

This is great news. Does anyone know what other celebrities are supporting the troops? It should be public knowledge so we can back them in their support.

Semper Fidelis!

[WildWeasel]

Oh yea, get the Rock to play a SSGT too.. Good role for him.

[rightinthemiddle]

Sent link to webmaster@brucewillis.com

Hasn't come back yet.

bruce@ and beedub@ did not work.

FYI

[CDB]

1st Battalion
24th Infantry
(Deuce Four)

Lineage and Honors Information as of 6 August 1996

1st Battalion
24th Infantry Lineage

Constituted 28 July 1866 in the Regular Army as Company A, 38th Infantry

Organized 1 October 1866 at Jefferson Barracks, Missouri

Consolidated 15 March 1869 with Company A, 41st Infantry (see ANNEX), and consolidated unit redesignated as Company A, 24th Infantry

(24th Infantry assigned 1 February 1947 to the 25th Infantry Division; relieved 1 August 1951 from assignment to the 25th Infantry Division)

Inactivated 1 October 1951 in Korea

Redesignated 16 August 1995 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 24th Infantry, assigned to the 25th Infantry Division, and activated at Fort Lewis, Washington (organic elements concurrently constituted and activated)

ANNEX

Constituted 28 July 1866 in the Regular Army as Company A, 41st Infantry

Organized 25 December 1866 at Baton Rouge, Louisiana

1st Battalion
24th Infantry Honors

Campaign Participation Credit

Indian Wars: * Comanches

War with Spain: * Santiago

Philippine Insurrection: * San Isidro; * Luzon 1900

World War II: * Northern Solomons; * Western Pacific

Korean War: * UN Defensive; * UN Offensive; * CCF Intervention; * First UN Counteroffensive; * CCF Spring Offensive; * UN Summer-Fall Offensive

Decorations

* Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation for MASAN-CHINJU


http://www.army.mil/cmh-pg/lineage/branches/inf/0024in001bn.htm

[cgk]

Looks like you sent it to the correct address:

Google cache of submit your site to his fan page.

[GOPCajunLady]

Count ME IN !! Boo-rah!!! ;-)