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Posted on 08/31/2006 8:45:18 PM PDT by Hal1950
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posted on
08/31/2006 8:45:20 PM PDT
by
Hal1950
To: Hal1950
This is also one on my all-time faves. Paul Brickhill was also the author of a novel about escape from a German prison camp - I believe it was called The Vaulting Horse.
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posted on
08/31/2006 8:48:50 PM PDT
by
ConorMacNessa
(HM/2 USN, 3rd Bn. 5th Marines, RVN 1969. St. Michael the Archangel defend us in battle!)
To: Hal1950
good movie
hollywood will ruin it in the remake
To: Hal1950
I have seen the History Channel program on this. It is amazing. The movie version might get me to the theater...and that doesn't happen often these days.
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posted on
08/31/2006 8:49:28 PM PDT
by
goldfinch
To: flashbunny
Hollywood will ruin it in the remake Yup, Hollywood will make this into an example of the war crimes of the British people.
When they destroyed the damns, thousands of "innocent civilians" were killed.
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posted on
08/31/2006 8:52:27 PM PDT
by
Hunble
(Why?)
To: Hal1950
Yep, H'weird will definitely take liberal license in the remake.
To: lilylangtree
Its Peter Jackson, i have a feeling it will be alright.
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posted on
08/31/2006 8:54:34 PM PDT
by
aft_lizard
(born conservative...I chose to be a republican)
To: Hal1950
If I remember right, wasn't this the bomb with a surface similar to a golf ball, which allowed the bomb to skip across the water? I think there was a documentary, PBS Nova maybe, about the story. Really interesting stuff.
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posted on
08/31/2006 8:55:14 PM PDT
by
macamadamia
("You've been ruining everybody's lives and eating all our steak!")
To: aft_lizard
He is a very good director.
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posted on
08/31/2006 8:56:02 PM PDT
by
pcottraux
(It's pronounced "P. Coe-troe.")
To: macamadamia
You have it - I never saw the PBS documentary, but the original movie is a classic.
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posted on
08/31/2006 8:56:28 PM PDT
by
ConorMacNessa
(HM/2 USN, 3rd Bn. 5th Marines, RVN 1969. St. Michael the Archangel defend us in battle!)
To: All; Hal1950
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posted on
08/31/2006 8:57:39 PM PDT
by
ALOHA RONNIE
("ALOHA RONNIE" Guyer/Veteran-"WE WERE SOLDIERS" Battle of IA DRANG-1965 http://www.lzxray.comr)
To: Hal1950
Geez, Jackson, enough with the remakes already. Didn't you learn your lesson with King Kong?
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posted on
08/31/2006 8:59:41 PM PDT
by
Jhensy
To: Jhensy
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posted on
08/31/2006 9:01:05 PM PDT
by
pcottraux
(It's pronounced "P. Coe-troe.")
To: ConorMacNessa
Wasn't Brickhill's book the basis for The Great Escape ?
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posted on
08/31/2006 9:01:16 PM PDT
by
JennysCool
(Roll out the Canarble Wagon!)
To: macamadamia; Hal1950
If I remember right, wasn't this the bomb with a surface similar to a golf ball, which allowed the bomb to skip across the water? I think there was a documentary, PBS Nova maybe, about the story. Really interesting stuff.No, it was cylindrical, and was launched from the plane with reverse/backwards spin which allowed it to skip across the water, but then dive down when in proximity to the dam.
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posted on
08/31/2006 9:02:59 PM PDT
by
tarheelswamprat
(You can kill all the orcs you want but ya gotta take the ring to Mordor to end it...)
To: Jhensy
We need a Peter Jackson Hobbit.
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posted on
08/31/2006 9:03:09 PM PDT
by
sine_nomine
(American is a great country: 20 million illegals can't be wrong. So build that wall, Mr. Bush.)
To: flashbunny
good movie hollywood will ruin it in the remakeLet me guess....Two guys in love with the same beautiful girl....Seen it!
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posted on
08/31/2006 9:05:35 PM PDT
by
Onelifetogive
(* Sarcasm tag ALWAYS required. For some Freepers, sarcasm can NEVER be obvious enough.)
To: JennysCool
That's another book, also called The Great Escape. It was a true story, only slightly altered in the movie - the American characters were fictional.
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posted on
08/31/2006 9:07:42 PM PDT
by
ConorMacNessa
(HM/2 USN, 3rd Bn. 5th Marines, RVN 1969. St. Michael the Archangel defend us in battle!)
To: Hal1950
Didnt they have those round bombs?
I remember watching that on TV when I was very small.
I'd probably go see it.
To: ConorMacNessa
The original sounds intriguing but for a remake Peter Jackson as director seems an odd fit.
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posted on
08/31/2006 9:09:40 PM PDT
by
macamadamia
("You've been ruining everybody's lives and eating all our steak!")
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