‘Pillocks! Dozens of ‘Em!’ – Snowflakes Try to Ban Screening of Zulu

Breitbart ^ | June 26, 2018 | James Delingpole

[M Kehoe]

Rule .308

5.56mm

[yarddog]

I forgot to mention that you had to tilt the barrel down too.

[Sans-Culotte]

I met Donald Morris about 15-20 years ago, and he signed my copy of The Washing of the Spears. We talked a little about his days as a conservative opinion columnist with the Houston Post before it became liberal fish-wrap. He said they had an editorial page second to none before the paper was sold.

Another good book on the 1879 Zulu War that included info I never saw elsewhere is Like Lions They Fought by Robert Edgerton. He mentioned that surviving Zulus knew they would lose the war after Isandlhwana. The disciplined way the British fired in volley was something they had no answer for.

[Chainmail]

Two different battles: Zulu Dawn is about the Battle of Isandlwana and Zulu is about the Battle of Rouke’s Drift.

[elcid1970]

My favorite moment was when they struck up “Men of Harlech”.

The final charge was almost anticlimactic as Fusiliers mowed down Zulus with rolling steady fire in three ranks.

[BenLurkin]

Roarkes Drift was a supply depot. They were sitting on boxes and boxes of ammo.

(These were the same type of impractical ammo boxes that hindered the troops at Islwanda which required a special tool to open. Troops in combat had to resort to prying them open with bayonets. (Which is shown briefly in the “Men of Harlech” song clip posted above.)

[Liz]

Michael Caine was so handsome in that movie.

[BlueLancer]

I've read both "The Washing of Spears" and "Like Lions They Fought" ... however, my favorite two books on Isandlhwana and Rorke's Drift were written by Colonel Mike Snook ...

and

[BenLurkin]

Yes two different battles. Portrayed in two different ways. Zulu is a vastly superior motion picture because it is a dramatization rather than an attempt to tell history.

There was no drunk preacher present and no hot daughter. The character portrayed by Jack Hawkins was based loosely on a person who had left earlier. The real Private Hook was not an insubordinate slacker.

Another, small, detail serves as an example. Helmets in Zulu are gleaming white. In actuality, British troops had already taken to staining their helmets khaki as is portrayed in Zulu Dawn.

[miss marmelstein]

One of my favorite movies! I saw it at the theater as a little girl because my mom’s grandfather fought with the British in South Africa and the Sudan. One of the finest scores of any movie! Then I saw it when Martin Scorsese showed it at Radio City Music Hall in the 80s!

Tonight, I’m taking out the DVD. To hell with SJWs!

[Bonemaker]

Reminds me of Ruger single shots. Swiss watches.

[vetvetdoug]

It’s one of my favorite movies. In 1977 it showed at the Student Union Center at UT Knoxville. On one side of the theater sat the whites and on the other the blacks. When the screen showed the whites getting wounded or killed, the blacks cheered, when the blacks were getting mowed down the whites cheered. There was some tension until one black stood up and said that the King made a major error with his attacks, he said “if the King had sent the female warriors against the British they’d been destroyed in a few minutes; there is nothing meaner than a bunch of N..... bitches!” There was little animosity showed after the show as both sides left together laughing.

[miss marmelstein]

Wow, Liz! You’re right. A Cockney playing a posh officer.

[Liz]

He became a star after ZULU......we woman demanded to see more of him. Of course he was sensational as the cad, Alfie.

My fave Michael Caine movie is Gambit....his first Hollywood film where he co-stars with Shirley MacClaine. She asked for him as a co-star.

He has said Shirley pulled out all the stops to introduce him to the PTB....even held a party for him.

[Eepsy]

Private Hook was portrayed very differently then the real person. He was the hospital cook, not a patient, and never touched booze. His family was very upset by the film.

[apocalypto]

I agree. One of my favorite movies.

[KC Burke]

thanks

[miss marmelstein]

Gambit! I saw that in the theater with my father and brother and loved it. Michael Caine was a handsome man in his younger years. He also became a very brilliant actor.

[Liz]

Caine’s part in Gambit showed him to be an excellent actor.

First acting the suave sophisticate.......then reverting to the con artist.

[alexander_busek]

Never did understand why the Zulu’s just didn’t over run the position with sheer numbers.

Then you must have missed the last five minutes of the film - which are simply awesome! And perfectly explain why they didn't simply overrun them with sheer numbers.

Regards,