Posted on 06/27/2018 7:18:16 AM PDT by C19fan
What I meant was that his roles contained more range than some of his earlier roles, barring perhaps Alfie. He was always a good actor. Stole all of Terence Stamp’s stage roles.
Yes, Caine’s acting roles were certainly challenging......but he still came across the screen as the quintessential star.
It is said Clark Gable had that ability....to play a role.....any role....but still be seen as Clark Gable.
Redoubt party! Fire! Volley by ranks! Front rank, fire! Second rank, fire! Third rank, fire!
No, I’ve seen the movie. Zulus should have won the battle.
So the movie showcases the Zulu courage and honor. Yeah, gotta protests that because a few white guys survive in the end.
The zulu could have probably eventually overwhelmed the British with their numbers, as you say. But this is a society that, unlike the British, can't use conscription to replenish their ranks. The warriors are members of their tribe, and when they are all gone, there are no more. The cost had been devastating to that point, it would have taken many more lives to finally bust through the volley of fire. At some point, if you're a Zulu chief or general or whatever, you have to ask yourself "is it worth losing my whole army to take this little outpost? My brothers and my sons? For this place?"
You might just say "keep it" and walk away.
Cpl. William Allen: Heave! Put a bit more weight on that rope, you men!
Pvt. John Williams: He’s even got a voice like a corporal!
Pvt. Fred Hitch: Yeah, sort of like a female hippopotamus in labor.
Bromhead: If 1200 men couldn’t hold a defensive position this morning, what chance have we with 100?
Lieutenant John Chard: The army doesn’t like more than one disaster in a day.
Bromhead: Looks bad in the newspapers and upsets civilians at their breakfast.
Lieutenant Gonville Bromhead: Sixty! We dropped at least 60, wouldn’t you say?
Adendorff: That leaves only 3,940.
Bromhead: Fire at will!
Pte. Owen: That’s very nice of him.
Lieutenant John Chard: [the Zulus are chanting before their final charge] Do you think the Welsh can’t do better than that, Owen?
Pte. Owen: Well, they’ve got a very good bass section, mind, but no top tenors, that’s for sure
Lt. John Chard: If it’s a miracle, Colour Sergeant, it’s a short-chambered, Boxer-Henry .45 calibre miracle.
Color Sgt. Bourne: And a bayonet, sir. With some guts behind it.
[Bourne calls the roll after the battle]
Colour Sergeant Bourne: Hitch... Hitch, I saw you. You’re alive.
Pte. Fred Hitch: I am? Oh, thanks very much.
Hill 937?
Likely why leftists hate it. That, and it does not end with the white devils all slaughtered.
He was also in Rudyard Kipling The King and I ,wasn’t he?
I don’t recall the character of Rudyard Kipling in The King and I, unfortunately.
Thank you for the info.
Agreed. Little known fact: the regiment was Welsh but that particular battalion was raised on the English/Welsh border and the majority of the soldiers were English.
Nope, I’m wrong. King and I was the musical about the king of Siam . I’m thinking of Kipling story about two adventurers conning the Afghans into believing they were divine rulers.
“The Man Who Would Be King”
It was The Man Who Would be King. Caine played one of the main characters but not Kipling; that was Christopher Plummer, I think.
That sure is a fancy Martini-Henry Rifle. Mine is a Mark IV that came from the Nepal Armory in good-excellent condition. The only drawback is the ammunition. 20 rounds costs between $100-175 depending upon the brass from Buffalo Arms Ammo. It shoots straight though especially with the sights that are adjustable.
It does look like the deluxe version. Worked at the Drift.
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