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Offline richardpate

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Re: Wind and the Lion
« Reply #45 on: May 29, 2010, 08:01:20 PM »
 :)  I am prejudiced but I love it.  I was just arriving at Rota, Spain for duty and just barely missed being an extra.  Almost all of the Marines were actual Marines from the Marine company at Rota and the private who got yanked back through the door by the sargent with the shotgun is named Chesty Puller and apparently broke his arm in the stunt.  Also in Sean Connery's Cuba all the cuban officers and wives slaughtered at the beginning are the Officers and wives from the navy Hospital in Rota.

Offline answer_is_42

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Re: Wind and the Lion
« Reply #46 on: May 29, 2010, 09:31:41 PM »
Just finished watching The Wind and the Lion. My whole family wandered off after about 15 mins, but I must say I loved it, despite, indeed, because of, the awful acting and truly appalling script/plot. Enough action to keep me interested, certainly. Can't quite work out if it's a very good action-comedy or a very bad action-romance, the opening sequence is very Monty Python. My only real issues were the lack of British troops (would've been fun, y'know) and the apparent indestructibility of the American soldiers compared to the flimsy Germans.

Gave me lots of ideas, must get some Germans...
I told you so. You damned fools.
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Offline Sterling Moose

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Re: Wind and the Lion
« Reply #47 on: May 30, 2010, 12:13:14 AM »
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awful acting and truly appalling script/plot.

You jest Sir.  It was an oscar winning performance, great acting, fantastic score (by the late Jerry Goldsmith), interesting plot.

One of my top 10 all time films.   :D
'I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set him free.'

Offline Sterling Moose

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Re: Wind and the Lion
« Reply #48 on: May 30, 2010, 03:26:59 PM »
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This is only a guess but if this is in your top 10 films I think you may have only seen 12 or 14 in your life?

I don't get out much   ;)

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Re: Wind and the Lion
« Reply #49 on: May 30, 2010, 06:01:08 PM »
I don't get out much   ;)

poor guy
not even TV or DvD

but seriously, "Wind and the Lion" is one of my must sees too, even if or maybe because it is a bit.... flat

 

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