Author Topic: Adventure and Historian Movies for Back Of Beyond (Read 6398 times)

Driscoles · « **on:** November 15, 2007, 02:57:32 PM »

Hi,

I was thinking of a movie list that goes with the BoB theme and miniature lines like those from Copplestone or Murch.

I can recall :

High Road to China
Reds
The Sand Pebbles
Doctor Schiwago

Iam sure there is more and you can help to list them.

Thanks in advance.
Björn

Mike D. Mc Brice · « **Reply #1 on:** November 15, 2007, 03:04:25 PM »

Is "Reds" good? I was looking for it for some time.

PeteMurray · « **Reply #2 on:** November 15, 2007, 03:29:30 PM »

Dr. Zhivago is a fantastic movie. The charge of the White Cadets is heartbreaking. I'm going to have to read the novel some day.

Prof.Witchheimer · « **Reply #3 on:** November 15, 2007, 03:47:57 PM »

Guys, the BEST BoB movie is a russian classic movie "The white sun of the desert"

http://www.amazon.co.uk/White-Sun-Desert-Anatoli-Kuznetsov/dp/B0000YEDM2/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1195141480&sr=8-1

Aaron · « **Reply #4 on:** November 15, 2007, 04:05:24 PM »

I like the cover. Can you give us a synopsis? Amazon and IMDB don't give any clues other than to say cosmonauts always watch it the day before a launch!

Poliorketes · « **Reply #5 on:** November 15, 2007, 04:24:04 PM »

Quote from: "Mike D. Mc Brice"

Is "Reds" good? I was looking for it for some time.

I recordeds it on ARTE last sunday, haven't seen it so far.

Westfalia Chris · « **Reply #6 on:** November 15, 2007, 04:38:17 PM »

Quote from: "Mike D. Mc Brice"

Is "Reds" good? I was looking for it for some time.

I watched it on Sunday, and have to say that it´s an excellent film, if a bit dreary, mainly because it focuses on the political work and the ideosyncrasies of the two main characters; however, there´s a superb November Revolution scene (complete with rousing "Internationale" chorus) and a great, if a bit too short attack on Zinoviev´s train by Whites at the end - with cavalry, MGs and a cannon.

It´s all more a bit documentary (complete with interviews) rather than a "Historienschinken".

Prof.Witchheimer · « **Reply #7 on:** November 15, 2007, 05:03:03 PM »

Quote from: "Aaron"

I like the cover. Can you give us a synopsis? Amazon and IMDB don't give any clues other than to say cosmonauts always watch it the day before a launch!

that should be better:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Sun_of_the_Desert

an excerpt:
"The setting is the east shore of the Caspian Sea (today's Turkmenistan) where the Red Army soldier Fyodor Sukhov has been fighting the Civil War in Russian Asia for a number of years. After being hospitalised and then demobbed, he sets off home to see his wife, only to be caught up in a fight in the desert between a Red Army cavalry unit and Basmachi rebels. Sukhov ends up having to guard and protect the harem of the Basmachi guerilla leader Abdullah, as his army comrades pursue him. The task proves to be much more difficult than he originally thought, and in between attacks from Basmachis and offers from the harem, Sukhov must deal with Vereshchagin, a drunken former Imperial Russian customs official who still looks after the trading outpost and museum they shelter in..."

Aaron · « **Reply #8 on:** November 15, 2007, 06:07:12 PM »

I'm sold. Sounds like a plot right out of Peter Hopkirk's Setting the East Ablaze! Thanks prof, helpful as always.

walktapus · « **Reply #9 on:** November 26, 2007, 10:17:10 PM »

Dauria, a 1971 soviet film set in Transbaikalia. Cossacks struggling to survive under Semenov's reign.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0066969/

Cossacks, fights, armoured train, ...

Will Bailie · « **Reply #10 on:** November 27, 2007, 12:58:15 AM »

Reilly, Ace of Spies was a lot of fun. Lots of action all over Europe and Asia, including lots of action in Russia, from the Russo-Japanese war to the Revolution.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0085077/

Reds is a good movie, but don't expect too much action, as Chris says. It is primarily about the journalist Robert Reed, not so much about the Revolution.

Will

edit: erm, that should be John Reed, not Robert! 8-P

Driscoles · « **Reply #11 on:** November 27, 2007, 06:02:20 AM »

Reilly sounds really good. Thank you.
I know Reds and to me its like a 13 hrs uncut speach by a boring politician about a boring topic.

Hammers · « **Reply #12 on:** November 27, 2007, 08:20:29 AM »

On a realted topic: has anyone seen the 2002 'Dr. Zhivago' British mini-series for TV starring among others Keira Knightley?

Malamute · « **Reply #13 on:** November 27, 2007, 08:27:32 AM »

Quote from: "hammershield"

On a realted topic: has anyone seen the 2002 'Dr. Zhivago' British mini-series for TV starring among others Keira Knightley?

Umm, yes, it is not a patch on the original film version - you just can't top Julie Christie and for that matter an Egyptian playing a Russian!

dominic · « **Reply #14 on:** November 27, 2007, 11:31:45 AM »

That Russian movie looks interesting! Must get a copy!

Of course we should not forget the following:

Indiana Jones trilogy
Sky Captain and the world of tomorrow (some scenes of Tibet)

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