New WW2 Movies

Discussion in 'Books, Films, TV, Radio' started by RAF21, Nov 22, 2009.

  1. RAF21

    RAF21 Junior Member

    WW2 buffs here are some really interesting upcoming WW2 movies for next year hopefully...

    BROTHERS IN ARMS (2010)

    Directed by Denzel Washington

    About an all Black tank Batallion in the Battle of the Bulge.

    LINK: Brothers in Arms (2010) Movie

    THEY FOUGHT ALONE - TBA...

    starring Brad Pitt... about Col. Wendell Fertig's heroic adventure in the Japanese-occupied Philippine island of Mindanao... Based on a true story

    link: http://www.themovieinsider.com/m568...y-fought-alone/


    KILLING ROMMEL - 2010 possibly 2011

    Based on the novel by Steven Pressfield

    It's about a British battalion's attempt at defeating Field Marshal Erwin Rommel, the Desert Fox, in the North African desert in 1942

    sounds really interesting..

    LINK: Killing Rommel (TBA) Movie


    WARTIME LIES - TBA..

    Holocaust movie about a jewish boy and his aunt witness slaughter in the warsaw ghetto .. Based on the Louis Begley's novel

    LINK: Wartime Lies (TBA) Movie

    Agent Zigzag (2010) Movie

    There will be a movie released on the story of the Double agent Edward Arnold Chapman. He worked for the nazis to spy on the British.. but then tured to helping the Brits get top secret info from the Nazis.. really an interesting story

    Eddie Chapman - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

    Tom Hanks is producer of the film

    LINK: Agent Zigzag (2010) Movie

    The Pacific MiniSeries: March 2010

    http://www.hbocanada.com/thepacific...gle_The_Pacific


    The Dambusters remake as well...

    http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view...ters-take-off-#
     
  2. phylo_roadking

    phylo_roadking Very Senior Member

    Agent Zigzag (2010) Movie

    There will be a movie released on the story of the Double agent Edward Arnold Chapman. He worked for the nazis to spy on the British.. but then tured to helping the Brits get top secret info from the Nazis.. really an interesting story

    Eddie Chapman - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

    Tom Hanks is producer of the film

    A remake??? Christopher Plummer played Chapman in Triple Cross .
     
  3. Drew5233

    Drew5233 #FuturePilot 1940 Obsessive

    Is Chapman the East End Gangster turned agent?
     
  4. Harry Ree

    Harry Ree Very Senior Member

    Eddie Chapman's role as a double agent for the British has been greatly aggrandised

    Should not be taken as a true account of his activities related to British intelligence.
     
  5. Capt.Sensible

    Capt.Sensible Well-Known Member

    Anybody know anything about a Czech film called 'Tobruk'? Saw it in the local video shop last night?
     
  6. Drew5233

    Drew5233 #FuturePilot 1940 Obsessive

    Anybody know anything about a Czech film called 'Tobruk'? Saw it in the local video shop last night?

    There's a thread on here about it Capitano...Me and Owen watched it and thought it was good, I'm sure some other folk did too - Well I did :D
     
  7. Capt.Sensible

    Capt.Sensible Well-Known Member

    There's a thread on here about it Capitano...Me and Owen watched it and thought it was good, I'm sure some other folk did too - Well I did :D

    Thanks, D, I might give it a spin :)
     
  8. Drew5233

    Drew5233 #FuturePilot 1940 Obsessive

  9. Jakob Kjaersgaard

    Jakob Kjaersgaard Senior Member

    Thanks for the heads up! I'm especially looking forward to The Pacific and The Dambusters.



    Jakob
     
  10. Roxy

    Roxy Senior Member

    Mrs Roxy thinks that her family are (distant!) relations to Eddie Chapman!

    Roxy
     
  11. coastwatcher42

    coastwatcher42 Junior Member

    It appears as though HBO's "The Pacific" is based upon two memoirs, With the Old Breed by Eugene Sledge and Helmet for My Pillow by Robert Leckie. Both of these books are absolutely great and, if it does them justice, the mini-series is a can't miss. Looks like I'm going to have to sign up for HBO before March.
     
  12. RAF21

    RAF21 Junior Member

    It appears as though HBO's "The Pacific" is based upon two memoirs, With the Old Breed by Eugene Sledge and Helmet for My Pillow by Robert Leckie. Both of these books are absolutely great and, if it does them justice, the mini-series is a can't miss. Looks like I'm going to have to sign up for HBO before March.

    No doubt The Pacific will be a tremendous success like Band of Brothers was.

    They will probably want to do another WW2 series thereafter...what would everyone like to see?

    I was thinking perhaps a miniseries about the WW2 battles in North Africa.
     
  13. coastwatcher42

    coastwatcher42 Junior Member

    The China-Burma-India theatre would be a good series with the Flying Tigers, Merrill's Marauders, the Chindits, and the OSS in Burma.
     
  14. idler

    idler GeneralList

    The China-Burma-India theatre would be a good series with the Flying Tigers, Merrill's Marauders, the Chindits, and the OSS in Burma.

    And XIV Army - don't forget them (again)! In fact, something with the Indian Army might be an idea as it would tick a lot of boxes for funding; probably end up being about INA 'freedom fighters', though.

    I've always thought that 'Arnhem Lift' has the right sort of scope for a film. 'With the Jocks' or '18 Platoon' might be a more direct parallels to 'Band of Brothers' for a series. Why not trounce Saving Private Ryan with a British or Canadian D-Day film - though it might be tricky logistically.

    I would personally rather see something about a dull old line regiment rather than l33t units. Or Zeebrugge, but that's the wrong war.
     
  15. RAF21

    RAF21 Junior Member

    Here's some more WW2 films release dates TBA...

    Flying Tigers:

    Flying Tigers (TBA) Movie

    Based on the volunteer fighter squadron formed to help the Chinese fight the Japanese before the U.S. entered World War II.

    The Long Green Shore:

    The Long Green Shore (TBA) Movie

    Set in mid-1945 after V-E Day, but before the fall of Japan, this is the story of an Australian battalion sent to New Guinea to force the beleaguered Japanese to retreat - however the enemy troops will fight to the very end.

    Indianapolis:

    Indianapolis (2009) Movie

    During World War II, the U.S.S. Indianapolis is sunk by a Japanese sub following a secret mission to deliver materials for the atomic bomb that will be dropped on Hiroshima. The men float for five days in the Philippine Sea and only 317 of an estimated 900 who abandoned ship are pulled from the shark-infested waters.

    The Dirty Dozen:

    The Dirty Dozen (2009) Movie

    A major enlists twelve condemned soldier-prisoners for a dangerous mission. A modern update on the 1967 actioner that starred Lee Marvin as a major who conscripts twelve condemned soldier-prisoners for a dangerous mission in WWII.
     
  16. Gerard

    Gerard Seelow/Prora

    Have to say that of all the war films I just didnt enjoy the Dirty Dozen.
     
  17. Dave55

    Dave55 Atlanta, USA

    New Midway movie coming out in Nov.

    Hope it is good.

    I think CGI can really add to a movie if it is done well. I'm no expert but it looks very cartoonlike in the trailer to me. What do you folks think?



    Midway (2019) - IMDb
     
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  18. Charley Fortnum

    Charley Fortnum Dreaming of Red Eagles

    Assume most of you saw this about a Sam Manekshaw biopic being made.

    Why is India war hero Sam Manekshaw trending?

    I expect there will be a section on his time in Burma--there are a number of very 'cinematic' anecdotes of his life.

    This is a great likeness, but I don't have high hopes for the film.

    Screenshot 2019-06-29 at 03.12.59.png

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    Anything historical that Indian cinema touches becomes a) an exaggerated flag-waving exercise, b) a chance to do down Pakistan.
     
  19. Drew5233

    Drew5233 #FuturePilot 1940 Obsessive

    Looks like another Pearl Harbor disaster.
     
  20. Chris C

    Chris C Canadian

    Well, it is certainly a terrible, terrible trailer.
     

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