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Some military movies got overlooked in the recognition department. I liked "The Siege of Firebase Gloria"-just because R. Lee Ermey rocked it with his one-liners! What other less-known tasty military nuggets are out there, possibly undiscovered?
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Definitely To End all Wars. Screenplay by Brian Godawa, starring Kiefer Sutherland. Kiefer's bearing is perfect. The ethical decisions are perfect. Loved it.
To End All Wars - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
To End All Wars is a 2001 war film starring Robert Carlyle, Kiefer Sutherland and Sakae Kimura and directed by David L. Cunningham.
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I watched one a while back: THE HILL. Sean Connery played. WWII film. I really enjoyed it.
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I've always been partial to "The Green Berets" which is one of the greatest military comedies ever made (ask anyone in Special Forces).
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SSG Ethan Harris
While in Iraq, I was in a small unit of eight. One person brought in was USAID and retired SF. Turns out he was COL Bill Olds (played the Vietnamese General in this movie).
As I did the left-seat/right-seat, I handed my duties off to SSG Baron Sadler (the son of SSG Barry Sadler, who wrote the song Ballad of the Green Berets). I'll never forget COL Olds' expression when he looked down and saw the nametag on SSG Sadler's uniform. He said, "Are you his son?" It got real quiet in the room and Sadler said, "Yes, sir."
Their expressions still give me chills.
As I did the left-seat/right-seat, I handed my duties off to SSG Baron Sadler (the son of SSG Barry Sadler, who wrote the song Ballad of the Green Berets). I'll never forget COL Olds' expression when he looked down and saw the nametag on SSG Sadler's uniform. He said, "Are you his son?" It got real quiet in the room and Sadler said, "Yes, sir."
Their expressions still give me chills.
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Tears of the Sun.
I do not know what the Seals thought but I liked that movie.
I do not know what the Seals thought but I liked that movie.
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Space Above and Beyond - Boot Camp
Scene from the 1995 television series premier, featuring R. Lee Ermey. When an Earth outpost 16 light-years away is destroyed by an unknown alien force, a gr...
@ SFC Mark Merino Although the following clip is NOT a movie it still has R. Lee Ermey in it as Sergeant Major Bougus. ( HA HA!! ) It is a futuristic Marine Corps in the Space Aviation Cavalry Branch stationed aboard the Space Carrier USS Saratoga set in the year 2063-64.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5b1q-IlxGrk
Full of R. Lee Ermey's best one liners of all time.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5b1q-IlxGrk
Full of R. Lee Ermey's best one liners of all time.
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Always liked a little known movie called Go Tell The Spartans with Burt Lancaster!
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Not really down-rated (some consider it to be one of the finest motion pictures ever made) but largely unknown:
Grand Illusion (Renoir, 1937).
Now out in a completely restored version (the original negative, thought to have been destroyed by an Allied bombing run, had been shipped from Paris to the Reichsfilmarchiv vaults in Berlin when Paris was being sacked Then it went to the State Film Archive in Moscow after the Soviets did their thing in their sector of Berlin, eventually returned to France.)
Grand Illusion (Renoir, 1937).
Now out in a completely restored version (the original negative, thought to have been destroyed by an Allied bombing run, had been shipped from Paris to the Reichsfilmarchiv vaults in Berlin when Paris was being sacked Then it went to the State Film Archive in Moscow after the Soviets did their thing in their sector of Berlin, eventually returned to France.)
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SFC Mark Merino
Great contribution! Now I have one to search for. Thanks brother. Sadly, I've never heard of it.
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SP5 Michael Rathbun
I can't quite recall how I happened on it, but it has haunted me since then and eventually I managed to obtain a home video copy of it, or two.
A pair of French officers in WWI are taken POW. The story of what happens before, during and after their escape has always held my attention. The interaction of the characters Von Rauffenstein and Boeldieu is thought-provoking.
In some cases it is helpful if you understand some French, German and Russian, as the subtitles are not always complete.
A pair of French officers in WWI are taken POW. The story of what happens before, during and after their escape has always held my attention. The interaction of the characters Von Rauffenstein and Boeldieu is thought-provoking.
In some cases it is helpful if you understand some French, German and Russian, as the subtitles are not always complete.
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SP5 Michael Rathbun
Well, that's embarrassing. I managed to post the above screed twice. I guess I am both devoted to the movie and enormously forgetful.
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