Posted on Aug 20, 2018

Multi-million-dollar 'Battleship' shoot underscores maturation of Louisiana film industry

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My nephew from Louisiana told me this true unknown fact that much movie was filmed outside of Hawaii on the USS Kidd a Fletcher class WW2 Destroyer.

Multi-million-dollar 'Battleship' shoot underscores maturation of Louisiana film industry

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LTC Greg Henning

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LTC (Join to see) The new Hollywood! Great article

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Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen

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There you go, expecting realism from a movie!

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LTC (Join to see) Best Place to Film a Movie in My Book. Loved Battleship and Several of My Shipmates working at FICPAC were Extras for the Final Countdown.

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Final Countdown dog fight scene

Epic scene from the movie "the final countdown"

Final Countdown was better than Top Gun.
https://youtu.be/oyjNInIH4Hw

https://youtu.be/QOZeEH_NKZU

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Multi-million-dollar 'Battleship' shoot underscores maturation of Louisiana film industry

Multi-million-dollar 'Battleship' shoot underscores maturation of Louisiana film industry

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