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Watching "Where Eagles Dare" on AMC. *snore* (Original Post) Brigid May 2013 OP
Yeah, they take their sweet time getting into the castle. edbermac May 2013 #1
It's no Guns of Navarone pokerfan May 2013 #2
Hell, it ain't even Force 10 from Navarone Taverner May 2013 #9
I watched one of my favorite WW II movies yesterday... Sekhmets Daughter May 2013 #3
"Get the ionosphere the hell off the radio!!" lastlib May 2013 #5
Hey there! Sekhmets Daughter May 2013 #6
(well, he was a Nazi--not an unreasonable association.....) lastlib May 2013 #7
Exactly! Sekhmets Daughter May 2013 #8
Well I like... discntnt_irny_srcsm May 2013 #13
One of my all time favorite characters! Sekhmets Daughter May 2013 #14
We play music... discntnt_irny_srcsm May 2013 #15
And the music was anything but calming! Sekhmets Daughter May 2013 #16
It's the best! discntnt_irny_srcsm May 2013 #17
Better and better! n/t Sekhmets Daughter May 2013 #18
Trivia discntnt_irny_srcsm May 2013 #19
I am terrible at entertainment trivia! Sekhmets Daughter May 2013 #20
How old is old? discntnt_irny_srcsm May 2013 #21
Anything more than 10 years... Sekhmets Daughter May 2013 #22
Have you seen... discntnt_irny_srcsm May 2013 #23
No! Sekhmets Daughter May 2013 #26
It's really good. discntnt_irny_srcsm May 2013 #28
I'll make a note to see it... Sekhmets Daughter May 2013 #31
Some favorites discntnt_irny_srcsm May 2013 #27
We have a lot of the same favorites! Sekhmets Daughter May 2013 #29
I also liked Dennis Quaid... discntnt_irny_srcsm May 2013 #30
I like him very much too! Sekhmets Daughter May 2013 #32
I've got to get some dinner. discntnt_irny_srcsm May 2013 #33
I will Sekhmets Daughter May 2013 #34
Great hearing from you discntnt_irny_srcsm May 2013 #35
Likewise, I'm sure! Sekhmets Daughter May 2013 #36
The book was so GOOD, too! lastlib May 2013 #4
I think Alistair was best when he didn't write the screenplay pokerfan May 2013 #10
Read somewhere they're looking to remake Ice Station Zebra TheMightyFavog May 2013 #25
I could see Sherlock as Jones pokerfan May 2013 #37
One of my favourite movies. Granted, it's mostly for the score TrogL May 2013 #11
Steven Spielberg calls this his favorite war film Auggie May 2013 #12
Broadsword calling Danny Boy... TheMightyFavog May 2013 #24

Sekhmets Daughter

(7,515 posts)
3. I watched one of my favorite WW II movies yesterday...
Tue May 28, 2013, 10:50 AM
May 2013

Kelly's Heroes ... The movie, a comedy as much as you can make a comedy of war, is 43 years old and still makes me laugh.

lastlib

(22,978 posts)
5. "Get the ionosphere the hell off the radio!!"
Tue May 28, 2013, 12:32 PM
May 2013

my favorite line! Only Carrol O'Connor could've delivered it like that!

Sekhmets Daughter

(7,515 posts)
6. Hey there!
Tue May 28, 2013, 12:35 PM
May 2013

O'Connor was great! But my favorite character is Oddball... He does oddly rational/disturbed so brilliantly!

Another favorite line... Rickles to Savalas: "make a deal...he may be a republican!"

discntnt_irny_srcsm

(18,470 posts)
13. Well I like...
Tue May 28, 2013, 08:36 PM
May 2013

..."Crazy! I mean like so many positive waves maybe we can't lose! You're on!"

..."To a New Yorker like you, a Hero is some type of weird sandwich, not some nut who takes on 3 Tigers."

Sekhmets Daughter

(7,515 posts)
14. One of my all time favorite characters!
Tue May 28, 2013, 08:41 PM
May 2013

I should just buy the DVD! Think it has anything to do with the fact that I grew up in Brooklyn?

Sekhmets Daughter

(7,515 posts)
26. No!
Tue May 28, 2013, 09:37 PM
May 2013

I missed it when it came out and for some reason never did catch it. I like Douglas...I don't know why. I have seen the "I want breakfast" scene, amazing!

discntnt_irny_srcsm

(18,470 posts)
27. Some favorites
Tue May 28, 2013, 09:45 PM
May 2013

My Cousin Vinny
Witness
Terminator 2
Groundhog Day
Dirty Harry
A Christmas without Snow
Animal House
The Big Easy
The Boondock Saints
Clue
Enemy of the State
Funny Farm
Mercury Rising
Leon: The Professional
Quigley Down Under
The Getaway (McQueen/MacGraw)
Three Days of the Condor
...and just past the 10 year limit...
Timeline
...and...(also Michael Douglas) The In-Laws

I like Romy and Michelle too.

Sekhmets Daughter

(7,515 posts)
29. We have a lot of the same favorites!
Tue May 28, 2013, 09:51 PM
May 2013

There are just a few I haven't seen or simply don't remember. It happens. But particular favorites would be My Cousin Vinny, Clue,
The Getaway, The Big Easy and Animal House.

pokerfan

(27,677 posts)
10. I think Alistair was best when he didn't write the screenplay
Tue May 28, 2013, 03:36 PM
May 2013

Wrote story and screenplay:
1968 Where Eagles Dare
1970 Puppet on a Chain
1971 When Eight Bells Toll
1975 Breakheart Pass

Wrote story:
1961 The Secret Ways
1961 The Guns of Navarone
1965 The Satan Bug
1968 Ice Station Zebra
1972 Fear Is the Key
1974 Caravan to Vaccares
1977 Golden Rendezvous
1978 Force 10 from Navarone
1979 Bear Island
1980 The Hostage Tower
1989 River of Death
1993 Death Train
1995 The Way to Dusty Death
1995 Night Watch

TheMightyFavog

(13,770 posts)
25. Read somewhere they're looking to remake Ice Station Zebra
Tue May 28, 2013, 09:36 PM
May 2013


I could see Benedict Cumberbatch as David Jones...

pokerfan

(27,677 posts)
37. I could see Sherlock as Jones
Tue May 28, 2013, 10:17 PM
May 2013

but it will be pretty hard to top Number Six. In any case, the character, like Doctor Who or James Bond, must remain British.

Auggie

(31,060 posts)
12. Steven Spielberg calls this his favorite war film
Tue May 28, 2013, 08:35 PM
May 2013

On edit: it was probably AMC, with their constant commercial interruptions, that made it seem slow. I saw it recently WITHOUT interruption and thought it was a pretty good film.

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