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I didnt want to start another thread to ask this so I will just do it here; Has there been a good movie about the Korean war made yet?
Wasn't M.A.S.H. built around the Korean War? I remember that being the first "adult" movie I ever saw. It wasn't your typical war film.
I am a huge mash fan (the series) It could be very funny and a great drama, all the actors could pull off either one. But I was thinking more along the lines of a historical adaptation of the war.
There hasn't been a lot of Korean War films that I can remember, but I remember “Steel Helmet” as being pretty damned gritty. It was a small movie about an infantry squad and it starred Gene Evans as the hard-bitten sergeant, and please don't ask me why I remember that factoid. I also remember that one character carried something marked “Fat Paul” which turned out to belong to a Father Paul who was killed doing something heroic. I also think there was a Sidney Poitier movie that revolved around an incident leading to a case of hysterical blindness. There is also the classic “Bridges over Toko-Ri” which is more a story set in Korea rather than a movie about the Korean War. I think there was a Victor Mature movie about a Greek engineer unit. And I think there was a fairly recent movie about an incident where American artillery was called down on a group of civilians because there was supposedly a large group of infiltrators mixed in with them. Don't know whether all of this helps or confuses, but its the best I can do.
I didnt want to start another thread to ask this so I will just do it here; Has there been a good movie about the Korean war made yet?
the only one that springs to mind is The bridges at Toko Ri
In answer to your Korean War query, The Bridge at Toko Ri (sp?) is a favorite of mine. Mickey Rooney and William Holden.
Mister Roberts is my favoriteGod is My Co-Pilot is nextWhen I was a kid I lived in Gen Robert L. Scott's hometown of Macon. Ga The premier of God is My Co-Pilot was in Macon( this was during WW2 and probably a propaganda film to some extent). I stood in a line over a block long to get into the theater. General Scott died last year at about 90 years old. He worked at the Air Museum in Warner Robins one day a week until just before his death
Mister Roberts is my favoriteGod is My Co-Pilot is nextWhen I was a kid I lived in Gen Robert L. Scott's hometown of Macon. Ga The premier of God is My Co-Pilot was in Macon( this was during WW2 and probably a propaganda film to some extent). I stood in a line over a block long to get into the theater. General Scott died last year at about 90 years old. He worked at the Air Museum in Warner Robins one day a week until just before his death
Saving private Ryan is excellent. Speaking of casablanca I just got the two disc special edition and loved it, if your a fan you have to get it.
I agree. I remember when I paid for it. Had a bunch of Chinese type take out, hungry I was. But the opening minutes of men trying to get of those landing boats .... I mean I had some tasty stuff lined up, but the carnage killed my appietite. I was all lined up with chopsticks and cheap cartons, and I just weenied out. Killed my appetite. After wathching machine gun bullets tear through young men, I lost my appitite for Chinese food, with amazing rapidity.But, to this day, I still love Oriental food.
