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Post by Primemovermithrax Pejorative on Jan 12, 2019 7:26:14 GMT
FALL GUY 1947 - Clifford Penn, Robert Armstrong, Teala Loring, Elisha Cook Jr. If someone offers you a clear drink that tastes like Coca Cola X 100, DON'T drink it. Penn drinks it and wakes up thinking he killed someone, as the drink was spiked with......COCAINE. Penn does not make a charismatic lead which is ok because I finally get to see Armstrong in something other than an ape/island movie--as a 36 year old retired cop (someone goofed with a newspaper headline). Also has Debra Paget's actress sibling. Three actress sisters in one family.
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Post by teleadm on Jan 12, 2019 16:18:50 GMT
The Battle of the River Plate aka Pursuit of the Graf Spee 1956, directed by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, staring John Gregson, Anthony Quayle, Peter Finch, Ian Hunter, Jack Gwilliim, Bernard Lee, Anthony Bushell, and others including future Avengers star Patrick Macnee, and Christpher Lee as a bar owner in Montevideo, all his dialog is in Spanish. British war movie "In the fall of 1939, the German heavy cruiser (referred to as a pocket battleship) Graf Spee seems to have command of the Atlantic. In the first three months of World War II, she was responsible for sinking 9 ships. The British sent three cruisers commanded by Commodore Henry Harwood to confront her. The battle took place on December 13, 1939 and the British came out on top. The Graf Spee headed for the neutral harbor of Montevideo, Uruguay. They were given only a short time to effect repairs and the British did their best to make them believe a British fleet of 6 or 8 ships awaited them. Rather than chance the loss of his men, the German captain ordered the Graf Spee scuttled"" This is not a spoiler since it's in any reasonable WWII book. Maybe the last great movie of The Archers (Powell and Pressburger), it's a great re-enactment of a famous episode during WWII. The British ar always polite no matter how high their ranks are, but also a bit snobbish. The movie can be separated in the parts, First is Graf Spee hunting British merchant ships and torpedoing them and seen from the German side, Second is the sea battles seen from the British side, Third part that takes place in Uruguay Montevideo harbour (Filmed in Montevideo and on the coasts of Malta) and from having been on sea most of the film the movie goes on land and becomes a diplomatic quest since Uruguay was a neatral port. Peter Finch is great as the German Captain Langsdorff, a Captain who thinks it's wrong to shoot down mercant ships and civilians, and rescues as many as possible. The Real Langsdorff commited suicide a few months later in Buenos Aires. OT: I had a great uncle who worked in the Swedish Merchant marines, who was though dead during WWII, he turned up suddenly in the late 1940s, among things he left behind when he passed away was photos we never understood, after seeing this movie in early 1990s on TV, OMG he was there when it happened in Montevideo! Actor Bernard Lee meeting the real Captain Dove, one of the ships shot down by Graf See, Bernard Lee played Captain Dove, and Captain Dove was a technical advisor on this move, plus taking a role as a prisoner too.
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Post by ZolotoyRetriever on Jan 12, 2019 22:57:51 GMT
kijii: I don't get Direct TV, but according to this link, the MGM HD channel there is 567.
insider.directv.com/2014/10/01/enjoy-9-additional-hd-networks-free-oct-2-8/
As to the subtitles, that's an important consideration for watching Jean de Florette/Manon of the Spring. It's all in French, and there are more than a few intricate plot details and "clues" if you will to be found in the subtitles, so that does make it a bit challenging when you watch the films. You really need to read the subtitles carefully - and that, of course, detracts from taking in the visual aspects of the film, which are quite complex in their own right.
Long story short, you may have to watch these films, and read the subtitles, more than once. Be prepared to give it some time and effort! Good luck... or bonne chance, as they say in French.
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Post by kijii on Jan 13, 2019 4:50:19 GMT
Taza, Son of Cochise (1954) / Douglas Sirk DVD from TCM boxed set Doulas Sirk-Filmmaker Collection
I don't know how historically accurate this movie is, but in any case, I did NOT like it at all. I wasn't interesting to me, and I found it hard to believe that the son of Cochise would join with the United States Cavalry troops to work for the "white eyes" against his tribe rather than working it out among his own people.
Yes, when the Apache chief, Cochise (Jeff Chandler), dies it leads to civil war among the tribe. Part of them following Geronimo (Ian MacDonald) and the other part follows the treaty that Cochise had agreed to with the white man. But it is still hard for me to believe, and the movie doesn't convince me of its own story, either. Taza, son of Cochise is played by Rock Hudson and his girlfriend, Oona is played by Barbara Rush. (Though I don't expect that movies of those days could follow ethic role types, this was way beyond the pale for me.)
BTW, On the TCM DVD, Robert Osborn said that Rock Hudson & Douglas Sirk made 9 movies together!!! How many movies did John Wayne make with John Ford? Answer---14.
This was Sirk's first (maybe only) movie made in 3-D, and I could imagine spears, arrows, rocks, and bodies being shot into the audience. But, I didn't like the image framing either.
Full synopsis from TCM with SPOILERS: In 1872, Chiricahua Apache chief Cochise and Gen. Howard sign a treaty, which brings a long sought peace to Arizona. The Chiricahua live quietly on a mountain reservation for three years, and as Cochise's death approaches, he bestows the leadership of his people on his son Taza. Cochise bids both Taza and his younger son Naiche to maintain the peace and defend the Chiricahua, but soon after the old chief's death, Naiche tries to kill Taza and angrily threatens to follow Geronimo in making war on the whites. Naiche wants to wed the beautiful Oona, a match that would please her warlike father Grey Eagle, but she is deeply in love with Taza, which further heightens the tension between the two brothers. Taza places a guard on Naiche, but Grey Eagle's renegades set him free. Naiche and his followers massacre a family of settlers, but Taza catches them and has them tied to posts and hanged in the sun. This Apache punishment is not sufficient for a Cavalry unit from nearby San Carlos Reservation, however. Capt. Burnett reminds Taza that under the terms of the treaty, the Chiricahua must go the San Carlos Reservation if any one of them attacks a white man. He then moves the prisoners to Fort Apache. Furious, Taza and his Chiricahua capture the fort. Speaking with Gen. Crook, Taza agrees to settle on San Carlos, but only if his people are given tools and seed, as well as the right to police themselves. Burnett's support of this idea earns him Taza's loyalty, and soon the Chiricahua leave their "beloved mountains" to settle on the new reservation. Taza, wearing a Cavalry uniform, heads a group of Apache reservation police, and before long, Geronimo and some forty of his hungry and weary people also come to San Carlos. Geronimo and Grey Eagle, however, are determined to escape, and Grey Eagle tells Taza that he may only have Oona in exchange for guns and ammunition. Taza refuses this demand, and when he presents the old man with jewelry and other riches instead, Grey Eagle announces that Naiche has offered him a better gift--money with which to buy weapons and bullets. Unwilling to betray his father's memory and his people, Taza gives up his beloved Oona. Soon afterward, word comes that Geronimo has broken out of the reservation. Taza wants the Apache police to capture Geronimo, but Gen. Crook readies his own troops to subdue the rebel and confines Taza to the reservation. After rejecting the uniform for his own Apache apparel, Taza defies this order. Geronimo arms his followers and, with several other bands of Apaches, awaits the arrival of Gen. Crook and Capt. Burnett. Disregarding Burnett's warning, Crook leads the troops into a narrow and dangerous mountain pass, where they are attacked by Geronimo's combined forces. During the fierce battle that ensues, Grey Eagle is killed. Taza decides to aid the Cavalry, whereupon he and Geronimo fight. Taza ultimately forces Geronimo and the rest of the Apaches to surrender, and when Naiche refuses to throw down his weapons, it is Geronimo who shoots him. Taza extracts from Crook both an apology and a promise to send Geronimo to a faraway reservation. With his Apaches now able to live in peace, Taza embraces his future wife, Oona.
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Post by kijii on Jan 13, 2019 5:20:03 GMT
Jubal (1956) / Delmer Daves Rented from Amazon Prime
To me, this is an very good Western drama. It is a good story that held my interest and was fun and easy-to-watch.
As the movie beings, a lone cowboy, Jubal Troop (Glenn Ford), falls from a cliff and lies on the ground exposed to the elements. When one of Shep Horgan's (Ernest Borgnine's) cowhands finds him and brings him to Shep's ranch. He is greeted and hired as another cowhand. But, one cowhand, Pinky (Rod Steiger) insults him by saying that he smells like sheep dip: 'Pinky' Pinkum: If you're a cowhand how come you stink of sheep dip? Jubal Troop: I hired out to a sheep ranch 'cause it was the only job I could get. 'Pinky' Pinkum : Most cowhands would die before they'd herd sheep. Jubal Troop: Show me one.
The tension between Jubal and Pinky is always clear and palpable. When Shep makes Jubal his foreman, Jubal is tested over and over again by the others on the ranch. He passes all tests, but is still resented by Pinky.
Other problems occur for Jubal when Shep's wife, Mae (Valerie French), tries to tempt him. Although Jubal rebuffs her advances, she continues to make a play for him. When she sets up a situation to be alone with Jubal on the ranch and he fails to return to the camp the next day, Pinky is only too willing to suggest to the simple, trusting, Shep that the two are having an affair which enrages Shep: Shep Horgan: What time is it? 'Pinky' Pinkum: About ten. Shep Horgan: Something wrong? 'Pinky' Pinkum: ..Your new foreman Jubal Troop ain't back yet. Shep Horgan: He took Mae home. 'Pinky' Pinkum: That's right, and he ain't back. Shep Horgan: What you trying to make of it? 'Pinky' Pinkum: I ain't trying to make nothing of it. And if you don't want to make nothing of it, I ain't going to make nothing out of it either. Shep Horgan: You got something eating you. What? 'Pinky' Pinkum: Mae and Jube, together.
Other situations arise from a wagon train of religious pilgrims passing through Shep's property...setting up yet another plot line to the story. This subplot, provides a friend for Jubal--Reb (Charles Bronson) and a real love interest for Jubal, Naomi Hoktor (Felicia Farr). In the end, when everyone seems to be against Jubal... [The beautiful blond, Naomi (Felicia Farr), who was introduced in this movie was Jack Lemmon's wife from 1962 until his death.] Full synopsis from TCM with SPOILERS: Staggering out of the Wyoming high country, Jubal Troop, an itinerant cowhand, collapses from exhaustion and is found by Shep Horgan, a crude but big-hearted rancher, who gives the unconscious cowboy refuge at his ranch. Still suffering from his ordeal, Jubal awakens in the bunkhouse and there meets Shep's ranchhands: the honest, violin-playing Sam, the pernicious Pinky and Carson. When Jubal comments that he is dogged by bad luck, Shep advises him to stop running and offers him a job. After Jubal proves his mettle by breaking a cantankerous bronco, Mae, Shep's comely Canadian wife, flirts with him, but Jubal rebuffs her advances out of loyalty to Shep. Mae's interest in Jubal infuriates Pinky, her erstwhile love. Pinky becomes even more incensed when Shep offers Jubal the job of foreman. While riding the range one day, Pinky comes across a band of religious pilgrims known as the Rawhiders and tries to intimidate them. When Shem Hoktor, the group's leader, explains that several of their members are ill and need to rest, Reb Haislipp, a cowhand riding with the pilgrims, attests to the group's benevolence, and Jubal grants them permission to camp on the Shep's land. Jubal then offers Reb a job rounding up cattle. Back at the ranch, Pinky taunts Jubal about being attracted to Shem's pretty daughter Naomi. Overhearing their conversation, Mae reproaches Jubal for showing interest in another woman. When Jubal reiterates his loyalty to Shep, Mae venomously expresses her repulsion for her coarse husband, whom she married believing that he was a cattle baron. Appreciative of Jubal's hard work, Shep gives him the day off and suggests he visit Naomi. At the pilgrims' encampment, Naomi and Jubal discuss their mutual longing for a real home and Jubal confides that he ran away from home as a young boy, driven away by his hateful mother, who wished him dead. After Jubal departs, Jake Slavin, one of the pilgrims, rides after him and warns him to stay away from Naomi because she has been promised to him. While on a cattle drive, Jubal and the others set up camp, and soon after, Naomi arrives to tell Jubal that she and the others plan to leave at sunup. After sadly confirming that a marriage between her and Jake has been arranged, Naomi confesses that she detests Jake and asks Jubal to bestow her with her first kiss. That night, Mae rides into camp to deliver a report to Shep. Preoccupied with a poker game, Shep asks Jubal to accompany Mae on the short ride home. Upon reaching the ranch, Mae tries to entice Jubal, and after he rebuffs her and wordlessly rides off, she gazes after him in disbelief. Back at the camp, while the others sleep, Reb saddles up and rides off, after which Pinky awakens Shep to tell him that Jubal has not yet returned. When Pinky insinuates that Jubal is in Mae's arms, Shep, with a jealous, crazed glint in his eye, rides back to the ranch to find out the truth. Finding Mae slumbering alone in bed, Shep kisses her, causing her to call out Jubal's name. To retaliate against Jubal for his rejection, Mae lies that she and Jubal are lovers. Reb finds Jubal drinking at the saloon, and soon after, Shep stalks in carrying a loaded Winchester. Accusing Jubal of cuckolding him, Shep fires and Reb tosses the unarmed Jubal a pistol to defend himself. Wounded, Jubal has no choice but to gun down his friend. The cowhands who witnessed the shootout believe Shep's accusations and spread the word of Jubal's betrayal. Pinky gleefully rides to the ranch to inform Mae of her husband's demise, but when she spurns him once more, he becomes unhinged and savagely beats her. Reb, meanwhile, brings the wounded Jubal to Shem's camp and asks for help. When Jake objects to putting the others in danger by granting Jubal refuge, Shem decides to house Jubal in his wagon and split up from the others. Still bloodthirsty, Pinky returns to town and incites a mob to lynch Jubal. Naomi, meanwhile, comforts the agonized, remorseful Jubal by assuring him that he had no other choice but to shoot his friend. Soon after, Pinky and the mob catches up to the pilgrims' wagons, and Pinky realizes that the group must split up to protect Jubal. Jealous and spiteful, Jake tells Pinky where Jubal's wagon is hidden. Jubal, meanwhile, prepares to leave the wagon when Reb gallops up to warn him that Pinky and the posse are just minutes away. Quickly deciding that his only chance is to return to the ranch and force Mae to tell the truth, Jubal rides off and instructs Reb to lead the posse there. When Jake arrives leading the mob, Shem disowns him as a Rawhider, after which Reb informs Pinky that Jubal is waiting for him at the ranch. After Jubal finds Mae brutalized on the barn floor, she confesses that she lied to her husband and accepts responsibility for his death. When the posse arrives, Jubal walks out of the barn to confront Pinky. As Jubal wrestles with Pinky, Dr. Grant, a member of the posse, goes into the barn to treat Mae. Soon after, the doctor reemerges to announce that Mae is dead, but with her dying breath, testified that Pinky is liable for both her and Shep's death. Just then, Naomi arrives and is joined by Jubal and Reb, and they all ride off together.
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Post by hi224 on Jan 13, 2019 5:25:29 GMT
If beale street could talk as well.
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Post by Lebowskidoo π¦ on Jan 13, 2019 14:39:24 GMT
Dangerous Crossing (1953)
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Post by Nalkarj on Jan 13, 2019 15:09:07 GMT
Did we have a βwhat are you watching right nowβ thread? I vaguely remember one but couldnβt find it. Anyway, as we speak Iβm watching an intriguing little thriller/whodunit, 23 Paces to Baker Street (β56), with Van Johnson as a blind playwright who overhears a murder plot. Iβd wanted to see it for a long time, and now itβs on βFree on Demandβ on something called βFXM Retro.β Not too bad, but also not as good as Iβd expected (so far): fairly standard imitation-Hitchcock, with obvious plot similarities to Rear Window but with setting and cinematography a dead ringer for Hitchcockβs (same year) remake of The Man who Knew Too Much. Van Johnson is good, though, and Vera Miles, as his girlfriend, is giving a fantastic performance, better than the part or picture probably deserve. Also, Iβm time-stamping my prediction: Iβm 50 min. into this thing, and my money is on the old ladyβLady Surrat or somethingβas the villainess behind the plot. Probably wrong, but thatβs how I would have written it. I finished it. Perhaps needless to say, my prediction was wrong. Actual solution fairly disappointing. Climax probably borrowed from Rear Windowβexciting, but too short to build up much suspense. I wonder what Hitchcock would have done with this material. The biggest problem is that Johnson is so self-pitying and unlikeable that we canβt really root for him, and we never see what beautiful Vera Miles sees in him. One major plot point nearly identical to one in The List of Adrian Messengerβboth based on books by the same author (Philip MacDonald).
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Post by hi224 on Jan 13, 2019 15:29:31 GMT
Goodfellas.
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Post by ZolotoyRetriever on Jan 13, 2019 22:41:53 GMT
Kansas (1988). Directed by David Stevens, with Matt Dillon, Andrew McCarthy, Leslie Hope. DVR'd from recent MGM HD telecast. First-time viewing for me.
Crime drama featuring a manipulative drifter (Matt Dillon) who involves a hapless young man (Andrew McCarthy) in a small-town bank robbery in Kansas. In spite of a few plot twists that seem a bit contrived, this was a very enjoyable picture - it moves right along and it kept my interest up all the way to the end. Looks good in HD format, too.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 14, 2019 2:07:05 GMT
I just finished watching SHAME (1968), directed by the great Ingmar Bergman. It takes place in a country (not named) that is at war and how the war ends up entangling civilians and changes all of them. It's a pretty bleak film, as you'd expect from Bergman, but as provocative as any of his works. The performances by Max von Sydow and Liv Ullmann are superb, especially the latter. If you like Bergman's other films this is a must see and Criterion has recently released it. The war comes home. Interesting poster Liv Ullmann Liv Ullmann and Max von Sydow play a married couple struggling in the war.
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Post by vegalyra on Jan 14, 2019 15:33:27 GMT
OSS 117 Mission to Tokyo Bond stalwart Terence Young provided the story to the film. I watched this back to back with You Only Live Twice and there were quite a few similarities.
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Post by Lebowskidoo π¦ on Jan 14, 2019 20:05:23 GMT
Voyage of the Damned (1976)
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Post by kijii on Jan 14, 2019 21:30:26 GMT
If beale street could talk as well. Did you like it? Is it Oscar worthy - you think?
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Post by kijii on Jan 14, 2019 21:35:10 GMT
Voyage of the Damned (1976) Lebowskido--- Thanks, I plan to watch this on Amazon--looks promising.
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Post by Lebowskidoo π¦ on Jan 14, 2019 22:11:10 GMT
Voyage of the Damned (1976) Lebowskido--- Thanks, I plan to watch this on Amazon--looks promising. I enjoyed it, but it's not a happy story.
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Post by kijii on Jan 14, 2019 22:18:47 GMT
Battle Hymn (1957) / Douglas Sirk Seen from YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJ255S-42Uk
While the imaging is not as good we may be use to, this is well worth watching on YouTube. This is yet another collaboration of Rock Hudson & Douglas Sirk in a Ross Hunter Production. It is a true story that has that familiar melodramatic tone of a man finding meaning for his life with the help of God's guidance.
As a WWII aviator, Col. Dean E. Hess (Rock Hudson) accidentally bombs a German church an orphanage since his bomb was stuck and had to be dropped. After the war, he becomes a minister. (His wife, Mary is played by Martha Hyer). Realizing that he is not the minister he hoped he might be, he gives up his church and becomes a "retread officer" to train aviators for the war in Korea in 1950. Though he hates war, he realizes that this is only a training mission and that his experience might be of help there.
While at the training station, he finds an old buddy of his from WWII, Capt. Dan Skidmore (Don DeFore). He soon "inherits" a large group of North Korean war orphans at the training base; takes them in; and falls in love with their Korean overseer, En Soon Yang (Anna Kashfi) or, more correctly, she falls in love with him. He finds love from her, wisdom from an elder Korean man, Lu Ahn (Philip Ahn), inspiration from the children, and a bit of judgement from Capt Skidmore for becoming a minister. (Later, when he and Dan Skidmore are forced into dog fight by threatening North Korean forces bearing down on the base, Skidmore is morally wounded and Hess teaches him how to die.)
Old Man, Lun-Wa : But, Colonel, you seem troubled. Col. Dean Hess : There's nothing so terrible as war. I killed today. Old Man, Lun-Wa : Yes, war is evil. I see what is in your heart. Colonel, may a poor, old carver of ivory babble for a moment? Understand that this is no more than babble and may not have more worth than a handful of sand. In times like these can a man of good conscience ask others, 'Protect me, kill for me, but do not ask me to stain my hands?' What must one do when a choice between two evils is all that is offered? To accept the lesser can sometimes be the only choice. In order to save at times we must destroy and in destructiom creates new life. Col. Dean Hess : Is that the answer? Old Man, Lun-Wa : The true answer, Colonel, is not in my babble... 'tis in the Book - 'Oh, Lord, though hast seen my wrong. Judge now my cause.' Col. Dean Hess : Who are you? Old Man, Lun-Wa : Just a very old man anxious to get back to his stall in Pusan.
As North Korean forces continue to bear down on the base, Hess, En Soon, and Lu Ahn, are forced to evacuate the base in the hope that they can get the 400+ orphans to safety..... The scene of evacuating a large number of children during a time of war is reminiscent of similar scenes of Paul Newman & Eva Marie Saint in Exodus (1960) and Ingrid Bergman in The Inn of the Sixth Happiness (1958). Several of the children in the movie were actually children that had been evacuated from that base.
Full synopsis from TCM with SPOILERS: In 1950 in Westhampton, Ohio, Reverend Dean Hess feels that he is continually failing to inspire his congregation. After one service, he admits to his wife Mary that he cannot get past the guilt he feels from World War II, recalling the incident that haunts him: Dean is a colonel in the Air Force and is nicknamed "Killer" for his perfect flight bombing record. One day, however, his bomb does not detach on time and hits a German church that his mother used to attend, killing thirty-seven children in the neighboring orphanage. In the present, Dean decides he must apply to be recalled into service for the Korean War, and although Mary fears this will only worsen his remorse, he is quickly accepted to lead a squadron in training Korean pilots to fly bombers. In Seoul, General Timberidge gives Dean his orders to take control of the slipshod training unit currently camping at an abandoned airfield, and warns him never to risk their few planes by entering into a combat situation. Dean arrives days before the Korean officers and immediately shapes up the slovenly company, which includes his World War II buddy, Capt. Dan Skidmore. When their work clearing the airfield is slowed by a lack of tools, Dean takes his right-hand man, Sgt. Herman, into the closest town. There, although almost everything has been destroyed by bombers, an English-speaking young woman, En Soon Yang, directs them to an antique road-scraper. With the new machine, the airstrip is quickly finished, just in time for the arrival of Major Chang and his eager officers. Over the next weeks, training goes smoothly, and when Major Moore spots enemy planes close by, the pacifist Dean reluctantly allows the planes to carry ammunition as a protective measure. Thanksgiving arrives, and while the men enjoy a feast, local orphans sneak into camp and raid the garbage cans for scraps. As soon as Dean sees the mess sergeant chasing the kids away, he orders that any refugee will be fed, and soon the camp is overrun with hungry orphans. One day, while leading a few planes in training, Skidmore is asked by a nearby Army troop to take out approaching enemy tanks. Against orders, he and Lt. Maples attack the line of tanks, but Maples is devastated after he mistakenly strafes a truckload of nurses and babies. Dean discovers the attack and grounds Skidmore, who accuses his old friend of becoming too soft for war. Dean visits Maples to console him, but instead finds comfort in the lieutenant's conviction that every action is part of God's invisible plan. Soon after, Chang discovers that one of the refugees is a spy, and Dean realizes he cannot allow civilians in the camp. He loads the kids into a jeep and, on the way to town, spots a ruined Buddhist temple. Inside are En Soon and a few sick children, and Dean quickly convinces her that, with his help, they can transform the temple into a safe haven for the orphans. En Soon agrees to stay and is soon joined by an old Korean man, Lu Ahn, who carves Christian religious figures in ivory. Dean commissions Maples to help with the kids, and sends Herman in search of candy, which the wily sergeant finagles from a nearby Navy supply station. When he opens a cartload of chewing gum, one young orphan, Chu, quickly swallows the whole pack. With the cooperation of the whole Air Force camp, the temple is soon made livable, and almost 400 children fill the rooms. One night, En Soon reminisces to Dean about her home in Cheju-Do, a neutral island where she and the kids could be safe. Later, mail arrives at the camp, and after Skidmore spots a letter addressed to "Reverend Dean Hess," he worries that his commander will not be able to lead them in combat if there is an emergency. The letter reveals that Mary is pregnant and an overjoyed Dean races to headquarters, where he manages to tell Mary how much he loves her before the phone connection is cut. Only En Soon, who did not know Dean was married, is saddened by the news, but graciously offers him a pine branch, the Korean symbol of eternity. A few weeks later, the Chinese ambush the area, and Dean is forced to lead his company in a counter-attack. When Maples is almost killed by an enemy gunner, Dean fights his conscience and takes out the Chinese plane. Later, his guilt is assuaged by Lu Ahn, who counsels Dean to let God judge the cause, not the action. That night, another squadron of enemy tanks approaches, but it is raining so heavily that the airstrip is packed with mud. Dean bravely volunteers to make the trip, and Skidmore, regretting ever doubting his friend, insists on joining him. The two make a heroic liftoff and successfully attack the tank line, but a cocky Skidmore is shot. Dean talks his buddy into hanging on through the flight home, but Skidmore is mortally wounded, and in the sick bay, asks Dean to help ease his fear of death. Feeling truly inspired for the first time, Dean describes death as a door from darkness into light, and as Skidmore slips away, he thanks his newfound spiritual guide. Soon, Dean receives new orders, and when he visits En Soon to say goodbye, Chu, who has come to love Dean like a father, cries upon learning that he is leaving. Dean arrives at headquarters, but as soon as he hears that his old airfield is about to be attacked, he jumps into a jeep and returns to the orphanage, where Herman and Maples are trying to evacuate the kids. With no planes available, the whole group begins a slow walk toward safety. Ten miles to the nearest airstrip, Dean rushes ahead in the jeep, only to find that the last plane has just left. As he races to a nearby Naval port, a sergeant at the airstrip calls General Timberidge to inform him of Dean's whereabouts. At the port, there are no ships available for civilian use, and a discouraged Dean returns to help En Soon gather the children at the old airfield. There, Chinese planes strike, and En Soon is killed protecting a young girl. Anguished, Dean holds a small funeral and places a fir branch on top of her grave. Suddenly, five transport planes, big enough to fit all the children, appear in the sky, courtesy of General Timberidge. Months later, Dean brings Mary to the new Orphans Home of Korea, in Cheju-Do, and reads to her the plaque in front of the building: "Dedicated to En Soon Yang, 1950."
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Post by kijii on Jan 14, 2019 22:46:47 GMT
Lebowskido--- Thanks, I plan to watch this on Amazon--looks promising. I enjoyed it, but it's not a happy story. I think I may be familiar with the incident.
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Post by hi224 on Jan 14, 2019 23:01:31 GMT
If beale street could talk as well. Did you like it? Is it Oscar worthy - you think? hell yeah 10/10 my 4th favorite of the year so far as well.
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Post by kijii on Jan 15, 2019 1:32:21 GMT
Did you like it? Is it Oscar worthy - you think? hell yeah 10/10 my 4th favorite of the year so far as well. Great news to me. James Baldwin's novel. I haven't seen much else that seemed Oscar worthy to me. I did enjoy Vice, I have seen Green Book, so far the movie that has impressed me the most is Bohemian Rhapsody (2018) possibly for Picture, Director,and for sure, Best Actor - Rami Malek.
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