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New war movie by Warner Brothers!

Discussion in 'WWII Films & TV' started by A-58, Aug 31, 2015.

  1. A-58

    A-58 Cool Dude

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    According to my latest issue of World War 2 Magazine, Warner Brothers is coming out with a war movie based on Operation Fortitude titled "Ghost Army". Not much is available on imdb since it is in the development stage but I hope it comes out soon and doesn't get shelved. I wonder who will play Patton? Pass the popcorn!
     
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    I get WW2 mag and will have to check it out......if it's in ''development, does that even mean it will even be made??? ..would like to see Garbo in it, and make him a complicated person .....''Eye of the Needle'' had Donald Sutherland finding the 'Ghost Army''...
    if in development, I don't see it coming out soon, though...
     
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    I hope it gets made.
     
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    Some A listers that are the right age are Gary Sinise, Daniel Day-Lewis, Billy Bob Thornton, Travolta, Dennis Quaid, Hanks, Bruce Willis, Kevin Costner, Bill Paxton.

    Maybe Robert Patrick? A tad young but he'd be a good Patton, I think.
     
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    I just can't see anyone beating George C. Scott's Patton. He set the standard. Anyone else would not measure up. I don't know. How about Jeff Bridges? He pulled off Rooster Cogburn pretty good.

    Being that the movie is in development, it will probably be next year at the earliest before it comes out.
     
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    Slipdigit Good Ol' Boy Staff Member WW2|ORG Editor

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    Scott sure looked like him but didn't sound anything like Patton. Voice was too low.
     
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    TD-Tommy776 Man of Constant Sorrow

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    I could see Gary Sinise playing Patton.


    The General abides. :sunglasses-peek:
     
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    Gah, just shoot me if Travolta gets the job. ..Patton would literally roll from his grave and shoot Trav with his ghost pearl handles.
    Patton should be at least from the America's, so Day Lewis is out (like him though).
    Like Sinese and Thorton (even if he is a jerk).
    Quaid is almost as nuts as his brother, probably even a worse actor.
    Isn't Hanks Canadian- booring.
    Willis should go back to moonlighting.
    Costner/Paxton- meh.
    Bridges...yeah, I'd buy that.
     
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    I hope they do make it, but I'm always gun shy when it comes to any new Hollywood WW2 film, they try to appeal to every demographic and it gets watered down. If it's a good film then my expectations will be easily exceeded.
     
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    Poppy, see if John Travolta saves you a seat on the great Scientology Spaceship when it leaves earth.

    I did think Band of Brothers was well done and In occasionally watch it again. No hugh dramatic scenes with monster orange gasoline explosions, nicely filmed in subtle colors, used good solid qactors with out and big names but most of the time the producers try to cover all bases and water the content down, as Otto pointed out. I enjoyed aspects of the Pacific but it lacked BOB's coherence to me.
     
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    Warner Brothers...does this mean the Rabbit will be in it?
     
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    This aggression will not stand man!

    That was a great movie. Going to have to pull it up on Netflix now.
     
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    Little help?
     
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    The Big Lebowski.
     
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    too bad Robert Duvall is just a little too old...he could do it...as Otto said, they usually come out less than great...I like the biographic movies that really zero in on the person...not much action at all, mostly.....where the ''acting'' does all the work
     
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    Still in development according to imdb gentlemen. At least it hasn't been shelved yet. So we have that going for us. Still no word on who's going to play Patton either.
     
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    It doesn't sound like a great war movie. It was a clever deception, but it wouldn't be a war movie, more of a drama.
     
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    It does seem like a very odd premise for a film, and one that I'm not all that interested in. Who would the main charactets be? Patton was not close to as well known to the Germans as popular perception would indicate. Smells of typical Hollywood gruel, though I hope I'm wrong.

    I could come up with a dozen better stories off the cuff. Heck, imagine a big budget, well writen film about Operation Chariot?!?
     
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    Wonder if its another 'Eye of the Needle" spy type film.
     

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