There's a new World War II film out: Saints and Soldiers.

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"The world will little note nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here." - Abraham Lincoln, Nov. 19, 1863
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"The past is not dead. In fact, it's not even past." - William Faulkner

I hope that this film gets a UK release, even if it is limited, as I'd like to see how the Bulge is depicted.

Budget must have been very low, I've never heard of any of the actors, especially the British (?) one.....

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"Stand by to pull me out of the seat if I get hit" - Guy Gibson

Always interested in WW2 films!

Now, well, what could that be?? If this is the situation after Malmedy?

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I noticed that too, Kai....also I'd have doubted that the Germans would have had much time to 'comb the area'..... [img]graemlins/no.gif[/img]

But I'm hoping that it's just a dumb preview and I'm prepared to give the film the benfit of the doubt until I can see it.

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"Stand by to pull me out of the seat if I get hit" - Guy Gibson

I just saw the last half of this movie, I'm not sure how accurate the historical details are. "The Bulge" is'nt an area I have spent a lot of time studying yet . But, the story behind the story, of the soldiers interacting with each other is GREAT!

It was on the History Channel on Memorial day. Unfortunately I didn't see the whole thing. It was pretty good from what I saw aside from the actors. I thought they were a bit too old for the parts.

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good show thought it was well played...

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"Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning." -Winston Churchill

I've seen this just yesterday. Not the most epic film ever, but very good. I enjoyed the story even though it wasn't the most historically accuarate. It's one of the few films I've seen where I don't want to see the characters fight, I want them to make it to safety. It was certainly a little diferent take on the concept of the war film.

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I thought it was pretty good film. Not one of my favorites but certainly well worth watching.

Yes, the film was quite "enjoyable". Just found it yesterday.

Malmedy itself was filmed as "an accident" where a GI tries to get a gun and the Germans after a fired shot at them start shooting all the GI´s in the field. I guess this is the first time it was not shown as intended butchery. However the neck shots after the incident looked rather "evil"...

Anyway, one of the rare movies where even the spoken parts are rather ok to watch. Not much fighting but I´ll give it 8 out of 10.

And the top secret info ( by the RAF pilot ) does seem rather useless because the operation is already on the loose so that one did look rather out of picture in the film.

the main idea of the movie seems to be that not everyone is all bad ( even in war ) as the movie ends with a GI medic helping a wounded Waffen-SS soldier ( noticeable for the sleeve eagle ) because he himself was helped out of trouble by a Wehrmacht soldier earlier in the movie...

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Martin,
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I bought this movie a long time ago. And it is a great "little" war film. Its a good 'date' war movie, if you catch my meaning.

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I don't think that this movie ever got a UK release - but browsing the shops in London today, found a pile of cut-price 2-CD sets of 'Saints & Soldiers' including a docu about Malmedy, interviews with the film''s actors and advisors, etc.

Looking forward to sitting down and watching this over the holidays.....

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"Stand by to pull me out of the seat if I get hit" - Guy Gibson

I watched it a year ago, and I think it was a very good movie. I'd like to see it again. As far as I remember the facts were on target for the most part, but you can't nail 'em all down or it'll be a documentary in my book.