Pacific 'Band of Brothers' ? - Page 2

Onthefield · #26 (**permalink**) June 12th, 2008, 08:40 PM

"The Pacific" (2009) - Full cast and crew

It does look and sound absolutely amazing. Can't wait to see the final picture!!!!

dd09999 · #27 (**permalink**) July 8th, 2008, 07:53 PM

Found this cool web site to the upcoming HBO series "The Pacific". Due out some time in Mid 2009. Can't wait.

http://www.pararesearchteam.com/ThePacific.html

krieg · #28 (**permalink**) July 8th, 2008, 11:08 PM

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Originally Posted by dd09999

Found this cool web site to the upcoming HBO series "The Pacific". Due out some time in Mid 2009. Can't wait.

Para Research Team (c) - The Pacific

if it is anythink like ..band of brothers . yes it will be fine
cheers krieg

dd09999 · #29 (**permalink**) July 9th, 2008, 07:15 PM

I just finished "Helmet for My Pillow" by Robert Leckie, and read "With the Old Breed" by sledge a few months ago. Writing styles are different for both Marines. Leckie being a professional writer and all. Sledges book tends to be more graphic, while Leckie is a bit more poetic. I like to see how they tie the two stories together. The story of MOH winner John Basalone also gets thrown into the mix. Hopefully they do a good job adding his story into it.

Check out this web site
Para Research Team (c) - The Pacific

mikebatzel · #30 (**permalink**) July 9th, 2008, 10:10 PM

A link to another site where one of the members was cast as an extra. Right now it's incomplete but whats there is very interesting.
Feldpost.tv :: View topic - Tom Hanks' new Movie :*"The Pacific"

model nut · #31 (**permalink**) July 14th, 2008, 10:49 PM

is it a film or tv series?
if tv series anyone know what channel?

ghost_of_war · #32 (**permalink**) July 20th, 2008, 04:00 PM

TV - HBO

Can't wait.....

ghost_of_war · #33 (**permalink**) July 20th, 2008, 04:01 PM

Lookin' sweet.......

1911Colt · #34 (**permalink**) July 20th, 2008, 04:18 PM

A local shop refurbished some Higgins that were to be used in the show. They also have a T-34 mocked up as a Tiger that is to be overhauled. It has some Hollywood history to it, alledgedly used in S.P.R. or B.O.B., but i'm not positive. Someday i'll stop & take some pics & upload them.

4th wilts · #35 (**permalink**) July 20th, 2008, 06:49 PM

i understand christian bale is being lined up as the main role.lee.

Skipper · #36 (**permalink**) July 20th, 2008, 09:43 PM

Sounds awesome. The shooting (of the film) will be a bit far away from my home this time...

Smoke286 · #37 (**permalink**) August 6th, 2008, 02:46 AM

I have read both books, Leckie's is somewhat critical of the Marine Corps and he had a lot of trouble dealing with the officer class.

This promises to be very interesting

Kai-Petri · #38 (**permalink**) August 6th, 2008, 06:38 AM

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Originally Posted by 4th wilts

i understand christian bale is being lined up as the main role.lee.

I have liked the man´s acting since American psycho....

Smoke286 · #39 (**permalink**) August 6th, 2008, 04:55 PM

My understanding is that filming is completed, there are, like Band of Brothers no big name actors in the cast, the most well know is probably William Sadler playing Chesty Puller, All three main leads (playing Leckie, Sledge and Basilone) are relative unknowns.

Rather interestingly Leckie is a fairly famous author and historian, yet his book, which avoids using surnames and refers to everyone by nicknames such as "Chuckler" etc seems almost an anti-war book like Catch 22, without the humour and Sledges is very grim, yet Basilone's story is very heroic, should be interesting to see how they tie it all together into one narrative.

texson66 · #40 (**permalink**) August 6th, 2008, 05:14 PM

Here are some links on "Pacific"

The Pacific

~~Mortman2004~~ · #41 (**permalink**) August 6th, 2008, 09:57 PM

First book I ever read as a boy was THE ORAL HISTORY OF WORLD WAR TWO BY ROBERT LECKIE kinda neat to see him portrayed i had no idea till I read helmit for my pillow he was a Combat Vet And a Marine

Lippert · #42 (**permalink**) August 7th, 2008, 12:48 AM

I can't wait to see more about the life of John Basilone. He's one of my personal favorites in history.

ArmyBoy79 · #43 (**permalink**) November 10th, 2008, 10:14 AM

I'm waiting very patiently for "The Pacific". I have no doubts it'll be as good as Band of Brothers.

krieg · #44 (**permalink**) November 11th, 2008, 02:07 AM

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Originally Posted by Firefoxy

I loved the Band of brothers series,watch the series twice.

Don't think the Pacific Band of brothers going to match up to the oringinal version.

you never know it may be better ...

Keystone Two-Eight · #45 (**permalink**) November 11th, 2008, 04:16 AM

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Originally Posted by 4th wilts

i understand christian bale is being lined up as the main role.lee.

First off, for all interested, here is a fan site with video clips. If you look at some of the pictures taken, you'll see that we have moved far beyond casting of this movie and theyve actually pretty much finished filming! So no Christian Bale.

Wikipedia already had this entered way back in July, via IMDB.com. Heres what those two reported, and Im happy to say that it seems as if theyre NOT going with a big time actor like Christian Bale. i like him and all, but these things are so much better when they dont use a bunch of big time muckity mucks....Anyway, heres what i had on my blog "Ostenfeld' a while back.

The Pacific is a World War II television drama mini-series, produced by HBO, which is currently in development. It is the successor to Band of Brothers. Whereas Band of Brothers focused on United States involvement in the European Theater of Operations, the new series will be about the Pacific Theater of Operations. The Pacific will not be associated with any of the characters from Band of Brothers and is to be based primarily on two memoirs of U.S. Marines: With the Old Breed by Eugene Sledge and Helmet for My Pillow by Robert Leckie. The series will tell the stories of the two authors and Marine John Basilone, as the war against the Empire of Japan rages.

The Pacific is being spearheaded by Bruce McKenna, who was one of the main writers on Band of Brothers. Hugh Ambrose, the son of Band of Brothers author Stephen Ambrose, will serve as a project consultant.

Production

Production of the series started in August 2007, in Australia. Filming locations will include in and around Port Douglas, Queensland and both Melbourne and rural Victoria.[3] The series has a budget of more than US$200 million and the series is thought to be the most expensive ever made in Australia. While the producers – HBO, Playtone and Dreamworks – have not made an official comment about The Pacific, they have set up a production office in Melbourne and commenced casting. The Seven Network will also help out with the production.[4]

Storyline

The Pacific will draw on several sources of material, including Eugene Sledge's With the Old Breed and Robert Leckie's Helmet for My Pillow.
Hugh Ambrose, son of the late historian Stephen Ambrose, will serve as a consultant on the project; Stephen Ambrose's book of the same name was the source material for Band of Brothers.
The Pacific follows the stories of the two authors, as well as that of fellow Marine John Basilone, as they fight against Japan across the Pacific.
Given the literary sources mentioned above, the series will feature well-known battles involving the 1st Marine Division, such as Guadalcanal, Cape Gloucester, Peleliu, and Okinawa, as well as Basilone's involvement in the Battle of Iwo Jima.

Cast

The following credits have been taken from the Internet Movie Database.[5][6]

William Sadler - Colonel Lewis "Chesty" Puller
Joseph Mazzello - Corporal Eugene "Sledgehammer" Sledge
Jon Seda - Gunnery Sergeant John Basilone
James Badge Dale - Private First Class Robert Leckie
Isabel Lucas - Gwen
Jacob Pitts - Bill "Hoosier" Smith
Ashton Holmes - Sid Phillips
Brendan Fletcher - Bill Leyden
Matt Craven - Dr. Grant
Nathan Corddry - Private Loudmouth
Rami Malek - Merriell "Snafu" Shelton
Matthew Dale - Sergeant John Marmet
Damon Herriman - Merrin
Ben Esler - Pfc. Charles "Chuck" Tatum
Joshua Close - Edward Sledge
Jon Bernthal - Manuel Rodriguez
Gary Sweet - Haney
Martin McCann - Corporal Robert V. Burgin
Keith Nobbs - "Runner"
Leon Ford - Lieutenant Edward "Hillbilly" Jones
Freddie Joe Farnsworth - Lieutenant "Stumpy" Hanley
Simon Bossell - Doc Stern
Tom Budge - Ronnie Gibson
Scott Gibson - Captain Andrew "Ack Ack" Haldane
Joshua Biton - Sergeant J. P. Morgan
Henry Nixon - Lieutenant Hugh "Ivy League" Corrigan
Dwight Braswell - Steve Evanson

References

^ More directors take 'Pacific' plunge - Entertainment News, TV News, Media - Variety, Variety.com, February 1, 2008
^ a b Variety: "HBO greenlights Spielberg mini"
^ "Spielberg to film in Queensland" The West Australian, June 22, 2007; and "Spielberg war epic for Docklands", The Age, 26 April 2007.
^ Channel Seven lands Spielberg, News.com.au, 16 May 2007.
^ The Pacific, IMDB.com, February 1, 2008.
^ The Pacific Cast & Crew, PacificFans.com, February 1, 2008.

[edit] External links

Dale Dye's blog
The Pacific at the Internet Movie Database
Series Fact Site[original research?]

krieg · #46 (**permalink**) November 11th, 2008, 10:06 AM

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Originally Posted by Firefoxy

Yes you're right about that. If the viewer loves the pacific ww2, which there is many of them.

But not me.
Iv'e always been a big fan of european ww2,but not really keen on the Pacific ww2. I was being a bit byist there.

fair enuff each to there one .. i only say this because i live downunder

Eddie D · #47 (**permalink**) December 24th, 2008, 03:54 PM

Im not sure if you all are aware of this or if it has already been posted, but the makers of Band of Brothers are almost done with the mini series they are calling The Pacific and it will be coming out in 2009. I cant wait!

The Pacific (miniseries) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

krieg · #48 (**permalink**) December 24th, 2008, 07:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Eddie D

Im not sure if you all are aware of this or if it has already been posted, but the makers of Band of Brothers are almost done with the mini series they are calling The Pacific and it will be coming out in 2009. I cant wait!

The Pacific (miniseries) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This fellow cannot wait either for this series to come out

Best Krieg

Eddie D · #49 (**permalink**) December 24th, 2008, 07:59 PM

haha i know! im more into the european side of the war, but band of brothers was amazing, so this one has to be also. i hope they make another european miniseries after this the pacific one

BigBlack · #50 (**permalink**) December 24th, 2008, 09:31 PM

Stephen Spielberg and Tom Hanks are making it. So that means it should be pretty good.