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Old June 27th, 2008, 02:29 AM
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Tom Cruise films World War II drama in Victor Valley

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June 26, 2008 - 6:19PM
BROOKE EDWARDS Staff Writer

APPLE VALLEY — Stars, crews and sets for the Tom Cruise World War II drama “Valkyrie” have been spotted across the Victor Valley this week.
“Tom Cruise came in and out of here almost every day,” said Terry Stover, manager of the Apple Valley Airport.

Stover said Cruise was flown in on a King Air plane, would walk down the ramp and directly onto a helicopter waiting to take him to filming in Lucerne Valley.

Residents have reported seeing tanks on the dry lake bed near Lucerne Valley High School. The area is allegedly being used to recreate Germany’s North African campaign for Cruise’s film, tracing the true story of high-ranking German officers who tried to assassinate Adolf Hitler during the height of World War II, according to the Internet Movie Database.

The Apple Valley Airport also played host to P-40 fighter planes used in the filming for several days over the last week. Stover said one was flown by John Hinton, with Planes of Fame in Chino. Stover said both the pilots and their planes refueled at the airport between filming.

Because of the aircraft involved, a temporary flight restriction was issued for a 1.5-mile radius around Lucerne, from ground level up to 3,700 feet.
“The reason for the flight restriction was to avoid any potential hazards between aircraft used in filming the movie and any other aircraft, including aircraft hired by the paparazzi,” said Ian Gregor, spokesman for the Federal Aviation Administration.

Gregor said the restriction was also to prevent damage to passing aircraft from ground effects such as pyrotechnics used during filming.

Dick Pearson, former Apple Valley councilman and a retired Air Force fighter pilot, was surprised to see the restriction. He said the last time he saw one locally was during the Big Bear fire last year, to prevent planes from interfering with firefighting aircraft.

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What is he doing? Tanks for Valkyrie? I guess he´s going to drive one of those things over Hitler then. I guess that´s making it sure instead of a bomb attack.
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Default Re: Tom Cruise films World War II drama in Victor Valley

Stauffenberg spent time in North Africa and (I think) was wounded over there. They may be filming a scene where he received his horrific wounds which took him out of front line service.
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Default Re: Tom Cruise films World War II drama in Victor Valley

Now if he were making a remake of Battle of the Bulge I'd be worried
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Default Re: Tom Cruise films World War II drama in Victor Valley

We have a thread on this one I believe.
Cruise's Valkyrie Ride Delayed—Again


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We have a thread on this one I believe.
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Yep and I am the one who posted that one too LOL. I thought this would be a little more fresh LOL. I didn't know that Victor Valley was a dead ringer for North Africa .
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I didn't know that Victor Valley was a dead ringer for North Africa .
Just an example of the quality of the film and of what we can expect
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Let´s hope it takes less time to release it than the newest Guns&Roses album....

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Just an example of the quality of the film and of what we can expect

And of the historical accuracy of it too LOL.
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Someone here mentioned he was severely wounded in North Africa? I thought he was severely wounded in Russia? Guess some research is instore for me? ;-))
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Someone here mentioned he was severely wounded in North Africa? I thought he was severely wounded in Russia? Guess some research is instore for me? ;-))

It was Africa.

Von Stauffenberg is promoted to lieutenant-colonel on 1 January 1943. Shattered by Hitler's refusal to allow the troops trapped in Stalingrad to escape, he requests a transfer to the North African campaign and is posted to Tunisia as operations officer in the 10th Panzer Division of Rommel's Afrika Korps.

On 7 April von Stauffenberg becomes one of the casualties of the Allied offensive, suffering serious injuries during an air raid on German positions in the Tunisian desert. He looses his left eye, right hand, and the fourth and fifth figures of his left hand, and comes close to death.

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Too bad Cruise couldn't have gone to North Africa to actually lend some more authenicity to the movie.
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Thank you for the clarification on this Kai ;-) I had always thought it was the latter but thanks for letting me know. I wonder if there are aby good books about Stauffenberg?

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Von Stauffenberg is promoted to lieutenant-colonel on 1 January 1943. Shattered by Hitler's refusal to allow the troops trapped in Stalingrad to escape, he requests a transfer to the North African campaign and is posted to Tunisia as operations officer in the 10th Panzer Division of Rommel's Afrika Korps.

On 7 April von Stauffenberg becomes one of the casualties of the Allied offensive, suffering serious injuries during an air raid on German positions in the Tunisian desert. He looses his left eye, right hand, and the fourth and fifth figures of his left hand, and comes close to death.

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I'm just curious, will Tom Cruise stand on a box when filming this movie......or are they just going to hire a bunch of short Germans?
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I'm just curious, will Tom Cruise stand on a box when filming this movie......or are they just going to hire a bunch of short Germans?

I had forgotten he was a bit of a stubbie.
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I wonder why they didn't use him in The Lord of the Rings ? LOL. Yeah he sure doen't look like he has the stature or presence of Von Stauffenberg.
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