Young Blood
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Post by Young Blood on Apr 30, 2008 16:49:13 GMT -5
I saw this movie when I was like 5 and remembered parts from it, and then I saw it on AMC and it's pretty good, A lot of things in the movie seem really fake to me though, I mean just like the way the two sides approach eachother sort of just marching at eachother like the freakin' civil war, did anyone notice the way they fight..?? or when they hit the beach that is completely untouched and they just kinda power walk away from the boat while the navy just sits on the side of the boats in the open and watches, several parts in this movie were very cheesy I thought it was good only because Audie Murphy played himself and I love his western films.. -Eddie
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Adler69
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Post by Adler69 on Apr 30, 2008 16:55:19 GMT -5
I like it as well , I own the VHS and DVD of it. The movie was mostly filmed up here at Ft. Lewis and the Yakima Training Center.
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Cpl. Hicks
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Post by Cpl. Hicks on Apr 30, 2008 16:57:08 GMT -5
If you get a chance to read the book, it's very good and well worth it.
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Sgt_Tom
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Post by Sgt_Tom on Apr 30, 2008 18:20:04 GMT -5
I don't like that movie. Its pretty realistic but the fighting is corny. They carry 1945 packs instead of Haversacks but other then that the Uniforms are pretty accurate. There was little to no fighting the the beaches of southern France. Take a look a these pics it's no Omaha Beach lol www.dogfacesoldiers.org/d_day/
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Adler69
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Post by Adler69 on Apr 30, 2008 21:02:16 GMT -5
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Post by p51 on Apr 30, 2008 21:50:10 GMT -5
I like it as well , I own the VHS and DVD of it. The movie was mostly filmed up here at Ft. Lewis and the Yakima Training Center. Yeah, I chuckle every time I see Squaw Tit Peak (not kidding it's even on maps of the area during that time) in the background. The river crossing was going across the Nisqually River. I've found MG-42 brass at the site of the town they filmed in that movie at Yakima, heavily corroded, of course... I love the end, the formation at the parade was at Grey Army Air Field at Lewis, you can see my old motor pool area in the background...
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Post by spitfire740 on Apr 30, 2008 22:12:52 GMT -5
this crazy lady and a cowboy at reenactorfest said I looked like Audie Murphy and should make in impression of him.
I think it was a compliment?
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Post by 5thrangerinfantry on May 1, 2008 7:08:01 GMT -5
the germans are all wearing WW1 helmets.
the end is wrong though - murphy was there right up til VE-day.
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Adler69
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Post by Adler69 on May 1, 2008 8:04:49 GMT -5
I was told one time that the reason for them wearing WWI helmets was because back in 1927 there was a movie filmed at Camp Lewis called "The Patent Leather Kid" , once the movie was over , the film company packed and left Camp Lewis , but they forgot lmost of their German stuff behind, this included a large amount of actual WWI German helmets , so when it came time to film "To Hell and Back" there where more WWI helmets around to use. Now that could just be a bunch of bull , but still it could be true.
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Post by p51 on May 1, 2008 21:56:10 GMT -5
I was told one time that the reason for them wearing WWI helmets was because back in 1927 there was a movie filmed at Camp Lewis called "The Patent Leather Kid" , once the movie was over , the film company packed and left Camp Lewis , but they forgot lmost of their German stuff behind, this included a large amount of actual WWI German helmets , so when it came time to film "To Hell and Back" there where more WWI helmets around to use. Now that could just be a bunch of bull , but still it could be true. That could be, but most movies about WW2 made into the late 1950s used WW1 German helmets for some reason. It wasn't until the 1960s when you saw attempts to make the Germans look realistic in film. There were exceptions of course. "Battleground," did a pretty fair job as did a few others. Remember, the studio system was going strong well into that era. Studios stockpiled vast warehouses of props, costumes and set dressings. About the only things they rented for specific films were guns and animals, and that was only for the pain of storage in each case. The main reason you see the same awful WW1 equipment in earlier WW2 movies is because the companies had vast amounts of that stuff already.
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YankeeDiv26
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Post by YankeeDiv26 on May 1, 2008 22:06:44 GMT -5
*sigh* and to think that all of that "old junk" in the prop houses was all original WWI/pre WWII issue equiptment. But I suppose all things militaria are that way, junk that turns to gold a few decades later. If only I had one of those warehouses....
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Young Blood
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Post by Young Blood on May 5, 2008 13:33:21 GMT -5
*sigh* and to think that all of that "old junk" in the prop houses was all original WWI/pre WWII issue equiptment. But I suppose all things militaria are that way, junk that turns to gold a few decades later. If only I had one of those warehouses.... <YD> Would you keep it or make a killing off of it..??
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Post by 2nd Bat on May 16, 2008 14:10:45 GMT -5
I love when they use actual Shermans in a film but find it ironic that for some reason the PATTON M-47 always seemed to depict German tanks. You'd think they would have at least made some attempt to make them look more like Kraut tanks (Skirting beside the treads and around the turrents would have been simple enough.
Murphy of course mounted an imobilized Tank Destroyer not a Sherman but I'm fine with the liberty. Being from the NW it was fun seeing locations where I trained and worked. The scene depicted looks a lot more like Cle Elum than Yakima however.
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