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30-07-2007, 15:38 #1Senior Member
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the big red one
on tonight @ 2315! bbc1 Lee marvin apparantly actually served with them! Great film
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30-07-2007, 15:44 #2Senior Member
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Cheers ears
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31-07-2007, 10:46 #3Senior Member
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Nope, Lee Marvin was in the US Marines, and got his arrse shot on some rock or other in the Pacific. He's now buried in Arlington National Cemetery.
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31-07-2007, 10:54 #4Senior Member
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Shot in the arrse, severed his sciatic nerve.
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31-07-2007, 11:05 #5Senior Member
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The film is based on director Sam Fullers experiances in 1st Infantry Div in WW2
Marvin served in the US Marines and later made a number of recruiting and promotional videos for themWe should remember the tremendous contribution of the Queen Mother to the war effort:
As the BBC pointed out, she 'bravely remained in London beside her husband' during the war.
This contrasts sharply with the actions of my grandfather who, on the declaration of war immediately left his wife and children and pissed off, first to France, then North Africa, Italy, France (again) and finally Germany.
The shame will always be with us.
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31-07-2007, 13:24 #6Senior Member
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Saw it yonks ago, watched yesterday, could now see why not memerable. Still, at least they referred to 'the Hurtgen forest' and not 'the Hurgenwald forest'.
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02-08-2007, 16:23 #7Senior Member
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It would have been great if Sam Fuller had had anything like Spielbergs` budget.
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02-08-2007, 19:27 #8Senior Member
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Indeed! The little 'rock' you refer to was Saipan and it occured in June 1944. Originally Posted by Themanwho
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03-08-2007, 11:43 #9Senior Member
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No disrespect to Lee Marvin or the rest of the USMC, just couldn't the particular "rock". You've got to admit there were an awful lot of amphib ops in the Pacific 41-45.
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