"The Eagle Has Landed" - EXTENDED version

Actually sat down and watched the SE last night. It's weathered quite well for a thirty-odd year old film. I was wrong about the coastal scenes - at least those for the seduction of Molly - they aren't Norfolk.

 

I partucularly liked the Bavarian castle scenes at the beginning....having visited that one in my yoof!

It's Hohenschwangau Castle, across the valley from the much more famous Neuschwanstein Castle Hohenschwangau Castle - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia where "mad" King Ludwig lived while building Neuschwanstein. Sadly - and for no good reason, it's beautiful in it's own right - it will always be regarded as the Latter's poor relation

 

The Book is better (as all books are).
Bah, you would say that even about "The Ten Commandments"!

 

Thou should not take that as gospel.

 

Are we talking of the 2007 SE version?

The Eagle Has Landed - Special Edition (2 Discs) [1977] [DVD] - DVD (7 Jun 2004) Starring Michael Caine and Donald Sutherland

as there was also an earlier SE version.


The Eagle Has Landed (Special Edition) [DVD] [1977] - DVD (11 Jun 2007)

Regards
Tom

 

The 2007 version in my case, Tom, not the earlier 2004 version.

 

The 2007 version in my case, Tom, not the earlier 2004 version.


Thanks a lot for the confirmation.

Regards
Tom

 

Have to look out for it

Cheers
Paul

 

What was the version given away by the Daily Mail?

 

No. That was the updated version where Steiner and his men disguised themselves as Polish plumbers. Devlin, meanwhile, was the ex freedom fighter turned local Sinn Fein parish councillor. The plot hasn't changed that much, it's still to destroy England, but this time the plan is to subtitute the real Prime Minister with double who might have a chance of winning the election, I mean war.

 

Actually sat down and watched the SE last night. It's weathered quite well for a thirty-odd year old film. I was wrong about the coastal scenes - at least those for the seduction of Molly - they aren't Norfolk.


The scenes with Steiner on the E-boat coming into port and then the fight in the pub, are set in Charlestown in Cornwall.

Used to go there for my hols as a kid.

Lee

 

Talking of the E Boat/MTB....

I've never read the book - had read a couple of other Jack Higgins by the time I first saw the film originally and wasn't keen - did it say what was supposed to have happened to the crew of the boat???

 

Bah, you would say that even about "The Ten Commandments"!
OOOOOOHHHH, listen to Mr. Dismissive!! I was merely referring to the fact that I enjoy reading over watching films, I find that books tend to be more descriptive than films and that the author of a book can be far more descriptive as he is not constrained by such factors as budget or running time. Lord of the Rings is one such example where parts of the books had to be taken out of the film as the running time would be too long.

In relation to your sarcastic remark I would also present the case of the film "Battle of the Bulge", a film that was set in the Ardennes in 1944 but was filmed in Sunny Spain!!!! Most books about the Battle of the Bulge tend to be set in the Ardennes, not Spain!!!

Humbug, thy name is Za!!

 

OOOOOOHHHH, listen to Mr. Dismissive!! I was merely referring to the fact that I enjoy reading over watching films, I find that books tend to be more descriptive than films and that the author of a book can be far more descriptive as he is not constrained by such factors as budget or running time. Lord of the Rings is one such example where parts of the books had to be taken out of the film as the running time would be too long.

In relation to your sarcastic remark I would also present the case of the film "Battle of the Bulge", a film that was set in the Ardennes in 1944 but was filmed in Sunny Spain!!!! Most books about the Battle of the Bulge tend to be set in the Ardennes, not Spain!!!

Humbug, thy name is Za!!
I dont believe im saying this (agreeing with a Manc its just wrong) but I have to agree having on many occasions read a book then been seriously let down by the film Dreamcatcher by Stephen King amazing book crap film and Wild geese great film but then the book changes the characters around WHY. But saying that if you see the film then the book it fills in the gaps........ sometimes.......... the film missed so it adds to the whole experiance.

 

Don't you just love it when the Blue Marlin bites on the bait and swallows the hook, line, reel, rod, boat, everything?



Humbug my Soviet ar$e

 

Don't you just love it when the Blue Marlin bites on the bait and swallows the hook, line, reel, rod, boat, everything?



Humbug my Soviet ar$e
I love it when people try to backpedal their way out of a dead end by relying on humor!!

 

What sunny Spain? BoB was filmed in winter there At least it looked like winter, there was a bit of snow in some scenes. But Battle of Bulge is one of the worst WW2 films I ever saw, I never managed to see it at one sitting, and even then I don't know if I saw it complete Ahh, Spanish M-24s playing at Shermans, ditto M-47s playing at Tigers! And the simple presence of Telly Savalas makes me throw my popcorn up

Not the Patton itself is any better, with "panzers" being depicted by guess what, Israeli Pattons (M-48s)!!!

As I use to say, a thread that's nor worthy of being highjacked isn't a good thread anyway. Or words to that effect

 

ANYWAY!!!, enough of this hijacking malarkey (Very 1970's indeed!) Back to "The Eagle has Landed"

 

Agreed











And...

 

An interesting fact about movie running times... Movies traditionally have been shot at 24 frames per second.

PAL TV format used in Britain is 25 frames per second (50 fields). Often movies when transferred from cine to PAL video were copied frame by frame.

Ergo PAL video versions often run a little bit faster than the original movie. About 4% faster in fact. So a cinema release of 135 mins, would run for 130 mins on British TV without any cuts.

Lee

Erm not wishing to hijack the thread with techie Telecine film to video transfer geekiness, but since the sixties we have used the "ghost frame" method of film transfer in the PAL world. This is where a new "25th" frame is created by using one field of the outgoing 24th frame and then one field of the incoming "real" 25th frame (that now becomes the 26th frame). If this didnt happen the sound track would have to be sped up by nearly 5% to match the video.

This wouldnt be too bad for us this side of the pond but our dear cousins in NTSC land would have a real problem as their telly runs at nearly (but not quite) 30 frames a second which means that the film and sound track would have to be sped up by nearly 17%.

This might be acceptable for most film but for musicals, it would mean that 4th octave A (440hz) becomes nealy (but not quite) a 4th octave C... aaaaand that might be a bit noticable...

If anyone wants me to write up a page on how we did it at the Beeb I could bore you senseless for a page or two :p

In other words a 135 min film will run for 135 mins on video (if nothing is cut, that is)