Hi all, I just bought When Trumpets Fade on DVD. I thought it was very good, although a little short and somethimes the music was a bit inapropriate. other than that i thought it was very good at showing the horror at the end of the war. What do you think about it? Also i am looking for WW2/1 movies made in 1980s-present. So far i have found Saving Private Ryan, Band of Bros, The Trench, Lost Battalion, The Bunker (more horror), When Trumpets Fade, Stalingrad, Enemy at the Gates, Thin Red line, Wind Talkers, Harts War, Pearl harbor, Memphis Belle. Am I missing any others? Thanks, Robert
When Trumpets Fade - I really liked this film. Typical quality as you would expect from HBO. I'd agree too, a little short but worth every penny As for WW1 and WW2 movies 1980 to present here goes: WW1 Gallipoli 1981 The Lighthorsemen 1987 The Trench 1999 WW2 The Big Red One 1980 Come and See 1985 Das Boot 1981 A Midnight Clear 1992 Mother Night 1996 Saving Private Ryan 1998 The Tuskegee Airmen 1995 Underground 1995 When Trumpets Fade 1998 The Thin Red Line 1998 Au Revoir Les Enfants 1987 The Last Metro 1980 Life is Beautiful 1998 Schindlers List 1993 The Wannsee Conference 1984 Bye Bye Blues 1989 Hope & Glory 1987 The Land Girls 1998 Empire of The Sun 1987 Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence 1983 Paradise Road 1997 One Against The Wind 1991 The White Rose 1983 Enemy At The Gates 2001 Enigma 2001 Charlotte Gray 2001 Windtalkers 2003 Dark Blue World 2002 And The Violins Stopped Playing 1988 Pearl Harbor 2001 Harts War 2001 The Pianist 2003 U571 2000 I may have missed one or two but this is pretty complete. Ryan
Originally posted by salientpoints@Mar 11 2004, 05:55 PM I may have missed one or two but this is pretty complete. "Aces High" for WW1 and "Cross of Iron" for WW2 are two excellent films that have been omitted from this list that leap to my mind. Both are post 1980 (I think!!!) B.
"Aces High" for WW1 and "Cross of Iron" for WW2 are two excellent films that have been omitted from this list that leap to my mind. Both are post 1980 (I think!!!) Cross of Iron is 1976 and Aces High is 1976 Ryan (sorry)
I don't care if they're pre-1980 but if you haven't watched "The longest day", "Sink the Bismarck!", "Tora! Tora! Tora!", "Patton", "Battle of Britain", "All quiet in the western front", "The Bridge at Remagen" then you haven't seen anything. Very, very few modern WWII films are as accurate and very good, dramatically speaking. A good recent one, the most terrifying film about the Holocaust: "Conspiracy" with Kenneth Branagh, Stanley Tucci and Colin Firth. There's "Band of Brothers" too. Another film about the Holocaust, though not a conventional one at all is "Bent". Very good. You even get to see Sir Mick Jagger dressed as a Drag Queen.
And speaking about "When Trumpets Fade", it was good but not very good. The music was indeed inapropriate some times and the photography was quite bad. And the German 'tanks' we see in the film were everything but tanks! Carton boxes with a stick, ill-disguised as a gun...
Originally posted by salientpoints@Mar 12 2004, 06:56 PM Cross of Iron is 1976 and Aces High is 1976 Ryan (sorry) Jeez! I didn't realise that they were that old!!! (Makes me feel quite a fogey now!!! ) B.
Originally posted by salientpoints@Mar 11 2004, 05:55 PM WW2 The Big Red One 1980 Come and See 1985 Das Boot 1981 A Midnight Clear 1992 Mother Night 1996 Saving Private Ryan 1998 The Tuskegee Airmen 1995 Underground 1995 When Trumpets Fade 1998 The Thin Red Line 1998 Au Revoir Les Enfants 1987 The Last Metro 1980 Life is Beautiful 1998 Schindlers List 1993 The Wannsee Conference 1984 Bye Bye Blues 1989 Hope & Glory 1987 The Land Girls 1998 Empire of The Sun 1987 Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence 1983 Paradise Road 1997 One Against The Wind 1991 The White Rose 1983 Enemy At The Gates 2001 Enigma 2001 Charlotte Gray 2001 Windtalkers 2003 Dark Blue World 2002 And The Violins Stopped Playing 1988 Pearl Harbor 2001 Harts War 2001 The Pianist 2003 U571 2000 I may have missed one or two but this is pretty complete. Ryan A pretty comprehensive list.If you are going to start a collection of these films,or indeed if i was the "must haves" to start me off would be,Das Boot,Saving Private Ryan,The Tuskegee Airmen,Schindlers List and Enemy At The Gates.If i was pressed to pick a favourite that i would watch again and again,then it would be The Tuskegee Airmen,excellent. Steven
