Hope it is more like Band of Brothers than Saving Private Ryan. I don't think calling this a sequel is accurate. Apple Will Bring 'Band of Brothers' Sequel to Television
From the Military Times website, 12/10/10: 'Based on Donald L. Miller’s book of the same name, “Masters of the Air” is expected to follow American bomber pilots of the U.S. Eighth Air Force, who, on a daily basis, risked flying at 25,000 feet in frigid temperatures — in broad daylight — to bring the fight to Hitler’s doorstep. Three years (1942-1945) of death-defying bombing runs by the Eighth’s Flying Fortresses over cities like Berlin, Dresden and Hanover were, for much of the war, the only battles Allied forces waged inside the territorial borders of Nazi Germany.' I can't help thinking they are giving RAF Bomber Command pretty short shrift, not to mention the crews of the B24! Link Upcoming WWII series from Steven Spielberg & Tom Hanks inks star director (militarytimes.com)
Mini-series... Filming for Spielberg’s Masters of the Air to start next month in Abingdon Filming for 'Spielberg' TV show begins at Dalton Barracks airfield
Might lead to some good breaks for British actors if BoB was anything go by. They missed out a bit with The Pacific.
That's marketing for you! Maybe someday we'll get an equivalent series for British or Canadian soldiers.
Twelve O'Clock High - Wikipedia Twelve O'Clock High is a 1949 American war film about aircrews in the United States Army's Eighth Air Force, who flew daylight bombing missions against Nazi Germany and occupied France during the early days of American involvement in World War II, including a thinly disguised version of the Black Thursday strike against Schweinfurt. Thought I recognised the plot TD
Maybe, Chris C, maybe ..... but probably not edgy enough for TV, if it doesn’t have a barbed slant. Anyway, I hope that this production is a good one. It’s a worthy story. What’s the betting the remarkable flight of the All American gets transplanted (again) though? I came across this again the other day, after reading Guy Hudson’s ‘A Kiss in the Ass’ thread: 'A KISS IN THE ASS' and wondering what a ‘Togglier’ was; subsequently enlightened at: The B-17 Flying Fortress, Part 2 - Crew Thus informed, I will now be one-up on Grandson #2 (5 going on 50) when I next take him to Duxford. Even his teacher knows what a Boeing Stearman is!
That does raise the question of how much of this will we have seen before. How will it differentiate itself from earlier films? BoB and TP ramped-up the portrayal of the infantryman's war but is there the same reality gap in the air? The mini-series format, I suppose, will lend itself to portraying the 'changeover' of crews over time. And maybe the training aspect hasn't been done.
Sorry if i am confusing this with another Movie/Program, but...............did this have a "Working Title" of The Mighty 8th.? Is has been so long since i have heard anything about this, i has assumed it was ancient history.
That clip looks OK, but: 1. I don't think Kassel was "Germany's biggest military assembly area," whatever that is supposed to mean. 2. "Inspired by true events." Uh-oh.
In fairness, Kassel was (and is) a major weapons manufacturing centre. Wegmann im Loch is still producing tanks and Rheinmetall (ex Henschel) wheeled AFVs. Henschel am Stern was the only factory in Germany churning out Tiger I tanks, and I guesstimate that the October 1943 attack by Bomber Command probably eliminated a heavy tank battalion's worth of production. Henschel also produced planes in Kassel. In Bettenhausen Fieseler produced the Storch but also fighters under license to other manufacturers. That's just the stuff I know. All the best Andreas
I think the working title was Masters of the Air and it got changed to The Mighty Eight. Looks kind of gory for my taste. Battle of Britain had just the right amount of 'realism' for me.
