Where Eagles Dare!

[Pvt.pile]

I know I know there are lots of 60's/70's WWII films that deserve their own thread but this one is a child hood favorite.....


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8XKGhG0W0LQ&fmt=18


And if you haven't seen it shame on you!

 

[hockeywarrior]

Great movie! Awesome espionage-type movie with tons of twists and turns.

Plus Clint Eastwood

 

[Pagan]

I love the amount of rounds Clint has in his MP40.

 

[D3terioNation]

Worst ww2 film ever!

 

[Murphy]

The shoelace trick! And the helicopter-prototype!
Also the gondola scene from Return to Castle Wolfenstein seems like an homage to that film.
Oh dear, excellent movie.

I heard Tarantino wants to re-make it because he likes it so much? Tarantino is full of himself enough to not remake it (he doesn't seem like someone who would make bad remakes) but to make a movie "based" on it so it might turn out to be rather cool.

 

[Lt_Kettch]

Stop making gaps of the size of a youtube video!

(They will never load )

 

[Ronan]

The only issue I had with this great film is how fast they drop with the Parachute. I'm sure that in really life they would of broken their legs!

 

[RustyShackleford]

One of the best films iv ever seen. I remember when i watched it when i was a child i had no idea wat was going on. The ending confused me. I got to rewatch it now that i have a better understanding of it.

 

[fOgGy]

There are in fact 89 Nazi death counts in that film, most of them are downright bizarre -

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRHqtbt3ORc

 

[Ralfst3r]

A Bridge Too Far > Where Eagles Dare

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZlwHxYgJr4A

Carry on...

Edit:

Oh yeah, also best themesong ever.

 

[dogbadger]

I seem to remember Clint using the lean bug a fair amount during the escape from the 'castle of eagles'.

 

[Conscript]

Worst ww2 film ever!

Lies. Awesome film, awesome story. Ive read it about 4 or 5 times. Alistair MacLean is the master of proper 'boys own' WW2 adventures.

 

[fOgGy]

A Bridge Too Far > Where Eagles Dare

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZlwHxYgJr4A

Carry on...

Edit:

Oh yeah, also best themesong ever.

I personally think A Bridge Too Far should have been called Where Eagles Dare because of the large-scale use of US Airborne Forces (their nickname Screaming Eagles) in Operation Market Garden (also known as Hell's Highway) and certainly one of the tougher missions they faced but failed in the end.

 

[Psycho_Sam]

Heh what a brilliant film! If you like that make sure you check these out, all classics.

Where Eagles Dare, The Guns of Navarone, Force 10 from Navarone, Kelly's Heroes, The Bridge at Remagen, The Bridge over the River Kwai, Battle of Britain, The Dirty Dozen

 

[gautrek]

Heh what a brilliant film! If you like that make sure you check these out, all classics.

Shouldn't you be doing something mate.
We are all still waiting.

 

[D3terioNation]

Kelly's Heroes

My all time favourite!

You jut cant been stoner gi's