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Release Date: 21 May, 2002 Retail Price: $14.98 OUR Price: $9.99 You SAVE: $4.99! Cast: Complete Cast (13 total) |
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FWs! Twelve O'Clock High
This is one of the finest movies made about World War II. What am I saying? It is one of the finest films ever made. When you think of excellent World War II dramas you have to consider the English made "Sink the Bismarck" which is well crafted and this American made story of bombers flying out of England. There are two stand out performances by Gregory Peck as Brig. Gen. Frank Savage and Dean Jagger as Maj. Harvey Stovall. The rest of the cast is very good and carry off their parts well, but Peck and Jagger are the movie. Their conversations and Jagger's narration through the movie as he reflects back on what happened after the war while visiting the old haunts is as good as it gets in this kind of drama. This is typically in most peoples top ten of WWII movies. Black and White movies may not appeal to some but the contrast can sometimes give an interesting perspective and add to the mood and give it a historical feel. The action is fairly intense sometimes because they used actual aerial war footage and the radio chatter although probably taped is realistic. Many of those that flew in B-17s themselves said this was a good depiction of what it really was like. If you enjoy war movies or good dramas you should enjoy it, and if you haven't seen it in awhile it is time to revisit it.
possibly the best world war II inspired movie
i was utterly surprised by this one which i expected to be a run-of-the-mill, albeit good war drama. gregory peck stars as a hard-nosed commander brought in to shape up an underperforming squadron of fly boys. what we get is an incisive portrait of the psychoilogical strains faced by men enduring long periods of monotony with near-ecstatic brief moments of combat. peck was the perfect choice for this part, which might be his best performance short of "to kill a mockingbird". and special kudos to dean jagger, who won his best supporting actor oscar here in a part that virtually defines what the supporting actor concept is supposed to be. great aerial combat photography too, which id guess was even more impressive so shortly after world war 2, and before much of what weve now seen ever was made public. highly recommended.
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