When any discussion of great musical films, or great war films takes place, this film should be near the top of the list, up there with Cabaret and other all-time greats, yet it is rarely mentioned ... time to rehabilitate this shattering film and give it the kudos it deserves.
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Totally agree. And yet it took decades to get a DVD release, and the brilliant soundtrack was only briefly commercially available on vinyl! I wonder if there was some obscure problem with the rights, that caused it almost to disappear for so long?
shareI suspect so, particularly given all the songs were by different songwriters (even if the words were sometimes the traditional ones improvised by soldiers, the tunes weren't). It must have been a copyright nightmare, especially when copyright was extended from life+50 to life+70 years.
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How typical of the Hollywood special folks. Do as I say, not do as I do.
I lost family and had family members permanently maimed from WW1. This musical comedy is an insult to those folks and heroism. Trivialization and mocking of their pain, sacrifice, heart-ache, and lives by this show is a crime. And to try to compare it (without a huge dose of Progressive re-writting of history) to make it an anti Vietnam war propaganda (1969) badly camouflaged message hit piece is outrageous.
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Don't take it as too accurate. In reality- the men who rushed up on stage to volunteer would have been legally entitled to go straight home-they weren't soldiers yet,not having been medically examined or sworn in.And they wouldn't have been sent across the Channel until 1915.
sharePatience is a virtue, so is vision and wisdom. When you achieve all three, let me know.
You missed the point of the film. I don't know you and you don't know me. I could play this game all you want. I respect rational people. You are not so high on my list right now. Do better next time.
Two reasons for Internet bullying of others with public forum attacks: fear, ignorance and envy.
Two reasons or three?
"Everyone is ignorant, only on different subjects". Will Rogers (1879-1935)
In fact a lot of the "Kitchener recruits" did not get to France or Belgium until 1916. This was particularly true of the Pals' battalions. Because Britain lacked conscription until that year, there was no large pool of militarily experienced reservists who had passed through training years before and could be recalled in an emergency. Although there were the Territorials, they were insufficient. So the British could field a good-quality army in France and Belgium in 1914, but it was relatively small. It took time to train the large number of volunteers and get them over to France, and for many their baptism of fire, a bloody one, had to wait until July 1, 1916 on the Somme.
"Chicken soup - with a *beep* straw."
Brilliant film glad I've got the dvd with all the extras one of my all time favourite films
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