real memphis belle was english
did anyone know that
shareThe woman or the aircraft? Not that it matters seen as how it wasn't and she wasn.t!
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ok soz bout that i just got told that they were english soz
shareI think people get confused as obv they flew out of the UK and in the original propaganda film the queen visited them at the base. We watched it at school as part of our local history as the base is in our village- was a bit weird watching shots of the church and high street and hearing it described as "an unknown location in england"!!
shareHollywood has been known to replace British soldiers on British missions with Americans, so that they can sell the film in the US. Big example: U-571.
This isn't one of those cases though...
Yeah... Was the same in 'A Bridge Too Far'. Attenborough did his best to make it one of the most accurate war movies ever made, except changing it so that the Americans captured the bridge, as he was worried American audiences would reject it if the Brits did.
shareNow I need to load up the DVD and watch the movie again, or at least that seen. I could've sworn I sat here and watched British actors portraying British soldiers (paratroopers) seize the bridge in question. The Americans, (82nd and 101st ABN DIV) were portrayed as being 20 miles south as it happened in real life. They were part of the column that pushed forward to relieve the British paratroopers and they all had to be withdrawn, but they were not shown as taking the bridge.
Maybe I remember the movie inaccurately, or maybe I saw a different version than you did, though I only know of one version. Still, I can see Sean Connery run up to another British actor (there are British actors other than Sean Connery and Daniel Craig, right?) whose name I forget and he keeps repeating his orders in his head "Hold until relieved).
whose name I forget and he keeps repeating his orders in his head "Hold until relieved).
That was Richard Todd, playing Maj. John Howard--Todd, ironically enough was part of the column that relieved Pegasus Bridge in REAL LIFE & he served with Maj. John Howard as well.
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Thank you, nickm2.
I recognize the name, but the face is not as familiar to me as American actors.
Prego, segnore! The sheer irony of Todd playing his own boss in effect always gives me pause for thought. And here's another fun fact: that Bagpiper? He was literally playing himself, just 20 years older.
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That line was from the Longest Day 1965 not a Bridge Too Far. Richard Todd was just one of many actors who fought in WWII. Edward Albert of Green Acres fame was a hero at the battle of Tawara.Kenneth Moore, Clark Gable and the closest to this film would be the great Jimmy Stewart he flew lead for the 453rd Bombardment Group who flew B-24 and eventually commanded the 2nd Bomb group he flew over 25+ missions and also flew jet bombers including the B-52, he also did a arklight mission in a Buff during the Vietnam war in later years.
LOL This pisses a lot of guys (losers) off, they call me names (one notable idiot was some guy who said if I had a Military degree well yes I did my residency in the US Army and left as a Capt) whenever I point out films that are unrealistic or laugh at these online mall commandos. I never claim to be an expert but I know family etc who are and they just hate that as I know the ones who get upset with me are ones who never served a day in their life.
Btw I am a early 30's female MD from Germany now dual citizen American. I minored in Historical Warfare and have many family and friends in the military who fought in WWII to Afghanistan. I get my facts from them NOT Wikipedia like the majority of know it alls.
Dr.Nichole A. MD. AKA Nicki was here.
I never revisit posts or read PM's too mature to argue.
Oh yes...Longest Day; indeed Todd playing his own 'boss' is one of those historical things I just marvel at from this movie;
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Honestly, it's been that long since I saw it, I can't help but suspect that it is I who misremembers. I'll also have to dig it out and give it fresh look.
shareDannieboy20906, Thanks for your service!
shareDoesn´t Matthew Modine´s character says in the movie, the plane is named for a whore?
shareNo, it's named after his girlfriend back home, whom he met while on business in Memphis
shareBut doesn´t he say: "I bet, you are the only plane named for a whore?"
Maybe it is only in the German version.
Actually, Morgan met Margaret Polk while his crew was training near Memphis. Morgan was from North Carolina originally...the "I met her while on business" was just from the movie.
Things cooled off between Miss Polk and Maj. Morgan after he and the rest of his crew made it back to the US. He later met a young lady named Dorothy, "Dottie" for short, and she became Mrs. Morgan...she also was the namesake of the next combat aircraft he flew: A B-29 named "Dauntless Dottie."
"It's a hard country, kid."
They were training in Walla Walla, Washington.
You can read the whole story here:
http://www.memphisbelle.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view &id=19&Itemid=34
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