schaffer

Where eagles Dare is a classic, classics can`t be remade !!!!!!!!!
Good to see MGM Borehamwood Again, great stuff....
What a shame it was demolished....

djdave

Classics shouldn't be remade....but if there's money to be made, I don't suppose many Studios would pass up on a quick buck.

stephenart

interested in your past working at MGM, I was at MGM same time, I was in the art department and worked a quite a few films in the 60s. I am trying to tack set stills of mans fate especially end of picture crew picture taken on stage 4 which was exterior street and chinese house. I was on the crew for this picture which never got made, despite sets complete ready for shooting and location sets almost finished in Penagn. Would love to trace photos for own records. have many happy memories of working at borehamwood pictures like, goodbye mr chips, dirty dozen, Grand prix, eagles dare, the mercenaries, Capt nemo, strangers in the house, Kelly's heros,battle beneath the earth, plus being loaned out to outside productions, i spent some time at sheperton studios as well happy happy days

Redstar

I loved WED up to the point when the helicopter appears because as we all know helicopters were not used during WW2, certainly not by the Germans, but thats because I am fickle and like a bit of accuracy. However the "over the top" performances the action and the excitement make up for the historical errors!
My other favourite Alistair Maclean's include Guns of Navarone (The best of all) When Eight Bells Toll (filmed partly at Duart castle in Scotland) Robert Morley was superb in this. Fear is the Key, Puppet on a Chain great boat chase around Amsterdam. The Satan Bug excellent climax. Breakheart Pass was a strange film the plot never seemed to fit the western genre. Ice Station Zebra for me was overlong and lacked the suspense of the others as did Bear island although I thought the idea was very good.

Steve Crook

From the IMDb Goofs page for the film:
Although helicopters weren't widely used in military operations until well after World War II, the US and Germany had both experimental and production helicopters, but the helicopter shown landing inside the German compound was a Bell model 47 which did not see production until 1947

Steve

schaffer

Well, actually they were going to use an autogyro for the film, but could`nt obtain one to use......according to Peter Mullins the art director....
Lets just put it down to cinematic licence !!!!!!!!!!!!

Jim

I've got it on tape - BUT I always watch it again if it comes on TV - I put it down to Richard Burton!!

Sad or what? :

Good morning boys.

djdave

Best bit of dialogue in the film?

Richard Burton, explaining to Clint Eastwood how the fake general's plane had been "shot down" by the Germans i.e. they didn't, and the bullet holes were put there by the Bristish.

"What the hell," he says, " a hole is a hole is a hole".

Apparantly, Burton did the film because his young(ish) children were bored with the costume/dialogue heavy dramas he'd been doing.

Marky B

I enjoy Where Eagles Dare as a good "Boys Own" venture - so un-pc. However,as a regular listener to Ken the Bruce on Radio 2,his regular "Broadsword to Danny Boy" competition with Lynn Bowles,his traffic girl,he has admitted that after watching it numerous times,he still cannot understand Burton's revelations in the big room with Clint,Mary Ure,Robert Beatty,Anton Diffring and Ferdy Mayne. Despite watching it myself countless times,I can't either ..... .
Can anyone clarify,please.
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Marky B

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djdave

But delivered in that rich, Welsh voice.....I don't care!!!!

Crimson

I have WED on tape but I CAN'T STOP WATCHING THIS FILM. When it comes on the TV I watch it, I think it's a Richard Burton thing too.

Marky B

I take it you like it then .
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Marky B

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Marky B

Watching Night Train To Munich the other afternoon,and I see where they got the idea of leaping from cable car to another - this time it was Rex Harrison.
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Marky B

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Jim

Yep! I watched NTTM as well Marky - I noticed in the end credits that Paul Henreid was listed as Paul von Henreid. I believe he, like many other German/Austrian showbiz folk, fled Germany to America before the maniac's policies took too firm a hold on the Germans.

What a pity the assassination of mad Adolf failed!

Also, didn't Rex have a wonderful gun? I think he got about 30 rounds out of his 5/6 shooter!!!

Good morning boys.

Marky B

Yep,I noticed that .
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Marky B

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