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A Thousand Heroes - True Movies (now)
The incredible story of United Airlines flight 232 from Denver to Chicago. The DC-10 crashed during an emergency landing at Sioux City Gateway Airport on July 19, 1989, with a 184 survivors. The film draws together all the elements that made this possible from the incredible skill of the pilot and air crew to the rescue teams at Sioux City airport who had trained for such an eventuality.
Heart wrenching, moving and uplifting at the same time, as it depicts humanity at its best.
The film has an excellent cast including Charlton Heston, James Coburn, and Richard Thomas. A tight budget means some of the sets are poor and the crash isn't as well realised as it could be but still the film works.
Seen it quiet a few times and its a good film.
The facts http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Airlines_Flight_232
Regards Neil
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The Cross of Lorraine (1943) starring Jean-Pierre Aumont, Gene Kelly, Cedric Hardwicke and Peter Lorre. Directed by Tay Garnett who also did he super war film "Bataan"
The film is partly based on the German refugee author Hans Habe's autobiographical Ob Tausend fallen (A Thousand Shall Fall) from 1941, about his war experiences fighting in the French Foreign Legion against his former homeland in 1940, being captured and then escaping the German prison camp.
A number of German, Austrian, French and Dutch actors, who had fled Europe because of the war, participate in the film, not only Peter Lorre, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Richard Ryen and Frederick Giermann, but also several of those who participate in minor roles and as extras.
The Cross of Lorraine was the second Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer production about the French Resistance, the first being Reunion in France, released in 1942.
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Gamorrah (2014) series 1 . Set in Naples, focusing on organised crime and the relationships of gangsters, drug dealers, and ordinary people. It offers a different style of mafia portrayal from previous series such as The Sopranos. Originally Italian so it is subtitled. We shall see :)
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Finally got up to the mothman prophecies in my recordings library.
PS, that Gamorrah(Mafia in Italian ) was quite good and will watch more.....one for our Marco I think:eyebrows:
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Inside Jaguar - Making a Million Pound Car. (CH4 now)
Very interesting program exploring Jaguar's Lightweight project to make 6 fully hand made 1963 E Types. Now this is high end and the details are every thing. Many high end audio companies who offer A 4 instruction sheets, photocopied and plastic remotes etc on crazy priced gear could learn much from watching this program.
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Didnt fancy Mothman so it went off rapidly. ...now watching Blackadder series 2....The late Ronald Lacey as The Bishop of Bath and Wells as fantastically black :eyebrows: One of the great episodes in tv history imo.
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Infamy, Infamy...they've all got it informe :lol: ...I may not be a very good live emperor, but I'll be a worse one dead..... sounds like Maggie Thatcher :eyebrows:
You should see the pyramids,...and the sphinx............. .... yes it does tend to smell in those hot countries :rfl:
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Remember Mum taking me to see Carry on Camping at the cinema, a little embarrassing when the opening scene includes the main characters watching a film about naturists 'Cor Sid look at that' :lol:
