| archstanton73 | 30 Oct 2009 3:52 p.m. PST |
Just watched this excellent film on DVD last night and at the start is says that it is a true story…Can anyone elaborate--Was there a real Captain Anson and a real Katy??? |
 Mserafin  | 30 Oct 2009 4:00 p.m. PST |
I don't know, but I'm jealous that you've got it on DVD. No sign of it over here in the States (sniff). |
| Connard Sage | 30 Oct 2009 4:14 p.m. PST |
No sign of it over here in the States Do you not have multi-region DVD players? |
| Dropship Horizon | 30 Oct 2009 4:19 p.m. PST |
The film was based on a novel by Christopher Landon which in turn was allegedly based on his experiences in a Field Ambulance unit in the desert. Truth as they say….. Cheers
Mark |
| Black Bull | 30 Oct 2009 5:01 p.m. PST |
They changed the name to Desert Attack for the US release and cut the runtime from 129 to just 76min so get a UK one if you can. |
| NBATemplate | 30 Oct 2009 5:35 p.m. PST |
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| The Black Tower | 30 Oct 2009 7:13 p.m. PST |
It was given away free with a British newspaper about 9 months ago
I think it was region 0 Have a look on Ebay! |
| GUNBOAT | 31 Oct 2009 1:57 a.m. PST |
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 BigRedBat  | 31 Oct 2009 3:27 a.m. PST |
It's a great film. In the UK, they clipped a section from the scene in the bar at the end, and used it has a Heineken advert! |
| Dropship Horizon | 31 Oct 2009 3:28 a.m. PST |
They changed the name to Desert Attack for the US release And the tagline was something like "Three guys and two girls!" LOL
Mark |
| Ivan the Reasonable | 31 Oct 2009 4:33 a.m. PST |
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Chortle  | 31 Oct 2009 5:45 a.m. PST |
Yes, it is a great film. Several undone buttons on the actresses shirt caused a scandal at the time of release. |
| BigRedBat | 31 Oct 2009 8:25 a.m. PST |
Oh, maybe it was Carlsberg! :-) |
| charon | 31 Oct 2009 9:18 a.m. PST |
The end: link Just the ad: link This film was one of a number of classics. The Cruel Sea is another one (and they used part of this for an ad as well, but I cannot find it). |
| Cats Eyes | 31 Oct 2009 1:38 p.m. PST |
"Oh, maybe it was Carlsberg! :-)" Probably… CE |
| GOTHIC LINE MINIATURES | 31 Oct 2009 2:34 p.m. PST |
One of my favorite films amazing…you could try on ebay to buy the Daily News one,their war movies collection was really good,still selling I think!!!
Best regards
Gui |
| Frontovik | 01 Nov 2009 2:45 p.m. PST |
There's a nice Series 1 Landrover in the background as they drive the Anthony Quayle charcter away at the end…. |
| Third spear carrier | 01 Nov 2009 2:59 p.m. PST |
Tedious link, my dad met the author and he was not very complimentary about Landon, dying of a drink and drugs overdose sounds about right. John Mills said the filming of the last seen of that movie was the best bit of work he ever did, they had to use real larger and the shot took several takes. |
| koyli68 | 02 Nov 2009 2:55 a.m. PST |
The book is excellent but in the book it is the sergeant major who gets the girl not the Captain…..but then woulf Sylvia Sims really pick Harry Andrews over John Mills and would John Mills have made a believable Sergeant major??? |
| cameronian | 02 Nov 2009 3:51 a.m. PST |
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