The film The Message with Anthony Quin was able to do it... it just needs to be put into the hands of people who are masters of their craft.
Historical stories not covered enough by Hollywood
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I would like to see a decent biopic of Alexander Hamilton. I find him to be fascinating. His background, his genius, his influence, etc.
the Battle of Goose Green or even the whole war.
You know, that might be interesting if they could pull it off, though it seems a rather tall order. My own knowledge of Islam's foundation isn't great, which I guess reinforces the idea that it's an underplayed part of history in our parts of the world. Though, on that note, I for one wouldn't yet know enough to separate what's genuinely believed to be true from what any filmakers invented.
The story of James Dunwody Bulloch, the Confederate agent in Britain who was responsible for acquiring blockade runners and raiding ships in Britain would make a fascinating story. It would also be interesting to have the views on the American Civil War as seen in Britain.
This!
It's more of a Holyrood production.
I remembered that one as soon as I underlined 'any'. I should have known better than to bank on ignorance of obscurish films on this board.
The Bruce is not available in the US through offline channels as near as I can tell, and I'm not willing to spend money on it sight-unseen.
It certainly doesn't count for a Hollywood production.
I'm here till Tuesday.
For a film based on a historic event to work it needs to lean towards to war, action, explody, "mannish" side of history as men are the ones who go see such movies. A slow-yet-accurate tale of someone's quiet struggle with some random-yet-powerful discovery wouldn't make for a well attended movie and would =FLOPP!
Face it, most of history wouldn't translate well for the vast ignorant American population who is the target audience for movies, and what little of history would translate well has to be cleaned up to a point of being palatable to what little segment would actually pay 10 bucks and spend 2 hours watching. That's the just the economics of Hollywood.
No one wants to see two countries fight over a piece of rock in the South Atlantic, not here at least.
Face it, most of history wouldn't translate well for the vast ignorant American population who is the target audience for movies, and what little of history would translate well has to be cleaned up to a point of being palatable to what little segment would actually pay 10 bucks and spend 2 hours watching. That's the just the economics of Hollywood.
No one wants to see two countries fight over a piece of rock in the South Atlantic, not here at least.
I want Roland Emmerich to make a movie about the Boston Molasses Disaster.
Hello! History! ----> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=34x6m-ahGIo
World War I.
I'd love a movie that actually dealt with the war itself, instead of just using the war as a background for other things.
I'm thinking of something along the lines of what Band of Brothers did for World War II in Europe.
I'd love a movie that actually dealt with the war itself, instead of just using the war as a background for other things.
I'm thinking of something along the lines of what Band of Brothers did for World War II in Europe.
Given how everyone involved with the war is now dead, you're going to have a hard go at it.
Blackadder goes forth?
Historically accurate films about the Roman and Greek eras would be fascinating. I know Vin Diesel has some passion project about the life of Hannibal he has been trying to get made, no idea if it is accurate though. And Angelina Jolie is maybe doing some Cleopatra movie, fingers crossed.
I second the desire to see more stuff about the American Revolution and war of 1812.
And I'll add in the French Revolution and Napoleonic wars.
I second the desire to see more stuff about the American Revolution and war of 1812.
And I'll add in the French Revolution and Napoleonic wars.
Battle of the Aleutian Islands (June 1942-August 1943)
The Aleutian Islands Campaign was a struggle over the Aleutian Islands, part of the Alaska Territory, in the Pacific campaign of World War II
7 months after Pearl Harbor in June 1942 After bombing the main US base twice in 24 hours at Dutch Harbor, AK Japanese troops occupy Kiska and Attu Islands.
The first bombs dropped on North America mainland from an enemy of the US since before the Civil War.
intact Japanese Zero plane. It was captured intact by U.S. forces in July 1942 on Akutan Island, after the Dutch Harbor Attack and became the first flyable Zero acquired by the United States during WW2 and gave valuable insight to Japans air power.
In June 1942, Japan had seized the remote, sparsely inhabited islands of Attu and Kiska, in the Aleutian Islands. It was the only U.S. soil Japan would claim during the war in the Pacific. The maneuver was possibly designed to divert U.S. forces during Japan's attack on Midway Island (June 4-7, 1942) in the central Pacific.
In May 1943, U.S. forces attacked the Japanese on Attu. By the end of the month, the Japanese had retreated from the island, but not before demonstrations of their code of honor -- including mass suicides and take-no-prisoner battles to the death --
all copied & paraphrased from these sources.
I think a miniseries like Band of Brothers or The Pacific would do this justice since it was really over a year. Sure you can have a 2-hour feature film about the Dutch Harbor attack in one day but a miniseries would allow to see so much more about this multi-year campaign during the 14 month period.
The Aleutian Islands Campaign was a struggle over the Aleutian Islands, part of the Alaska Territory, in the Pacific campaign of World War II
7 months after Pearl Harbor in June 1942 After bombing the main US base twice in 24 hours at Dutch Harbor, AK Japanese troops occupy Kiska and Attu Islands.
The first bombs dropped on North America mainland from an enemy of the US since before the Civil War.
intact Japanese Zero plane. It was captured intact by U.S. forces in July 1942 on Akutan Island, after the Dutch Harbor Attack and became the first flyable Zero acquired by the United States during WW2 and gave valuable insight to Japans air power.
In June 1942, Japan had seized the remote, sparsely inhabited islands of Attu and Kiska, in the Aleutian Islands. It was the only U.S. soil Japan would claim during the war in the Pacific. The maneuver was possibly designed to divert U.S. forces during Japan's attack on Midway Island (June 4-7, 1942) in the central Pacific.
In May 1943, U.S. forces attacked the Japanese on Attu. By the end of the month, the Japanese had retreated from the island, but not before demonstrations of their code of honor -- including mass suicides and take-no-prisoner battles to the death --
all copied & paraphrased from these sources.
I think a miniseries like Band of Brothers or The Pacific would do this justice since it was really over a year. Sure you can have a 2-hour feature film about the Dutch Harbor attack in one day but a miniseries would allow to see so much more about this multi-year campaign during the 14 month period.
Anzacs did a decent job of that if I recall correctly (but was an Australian tv mini series). Been ages since I've seen it though
I miss those somewhat stagey sweeping historical epics that Hollywood used to do. You know, the ones with "a cast of thousands".
I'd like to see a big screen treatment of the Peninsular War; Wellington taking on and defeating one French Marshal after another, all with a much smaller force and with the backdrop of rising Spanish guerilla support, is a pretty compelling story. Would need at least a trilogy to do it right though, and a lot of story simplification and time compression even with a trilogy.
I'd like to see a big screen treatment of the Peninsular War; Wellington taking on and defeating one French Marshal after another, all with a much smaller force and with the backdrop of rising Spanish guerilla support, is a pretty compelling story. Would need at least a trilogy to do it right though, and a lot of story simplification and time compression even with a trilogy.
