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Why hasn't there ever been a war movie about the Chosin Reservoir?
Posted on 4/10/15 at 7:32 pm
Posted on 4/10/15 at 7:32 pm
I spent the day watching war movies. Watched Fury for the first time and rewarded Saving Private Ryan. Made me wonder why there was never a movie made about the largest battle of the Korean War.
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Posted on 4/10/15 at 7:54 pm to GeauxxxTigers23
It is the forgotten war. It was a transition period of how wars to have been fought. Jets coming into age and holy hell Korea is a really harsh place to fight. Cold as shite and Koreans are not tiny Asians.
Posted on 4/10/15 at 7:57 pm to glassman
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Koreans are not tiny Asians.
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Posted on 4/10/15 at 7:59 pm to glassman
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Jets coming into age and holy hell Korea is a really harsh place to fight. Cold as shite and Koreans are not tiny Asians
Seems like a pretty good war movie
Posted on 4/10/15 at 8:02 pm to GeauxxxTigers23
They made a movie called MASH. Pretty sure its set during the Korean War.
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I believe Retreat, Hell is loosely based on the battle of the Chosin.
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I believe Retreat, Hell is loosely based on the battle of the Chosin.
This post was edited on 4/10/15 at 8:08 pm
Posted on 4/10/15 at 8:50 pm to GeauxxxTigers23
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Made me wonder why there was never a movie made about the largest battle of the Korean War.
There was the 2010 documentary Chosin.
Korea was never a "sexy" war to spawn a bunch of movies. The best Hollywood films were probably The Bridges at Toko-Ri (1954) and, of course, M*A*S*H (1970) - but MASH was only superficially about Korea - it was really an anti-Vietnam war film with Korea standing in for Vietnam.
Chosin is an interesting battle, for a lot of reasons. The Chinese commander, Song Shilun, signed a joint statement with 5 other Chinese generals urging that martial law NOT be imposed on the Tiananmen Square protestors and for the Army not to enter the city.
Posted on 4/10/15 at 9:01 pm to GeauxxxTigers23
They did make "Inchon" in the early 80's...pretty bad if I can recall...too bad
because the invasion was a pretty remarkable story.
because the invasion was a pretty remarkable story.
Posted on 4/10/15 at 9:04 pm to RD Dawg
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They did make "Inchon" in the early 80's...pretty bad if I can recall.
Yeah, I seem to recall it was terrible.
Posted on 4/10/15 at 9:10 pm to glassman
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Koreans are not tiny Asians.
Posted on 4/10/15 at 9:15 pm to TigerMyth36
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Yeah, I seem to recall it was terrible.
Yeah - the Unification Church (Rev. Sun Myung Moon) funded the movie - starring Lord Laurence Olivier as MacArthur.
Nominated for 5 and won 4 Golden Raspberries.
Posted on 4/11/15 at 12:08 am to Ace Midnight
I thought Gregory Peck played McArthur.
Posted on 4/11/15 at 12:15 am to prplhze2000
He did in McArthur, not in Inchon.
Posted on 4/11/15 at 7:11 am to prplhze2000
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I thought Gregory Peck played McArthur.
In 1977's MacArthur. Peck's performance is almost the definitive portrayal of MacArthur (not as overriding of truth as Scott's Patton, but right there in the next tier) - that's all I really recall about the film other than Ed Flanders' great turn as Truman and Russell Johnson (the Professor from Gilligan's Island) playing Admiral King - Johnson being about 15 years younger than the character he was playing (and Flanders looked good as Truman, I'll grant you that.)
Posted on 4/11/15 at 8:53 am to Ace Midnight
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The best Hollywood films were probably The Bridges at Toko-Ri (1954) and, of course, M*A*S*H (1970)
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