"War of the Rats" is the name of the novel that "Enemy at the Gates" is based on. Excellent novel. Most movies f'up the sniper thing so badly. Shooter was an abomination when you consider it was based on the first novel in an excellent Stephen Hunter series. Had they actually chosen to follow the plot of the first novel the possibilities of follow on movies would have been awesome.

Enemy at the Gates is actually in pretty rarified air as the best sniper movie IMO.

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Posted by Green Chili Tiger

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Posted on 1/18/12 at 10:38 am to dedfella

Kurt Russell as Charles Whitman

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Posted by Gorilla Fingers

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Posted on 1/18/12 at 10:48 am to dedfella

Point of Impact was awesome but Dirty White Boys was my favorite of the Steven Hunter series.

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Posted by dedfella

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Posted on 1/18/12 at 11:16 am to Gorilla Fingers

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Dirty White Boys

The shoot out in the tattoo parlor was one of the best "gunfight' scenes written IMO

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Posted on 1/18/12 at 1:12 pm to constant cough

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The Manchurian Candidate

Comes on TCM tonight at 9 p.m. Central.

Angela Lansbury is the mother again but Lawrence Harvey is no where near as fine as Sue Lyon.

Janet Leigh does spend some time on a train with old blue eyes:

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Posted by mr balloon hands

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Posted on 1/18/12 at 1:14 pm to chinese58

This thread makes me realize there aren't a lot of (good) sniper movies out there. Loved Enemy at the Gates though.