82 Airborne film being made.

[Jack]

Directed by Dale Dye........fi

 

http://www.nobetterplacetodie.com/

http://www.nobetterplacetodie.com/video1.html

 

 

"No Better Place To Die" - About Film It is known as the bloodiest small-arms battle in the history of U.S. warfare. Paratroopers of the 82nd Airborne Division jumped in the night through a torrent of gunfire into the swamped Normandy countryside. Hundreds were killed before they landed. Many drowned. Those who survived faced a deadly and vital mission. They were outnumbered and outgunned.

 

To the brave men whose blood and guts made possible the D-Day assault of June 6, 1944, there was “No Better Place to Die.”

 

Based on the true story of a young private who defied death to deliver orders from the commanding officers to the front lines at the La Fiere Bridge Causeway, “No Better Place to Die” relives the horrific fight that opened a route to victory for troops storming Utah Beach on D-Day.

 

The American soldiers had two heavily defended bridges to overtake and capture. They had 800 yards of hell to cross. Their only passageway: a narrow, elevated road surrounded by floodwater. As the hours and days passed, the water turned to blood in a battle of no turning back. Victory would bore a hole into Nazi-occupied France. It all came down to the heart, courage and will of heroes like PFC Charles DeGlopper, Gen. James Gavin, 1st Lt. John "Red Dog" Dolan, Private Bob Murphy and Lt. John Marr who could be found everywhere on D-Day.

[Tony B]

Makes you wonder why the British, Canadian, and other commonwealth forces bothered to get out of bed on 6th july 1944.

[Joris]

I thought the Brits gave up on amphib landings after Dieppe and only supplied donuts to the Americans :confused:

[Enigma]

Makes you wonder why the British, Canadian, and other commonwealth forces bothered to get out of bed on 6th july 1944.

 

The real question is why the British filmindustry doesn't make these kind of films?

[Snapper]

Because the old British film industry rushed to make so many good, bad and indifferent war films during the fifties and sixties I would suspect the appetite is gone. The public aren't overtly interested either. I can remember young women I worked with being scathing about SPR because "nobody cared" about all that old stuff. It's saving grace was the gory opening sequence for them, because they are used to slasher horror films.

 

There is little point in remaking Arnhem or D-Day as far as the Brits are concerned. It's all been done. The bomber offensive is rocky ground and would be hugely expensive (let's see if Peter Jackson's Dambusters remake ever happens).

 

The Americans continue to have appetites for their war heroes. Even high brow audiences like the American stuff - Especially if they can draw parallels with Iraq and even Vietnam.

 

British films always have to have a message or a subtle point put in by the director, usually against the very people and events that is portrayed. The whole problem with the UK now is the sixties "thinkers" and "trend setters" decided to unburden themselves of our past. It was in black and white. Ignorance is bliss.