Classic War Movies- Where Eagles Dare (1969)

[Gorch]

You're right about Wild Geese being a good film. It's lot of fun and has some great action scenes with real suspense. But that cast - Burton, Richard Harris, Roger Moore - had to sign a non-drinking pledge while filming was underway. Too bad they couldn't have found a role for Peter O'Toole.



We deal in lead, friend.

[luckynedpepper]

i really must get Where Eagles Dare on dvd and The Wild Geese and possibly The Sea Wolves

[The Ringo Kid]

My first Where Eagles Dare photo collectable. This one was produced for the Chicago Tribune for them to make an ad in the paper advertising the original theatrical release of the movie. Has new-ticker info on the back as well as an actual ad from a copy of the paper - showing what the ad looked like. This photo shows Richard Burton as the Gebirgsjager Major-with Ingrid Pitt sitting on his lap.

[ethanedwards]

Carl, Thanks for posting this here as well!

[wtrayah]

Great war movie! One of my favorites!

[The Ringo Kid]

Carl, Thanks for posting this here as well!

Thank you Keith ;-)) glad to share when I can.

[The Ringo Kid]

Great war movie! One of my favorites!

Same here and, one of the ringtones on my cell phone is the thematic music from the movie. I love the sounds of it all. ;-))

[Gorch]

I'm going against the tide of popularity on this one. Eagles is an excellent movie and I saw it three times upon its initial release, however, I have to defend "The Guns of Navarone" as a better war movie.
Both are authored by the same person, yet there's really no suspense in Eagles about the survival of the heroes. Granted, both films are similar in that a group of infiltrators/experts go behind enemy lines on hopeless tasks, but somehow you just know that Burton and Eastwood will triumph.
Navarone also leads you to believe that the mission will be a success, but you don't know who is going to survive. The characters all seem vulnerable.
Eagles has over the top action - jumping from frozen cable cars, Clint firing two machine guns at once, fat old Burton climbing up a rope. Navarone has Quinn sniping at Alpine Corps and scrambling, Baker bungling a knife stabbing and Darren losing focus resulting in his death. Much more realistic.
The prelude to Navarone is also more probable. Kheros and newly designed radar controlled guns blocking a sea rescue are much more believable than the Cartwright Jones/invasion plans premise.
Thanks for indulging my screed.


We deal in lead, friend.

[The Ringo Kid]

I'm going against the tide of popularity on this one. Eagles is an excellent movie and I saw it three times upon its initial release, however, I have to defend "The Guns of Navarone" as a better war movie.
Both are authored by the same person, yet there's really no suspense in Eagles about the survival of the heroes. Granted, both films are similar in that a group of infiltrators/experts go behind enemy lines on hopeless tasks, but somehow you just know that Burton and Eastwood will triumph.
Navarone also leads you to believe that the mission will be a success, but you don't know who is going to survive. The characters all seem vulnerable.
Eagles has over the top action - jumping from frozen cable cars, Clint firing two machine guns at once, fat old Burton climbing up a rope. Navarone has Quinn sniping at Alpine Corps and scrambling, Baker bungling a knife stabbing and Darren losing focus resulting in his death. Much more realistic.
The prelude to Navarone is also more probable. Kheros and newly designed radar controlled guns blocking a sea rescue are much more believable than the Cartwright Jones/invasion plans premise.
Thanks for indulging my screed.


We deal in lead, friend.

I agree here and love em both. Guns has the edge on this one for being more believable and at least their uniforms were made to look more accurate than the ones in W.E.D. As a collector-that detail means a lot to me-though I always did and will love the movie ;-))

[ethanedwards]

Our profile of Guns is here
Classic War Movies- The Guns of Naverone

[Dooley]

I agree here and love em both. Guns has the edge on this one for being more believable and at least their uniforms were made to look more accurate than the ones in W.E.D. As a collector-that detail means a lot to me-though I always did and will love the movie ;-))

Ditto here, Navarone for me :-)

[The Ringo Kid]

Ditto here, Navarone for me :-)

Navarone is a favorite of mine too. Thanks to a VERY generous person by the name of Bill--I got many great images from that movie now into my collection. ;-))

[Dooley]

Navarone is a favorite of mine too. Thanks to a VERY generous person by the name of Bill--I got many great images from that movie now into my collection. ;-))

All this talk makes me want to watch it again now.
A bit soon as I only watched it a couple of months ago when it came out on Blu ray, plus we're on a Duke forum and there are still lots of the Duke's films I have yet to see!

[The Ringo Kid]

All this talk makes me want to watch it again now.
A bit soon as I only watched it a couple of months ago when it came out on Blu ray, plus we're on a Duke forum and there are still lots of the Duke's films I have yet to see!

Go for it, nothing wrong with rewatching a great movie so soon. heck, since I bought it onl a couple months ago-ive rewatched The Tanks Are Coming and Northwest Passage-at least 5-6 times already. Each time I notice somehting new.

[Dooley]

Go for it, nothing wrong with rewatching a great movie so soon. heck, since I bought it onl a couple months ago-ive rewatched The Tanks Are Coming and Northwest Passage-at least 5-6 times already. Each time I notice somehting new.

Impressive!
I've never seen the tanks are coming.
I take it it's a good one!