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Post by crzhrs on Aug 3, 2005 17:14:29 GMT -6
Maybe the new version of SOMS will be leaner, meaner, and not so much on battle scenes but on DIALOGUE. What a concept! Maybe we can get deeper insight to Custer, Benteen, Reno, Crazy Horse, Sitting Bull, etc. other than the usual stuff.
Then again, I don't know much about CHUD . . . wasn't that a horror movie from the 70s or 80s?
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Post by elisabeth on Aug 4, 2005 2:42:31 GMT -6
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Post by bhist on Aug 4, 2005 12:54:07 GMT -6
Thanks for this info Elizabeth.
This is somewhat encouraging. Mount films website has no information, but IMBD shows a very respectful list of films that Thom Mount produced -- "Indian Runner", "Tequila Sunrise", "Bull Durham", "Frantic." He's currently producing "Papa" with Nick Nolte and Meg Ryan. Funny, IMDB doesn't give Mount credit for producing the earlier version of "SOMS."
A look at Mount’s films appears to lean to the left. If I had to choose between Stone or Mount, I'd pick Mount (still not a good sign).
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Post by bhist on Aug 4, 2005 12:59:48 GMT -6
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Post by elisabeth on Aug 5, 2005 1:54:42 GMT -6
Thanks, Bob, this is useful stuff.
So maybe, with a bit of luck, he'll be aiming to do things with it that TV wouldn't let him?
Hope you're correct about his leanings. It'd be good to see more about the politics and financial interests than we usually get -- not in an 'oh, the wicked railroad magnates' fashion, but tackled in a grown-up manner. And a truthful, unromanticised version of the Custer-Libbie relationship. And ... and ... and ... Trouble is, none of us will ever get the Custer movie we want unless we write it ourselves. Now there's a thought ...!
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Post by crzhrs on Aug 5, 2005 14:07:53 GMT -6
Re: They Died with their Boots On
One great aspect of the movie, and probably accurate to the real-life Libbie-George relationship . . . was the love and devotion shown on the film. Especially the scene where George says good-bye to Libbie to go the LBH. Very tender and emotional. After George leaves, Libbie who had kept a stiff upper lip collapes.
I need a hanky!
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Post by michigander1 on Aug 5, 2005 18:21:21 GMT -6
The true diary of Libbie after George departure confirm that bad feeling of Libbie: she said that she never felt so worry before and, 3 days before George's death, she also dreamed about him and prayed with all her forces that God could protect him.
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Post by Tricia on Aug 5, 2005 19:38:47 GMT -6
All--
Forgive my rampant naivete, but I don't understand this need to know the "political" leanings of a Hollywood director or producer and from where they received their investments. Unless I am seeing a strict documentary, I still look to a Saturday movie as a source of fun and entertainment. If I want an idealistic portrayal of history, I'll spend my monies somewhere else. Could others on this board be quietly referring to the "stereotypical" powers that are assumed-to-be in Tinseltown? "True" history lies in no particular political camp.
And as for Libbie's "misgivings" and "premonitions," would anybody have cared about them had her husband returned in one piece from the Summer Campaign?
Regards, Leyton McLean
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Post by crzhrs on Aug 8, 2005 12:22:36 GMT -6
Movies or books (fiction or non-fiction) always have a "slant" . . . someone trying to make a statement or prove a point. The best way to learn is to go to primary sources . . . the people who were there and read their FIRST impressions . . . not years later after they had time to think and re-think what happened, especially if the event was a disaster or failure. Too many what if's, shouldas, couldas, and cover one's rear come into play.
The LBH is a perfect example of that!
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Post by michigander1 on Aug 8, 2005 13:28:08 GMT -6
Leyton, the difference is just that she never felt as she felt when her husband started for the last campaign and never had such bad feelings. Mine it's not an interest on the simple Libbie. This is a mistery but it happens a lot of times beloved ones that say goodbyes to their loved ones in the last day of their life. That had happened with twin towers too. And I was impressed too.
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