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A fascinating subject - Warships in movies. Here, we discuss various aspects. * How were they represented, and how accurate were the stand-ins? * How faithfully reproduced are the maneuvers, the battles? * what happened to the ships afterward, and where did they end up? * How accurately, in terms of their life stories and actions, are the people on both sides enacted? What did their futures hold in stock for them? This Club was initiated by Admiral_Karasu in April 2024

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  2. Admiral_Karasu
    Huh? To me they looked pretty normal. Well, apart from ffolkes who seemed to have Edwardian affectations.
  3. Justin_Simpleton
    The clothes everyone in this movie was wearing was straight out of GQ, Gentleman's Quarterly. These were upper-class folks.
  4. Admiral_Karasu
    Well, Anthony Perkins sort of failed, as he played Norman Bates in three Psycho rehashes after this movie. Roger Moore, of course, also similarly returned to the role of James Bond three times after playing ffolkes. Still, I think both of them did fairly well in this movie.
  5. HamptonRoads
    I believe that at the time Roger Moore was trying to break his suave playboy type-cast (James Bond/Simon Templar.) Similarly, Anthony Perkins was trying to break the Norman Bates image.
  6. UnrepentantSinner
    Great pick, haven't seen this movie in ages, but i remember it fondly. Roger Moore gave an impressive performance in this movie.
  7. Admiral_Karasu
    Not to mention the fact that Roger Moore played a Scotsman in this movie.
  8. HamptonRoads
    Best guess is that they probably didn't care. Roger Moore was James Bond at the time, so I'm sure many of them wrote it off as over-the-top work of fiction.
  9. DDG44_Vet
    Interesting movie, I wonder what the reaction of the SBS was at the time to having civilians portrayed as having to do their job?
  10. HamptonRoads
  11. HamptonRoads
    You are correct. I just looked it up on IMDB and it is ffolkes.
  12. Admiral_Karasu
    What! Can't be... I haven't watched the movie recently but I know his character is rather specific about the correct spelling...
  13. HamptonRoads
    My bad small "f," although it should be capitalized since it is Roger Moore's character name is Ffolkes.
  14. Admiral_Karasu
    But it's ffolkes, not Ffolkes.
  15. HamptonRoads
    In case anyone else was confused about the title, this film was released in U.S. as ffolkes:
  16. Wolfswetpaws
    I visited the IMDB page, via the link you provided. I plan to watch it later. 🙂
  17. Admiral_Karasu
    Movie of the Month for October 2024 North Sea Hijack Try having the movie watched by the first weekend or so, that's SAT/SUN September 5 to 6. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mjA0L5WdK54 Note! Recommended that you use the link to watch the movie in an adjacent tab or new window for ease of reference. On Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Sea_Hijack And on IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0081809/ Spoiler Warning! If you have no clue about the movie previously, watch the movie first before going into the discussion. General discussion of the movie to follow below.
  18. Admiral_Karasu
    Well, I think this type of movies were produced on a conveyor belt back in those days. Still, the pacing is good IMO. A more professional outcome than what you see these days with much bigger budgets.
  19. Wolfswetpaws
    I tried to, earlier (days, weeks, ago?). The formulaic writing & plot was a turn-off. Apparently the movie has to go through the figurative motions and a lot of cliche' scenes before it can get to the more inspiring part of the story. Spoiler alert ....
  20. Admiral_Karasu
    Aha! Go watch the movie, @Wolfswetpaws.
  21. Admiral_Karasu
    So, how's everyone managing with their 70 cranks on the rudder?
  22. HamptonRoads
    Appreciate the bit of trivia
  23. Wolfswetpaws
    I hadn't noticed the re-use of musical scores. But, I hadn't been watching movies from the same studio back-to-back, either. "Good on'ya!" to those who caught-on to this situation. 🙂
  24. HogHammer
    Both pictures came out of Columbia Studios. Over the years, I have discovered that major studios used the same music in several productions, especially in movies from the 40s, 50s, and even 60s. My thought is that they churned movies out faster during that period and had more control over content than today. I have often seen this in war-related movies and many Western movies during that time frame.
  25. DDG44_Vet
    Thanks for finding this movie @Admiral_Karasu, I’d never heard of it. As a movie I’d say it was very predictable and cliche; but as visual history of what Navy life was at the end of WWII I’d say it’s fantastic, I loved every minute of it.
  26. Admiral_Karasu
    Looked it up, the opening title music is exactly the same, composed by Max Steiner. Probably a few more notes might have easily slipped in along the way.
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