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rev_thumper

Movie night deux

Nov 24, 2006 17:06

Last night's double feature:

Tuskegee Airmen (1995) - The true story of the 99th Fighter Squadron, part of the 332nd Fighter Group. So yesterday I said it was preachy, and it is, but it is also quite good for a made for TV movie and has a top notch cast. I only wish the budget had been a little better so the effects and sets could have been ( Read more... )

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shmike95 November 25 2006, 00:16:47 UTC

TA WAS preachy, but I love that flick. Most of what HBO makes is quality

rev_thumper November 25 2006, 03:42:16 UTC

And in this case they went and got a quality cast too... Laurence Fishburne, Malcolm-Jamal Warner, Courtney Vance, Andre Braugher, Cuba Gooding Jr., John Lithgow. But I am assuming/hoping that it wasn't hard to get people to sign on to a project like that.

arkanaut November 25 2006, 01:55:45 UTC

Thin Red Line was $10 and three hours whose loss I will mourn dearly. (It didn't help that I saw it soon after seeing "Saving Private Ryan", and it just paled in comparison.)

rev_thumper November 25 2006, 03:50:24 UTC

This was my second attempt to watch it, I wanted to see if I missed something the last time around. So, yea, I want my six hours back but at least I am not out any money as the DVD was a gift.

170 minutes! The guy didn't even have the guts to actually break the three hour mark on his final edit.

It came in a box set with Patton, Tora! Tora! Tora!, and The Longest Day (you know, good movies). That was probably so they could get all of the copies of The Thin Red Line out of the warehouse.