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Best Christmas Film Ever?
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The Great Escape?
A real travesty of a film since I've been reading 'The Great Escaper' about Roger Bushell aka Big X and the actual Great Escape.
In reality;
1. No one tried to jump the border fence on a bike.
2. There were no Americans involved.
3. 200 lined up and planned to escape, 87 did, 3 got 'home'.
What I found hard to believe having read the book is how much stuff was pilfered, on the list was something like 635 mattresses, 76 benches, 52 tables, 2 drum coils of thick cable (Gestapo shot the blokes who 'lost' these) and 90 complete Bunkbeds.
Also the POW's kept meticulous records of which guards were where and when, and the Camp Kommandant used these records as proof to discipline two guards who shirked off their patrols early.
Be nice to see an accurate movie of these events made, there's enough in the real story without jazzing it up...Comment
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Originally posted by RSoles View PostMuppet Christmas Carol.
Though Trading Places is pretty close."Experience hath shewn, that even under the best forms of government those entrusted with power have, in time, and by slow operations, perverted it into tyranny. "
Thomas JeffersonComment
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Originally posted by zeitghostSilence of the Lambs.Comment
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Originally posted by Platypus View PostWhat's your bestest Christmas film, like ever? The one you watch every year?
Miracle on 34th Street (1994) for me.Comment
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It has Nuns.
It has Nazis.
It has Nuns and Nazis
It has Nuns and Nazis and Julie Andrews
It has Nuns and Nazis and Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer
It has Nuns and Nazis and Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer Rodgers and a Oscar Hammerstein Soundtrack
It has Nuns and Nazis and Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer Rodgers and a Oscar Hammerstein Soundtrack and jazz
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Originally posted by minestrone View PostIt has Nuns.
It has Nazis.
It has Nuns and Nazis
It has Nuns and Nazis and Julie Andrews
It has Nuns and Nazis and Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer
It has Nuns and Nazis and Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer Rodgers and a Oscar Hammerstein Soundtrack
It has Nuns and Nazis and Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer Rodgers and a Oscar Hammerstein Soundtrack and jazz
The first one, that is.Behold the warranty -- the bold print giveth and the fine print taketh away.Comment
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Star wars. It was the BBC Xmas film one year when I was about 5 or 6 I think. Watching it always makes me think of ChristmasComment
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