Well spotted Jim!! According to Daily Mail today that's where this scene comes from in the picture but Tom obvious felt he needed for a comfort hug 
from his briefcase.
Mike
Posts from DukePilgrim in thread „Tom Cruise as Colonel Claus Stauffenberg“
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Apparently the scene depicted is from his last day so I guess that explains why his decorations have been stripped from him.
Of Tom Cruise films I have seen to date I liked Interview with A Vampire, Mission Impossible, Rain Man The Firm and Far and Away.
Hated Cocktail, War of the Worlds Top Gun Days of Thunder and Born on 4th July
Eyes Wide Shut was just weird!!
Mike- Hardy Men (2009) (pre-production) (attached)
- Men (2008) (pre-production) (rumored)
- Selling Time (2007) (pre-production) (rumored)
- Rubicon (2008) (filming) .... Col. Claus von Stauffenberg
- Lions for Lambs (2007) (post-production) .... Senator Jasper Irving
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Mission: Impossible III (2006) .... Ethan Hunt
... aka M:i:III (International: English title: promotional abbreviation) (UK: promotional abbreviation) (USA: promotional abbreviation)
... aka Mission: Impossible III (Germany) - War of the Worlds (2005) .... Ray Ferrier
- Collateral (2004) .... Vincent
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The Last Samurai (2003) .... Nathan Algren
... aka The Last Samurai: Bushidou (USA: poster title) -
Austin Powers in Goldmember (2002) .... Tom Cruise as Austin Powers
... aka Austin Powers: Goldmember (USA) - Minority Report (2002) .... Chief John Anderton
- Vanilla Sky (2001) .... David Aames
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Mission: Impossible II (2000) .... Ethan Hunt
... aka M:I-2 (USA: DVD box title (promotional abbreviation))
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Magnolia (1999) .... Frank T.J. Mackey
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Eyes Wide Shut (1999) .... Dr. William 'Bill' Harford
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"3rd Rock from the Sun" .... Guy on Couch (1 episode, 1998)
... aka 3rd Rock (USA: promotional abbreviation)
... aka Life As We Know It
- Dick and the Other Guy (1998) TV Episode .... Guy on Couch - Jerry Maguire (1996) .... Jerry Maguire
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Mission: Impossible (1996) .... Ethan Hunt
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Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles (1994) .... Lestat de Lioncourt
... aka Interview with the Vampire (USA: short title) - The Firm (1993) .... Mitch McDeere
- A Few Good Men (1992) .... Lt. Daniel Kaffee
- Far and Away (1992) .... Joseph Donnelly
- Days of Thunder (1990) .... Cole Trickle
- Born on the Fourth of July (1989) .... Ron Kovic
- Rain Man (1988) .... Charlie Babbitt
- Young Guns (1988) (uncredited) .... Cowboy
- Cocktail (1988) .... Brian Flanagan
- The Color of Money (1986) .... Vincent Lauria
- Top Gun (1986) .... Maverick
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Legend (1985) .... Jack
... aka Legend: Ultimate Edition (USA: reissue title (video title)) -
All the Right Moves (1983) .... Stefen Djordjevic
... aka All Right - Risky Business (1983) .... Joel Goodsen
- Losin' It (1983) .... Woody
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The Outsiders (1983) .... Steve Randle
... aka The Outsiders - The Complete Novel (USA: director's cut) -
Taps (1981) .... Cadet Captain David Shawn
... aka The Siege at Bunker Hill: T.A.P.S (UK: TV title) - Endless Love (1981) .... Billy
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Maybe now Tom's got the eyepatch on he will make Rooster Cogburn The Early Days.
Enough to give you nightmares.
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I admit, he does not look too bad (as a typical German Officer with an eyepatch) but, I don't think he's capable of playing the Count.
The uniform looks OK (details) except that his tunic is not the proper Grey-Green color (too light on the color and does not look natural) Where are his decorations? no EK1st, no Wound Badge in Gold etc-no ribbonbar-no eastern front and EK2 ribbons in the 2nd buttonhole of his tunic.
The scalloped pockets are OK--but not great. Its also hard to tell that his tunic had French Cuffs. At least they got the Carmine Red striping (for General Staff Officers) correct on his breeches. I can't see the detail enough on the Collartabs and Shoulderboards--to see how accurately those look. The breast eagle looks decent, belt, buckle etc.
I can't tell if his peaked visored cap has the correct carmine piping or not and it does not look like his collartabs have carmine-0-they look to be white-for Infantry--which is WRONG. As a collector, that is unexcusable. However, I still might give the movie a watching--just for laughs.
PS, where is his Walther P38 holster? where is his mapcase?
Ringo you should be their technical expert !! A quick email to them and you could be on location in Germany and getting paid for it.
Mike -
Words fail me
. but my most strong feeling is he is secretly making 'Allo 'Allo!" :teeth_smile:
For our friends in USA this was a comedy series set in France during World War II similar to Are you being Served / Carry On Benny Hill style comedy
Spoof of World War II. René Artois runs a café in France during World War II. He is also an unwilling agent of the Germans, mostly under the command of Col. Kurt von Strohm, and of the French Resistance, under the command of Michelle Dubois ("Listen very carefully; I shall say this only once"). René is married to aged Edith, who is the worst singer in the world, but he finds that young women find him sexy. Most of the plots include planning the murder of the commanding German officer, General Erich von Klinkerhoffen, as well as the ownership of a painting called The Fallen Madonna with the Big Boobies--a painting that everybody would love to get their hands on. He has also two downed idiot British airman who, as time goes by, are impossible to get rid of. The main opposition is the insane SS officer, Otto Flick. René tries to complete the German and the FR's plans, even though he's a coward and wonders if he's going to get out of the war alive.
Between his weird views and this movie his career could be in toilet!!
Mike -
For Todd's benefit :teeth_smile:
This is Mr C******'s forthcoming attractions
KevinC****** is planning animated series
Oscar-winning KevinC****** is to produce an internet-based animated series about a band of 19th Century explorers, it has been reported.
The 52-year-old director of Dances with Wolves will also lend his voice to the series, The Explorers Club, trade newspaper Variety said.
The series will be made available online in 12 four-minute segments.
KevinC****** hopes to build a following before beginning work on a live-action film version, the report added.
Each episode will see a group of Victorian-era explorers travelling to a different corner of the world.
The Chiodo Brothers, known for their work on Killer Klowns from Outer Space, will do the animation. KevinC******said: "Each episode is clever and visual, it works as a series, and it has massive potential for the big screen... as a film-maker, I was excited by the opportunities to draw an audience into a story in a new way." KevinC****** is currently starring in the serial-killer thriller Mr Brooks, and will appear next year in Swing Vote, about a man whose vote decides a US presidential election. -
Hi Ringo
I think it is called Valkyrie at the moment.
Have to admit it is jaw dropping. I just cant see Cruise in this role either. There was talk awhile back of him remaking Escape from Colditz but that seems to have disappeared.
This one seems to be filming so it must be real. Hold on I will just pinch myself.
Yep Its Real. Scary or what.
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At least it is not Nicholas Cage or Kevin C******
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Didnt see that one so cant comment. I suppose the title gives a clue.
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I remember reading the Albert Speer book and if the plotters has acted quickly it could have shortened the war and saved lives on both sides.
A tragic affair. Will this be Cruise's first screen death?
Mike -
Part of me wants to laugh at Cruise's latest film project and part is curious to see what he makes of it. At least he is in the right ball park age wise as Stauffenberg was 37 when he died. Could this be another Oscar winning eye patch performance?
I cant wait to hear Ringo's view
Mike
Claus Philipp Maria Schenk Graf[1] von Stauffenberg (15 November 1907 – 21 July 1944) was a German army officer and one of the leading figures of the failed July 20 Plot of 1944 to kill Adolf Hitler and seize power in Germany.
The makers of Tom Cruise's latest film say they have the relevant permits needed to film in Germany, despite being banned from military sites.German defence minister Franz Josef Jung this week said the filmmakers could not shoot at certain sites, because Cruise is a Scientologist.
Berlin sees it as a cult masquerading as a religion to make money - a view Scientology leaders strongly reject.
But the head of Berlin's Babelsberg Studios said permits were in place.
In Valkyrie, Cruise plays Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg, leader of the 1944 plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler using a bomb hidden in a briefcase, scheduled for release next year.
'Democratic order'
Cruise's producing partner Paula Wagner said Cruise's own convictions had no relation to the film's content.
"Personal beliefs have absolutely no bearing on the movie's plot or themes," she said.
Scientology has been monitored in Germany in the belief that its activities are "directed against the free democratic order" in the country.
Carl Woebken, head of Babelsberg studios, told the Reuters news agency: "They have given us permission like they have done for other Stauffenberg films before."
The location include the so-called Bendlerblock where Stauffenberg and his co-conspirators were shot after the attempt to kill Hitler failed.
The Bendlerblock is located in what is the now the Defence Ministry complex in Berlin.
However, part of it is run by the German Resistance Memorial Centre and not the ministry, and Babelsberg Studios says it will shoot there.
"From our point of view, everything is ready to go," added Mr Woebken. Valkyrie - named after Operation Valkyrie, the plot's codename - will be directed by Bryan Singer and co-star British actor Kenneth Branagh.
