Fairly recently, I got a great Chicago tribune press photo for the original release of this movie-showing Burton and the "babe". As well, about a year or so ago-got a great shot of Eastwood in the castle having a firefight with the German soldiers in the corridor by the stairs. Ill try getting those here some time too.
Posts from The Ringo Kid in thread „Where Eagles Dare (1969)“
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My one Where Eagles Dare pix:
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Impressive!
I've never seen the tanks are coming.
I take it it's a good one!
Even thought it has to do with the American 3rd Armored Division in WWII--I think you will greatly enjoy seeing Sarge "Sullivan" who was actually (S.Sgt Lafayette G. Pool) in action. I highly recommend this movie.
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All this talk makes me want to watch it again now.
A bit soon as I only watched it a couple of months ago when it came out on Blu ray, plus we're on a Duke forum and there are still lots of the Duke's films I have yet to see!Go for it, nothing wrong with rewatching a great movie so soon. heck, since I bought it onl a couple months ago-ive rewatched The Tanks Are Coming and Northwest Passage-at least 5-6 times already. Each time I notice somehting new.
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Ditto here, Navarone for me
Navarone is a favorite of mine too. Thanks to a VERY generous person by the name of Bill--I got many great images from that movie now into my collection. ;-))
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I'm going against the tide of popularity on this one. Eagles is an excellent movie and I saw it three times upon its initial release, however, I have to defend "The Guns of Navarone" as a better war movie.
Both are authored by the same person, yet there's really no suspense in Eagles about the survival of the heroes. Granted, both films are similar in that a group of infiltrators/experts go behind enemy lines on hopeless tasks, but somehow you just know that Burton and Eastwood will triumph.
Navarone also leads you to believe that the mission will be a success, but you don't know who is going to survive. The characters all seem vulnerable.
Eagles has over the top action - jumping from frozen cable cars, Clint firing two machine guns at once, fat old Burton climbing up a rope. Navarone has Quinn sniping at Alpine Corps and scrambling, Baker bungling a knife stabbing and Darren losing focus resulting in his death. Much more realistic.
The prelude to Navarone is also more probable. Kheros and newly designed radar controlled guns blocking a sea rescue are much more believable than the Cartwright Jones/invasion plans premise.
Thanks for indulging my screed.We deal in lead, friend.
I agree here and love em both. Guns has the edge on this one for being more believable and at least their uniforms were made to look more accurate than the ones in W.E.D. As a collector-that detail means a lot to me-though I always did and will love the movie ;-))
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Great war movie! One of my favorites!
Same here and, one of the ringtones on my cell phone is the thematic music from the movie. I love the sounds of it all. ;-))
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Carl, Thanks for posting this here as well!
Thank you Keith ;-)) glad to share when I can.
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My first Where Eagles Dare photo collectable. This one was produced for the Chicago Tribune for them to make an ad in the paper advertising the original theatrical release of the movie. Has new-ticker info on the back as well as an actual ad from a copy of the paper - showing what the ad looked like. This photo shows Richard Burton as the Gebirgsjager Major-with Ingrid Pitt sitting on his lap.
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I too love this film. Richard Burton as an action star-who would believe that? But he was great. Eastwood if fine too, but it's Burton's film. I catch it every time it's on. The scenery, locations, etc-all incredible. Great film!
Have you seen Richard Burton in: The Wild Geese? He is an ex-British Army Colonel who became a Mercenary and he is called upon to lead a team of 50 men total-to go in and rescue a President Lembarni (SP?) The movie is an excellent one and Burton was great but it was said that he was very drunk much of the time during its filming. -
That guy who quit the industry was probably tired of all the backstabbing and such that goes on within it. That was the same reason why I quit working as a Correctional Officer for the State of Texas.
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I know someone will probably complain that im pointing this little tidbit out but, if you look closely at the color of the Waffenfarbe color (piping) on Clints Shoulderboards-you will note that the color is lighter green than the shade of dark green in between the rows of the "Roman Columns" on Richards (and Clints) collartabs. There are supposed to be Gebirgejagers--NOT Jagers or Panzegrenadiers--both of which also use a lighter shade of green for their branch colors.
Lime Green = Jagers.
Grass Green = Panzergrenadiers.
Dark Green = Gebirgsjagers.
Just thought i'd point that bit out being a collector who has examples of shoulderboards from those three branches of service ;-))
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I love this movie and it's one of my top favorites. Richard Burton and Clint Eastwood worked perfectly together. Anton Differing was the perfect W-SS Colonel (SS Standartenfuhrer Kramer and Darren Nesbit was perfect as the Allgemeine-SS Sturmbannfunhrer (Major von Hapen) and the two ladies were also nice to look at.
This is one of those movies I watch everytime I see it played and never tire of.
BTW, here's a bit of trivia for you. The Castle used in the movie, is the real Castle that is located in Werfen, Austria. One thing I was very pleased to see and that I have possession of, is that I have a War-time private photo that was taken of this very castle which shows a few Gebirgejagers (Mountain Infantry or Mountain Troopers or Mountain Rangers-whichever you prefer?) in the photo as well as the castle in the background.
The ranks of the three German spies, Berkeley, Christiansen and Thomas in German Gebirgejager uniforms, is that of Feldwebel (Sergeant) and both Burton and Eastwood held their same ranks in both uniforms (Major-and Leutnant (2nd Lieutenant)
Im now off my soapbox for the time being ;-))
