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Main Forums => The Roundtable => Topic started by: T.O.M. on November 15, 2017, 10:46:15 PM
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The Dirty Harry thread and comments set me to thinking. I've got a 17 year old son. He's a senior. Almost an Eagle Scout. Applying to the Naval Academy and NROTC because he's decided he wants to serve his country. Anyways, Christmas break is coming up in about six weeks. I think it may be time to give him homework, films he needs to see. Writing about Secondhand Lions got me thinking about it. So, here's what I've come up with so far. I'm looking for other ideas as well...
Secondhand Lions
Tombstone
Open Range
Blackhawk Down
Lone Survivor
The Long Grey Line (because I'm Army, to the core)
The Great Escape
Men of Honor
To Kill a Mockingbird
To Hell and Back
Patton
Men of Honor
Schindler's List
Saving Private Ryan
Band of Brothers
I know I'm missing a bunch. Help me out.
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You said
rape Men of Honor twice.
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The Green Berets
Blazing Saddles
White Squall
Operation Petticoat
Jeremiah Johnson
Down Periscope
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The first half of Full Metal Jacket. :angel:
Might add PT 109 and The Sand Pebbles.
Edit - Huh, didn't know that Richard Attenborough was in The Sand Pebbles.
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Unforgiven and Braveheart seem to fit in to the theme.
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Zulu
Zulu Dawn
We Were Soldiers
Exodus
Cast A Giant Shadow
Battleground
The Dam Busters
A Bridge Too Far
Spartacus (the Kirk Douglas version)
Pork Chop Hill
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Showgirls
Silent Night, Deadly Night
Caligula
Now you know why I'm not a parent.
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Showgirls
Silent Night, Deadly Night
Caligula
D ... d .... daddy? Is that you?
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Lawrence of Arabia
Casablanca
Some of my favorites are contemporary films about WWII, made during the war or shortly after. Fascinating glimpse into how that era saw the purpose of entertainment and how they saw the struggle. Can't think of any titles offhand.
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D ... d .... daddy? Is that you?
You wish.
:rofl:
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Ten Commandments
Ben Hur
The Wizard of Oz
It's a Wonderful Life
The Sons of Katie Elder
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Field of Dreams
Forrest Gump
Citizen Kane
Metropolis
Dr. Strangelove
The Searchers
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
Cannonball Run
Smokey and the Bandit
Hooper
History of the World, Part 1
Brad
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For the kinds of films I think Chris is looking for, that I think embrace "the speech":
Fort Apache
The Seven Samurai (subtitled, not dubbed)
The Grapes of Wrath
Our Vines Have Tender Grapes
Treasure of the Sierra Madre
Stagecoach (John Wayne version)
The Big Trail
Tears of the Sun
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Spartacus (the Kirk Douglas version)
This film also needs to come with the education that the screenwriter for the film, Dalton Trumbo, was blacklisted at the time because he would not testify for the House Un-American Committee. He continued to write under other names until Kirk Douglas publically stated he was the screenwriter. President-Elect JFK crossed an American Legion picket line to see the film, which helped end blacklisting.
As Paul Harvey would say..... T-T-T-T-That's all Folks.
;)
End of drift.
bob
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Spartacus (the Kirk Douglas version)
Do you like gladiator movies, Timmy?
:rofl: :rofl:
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The Great Waldo Pepper
Highroad to China
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Stalag 17
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Where Eagles Dare
The Dirty Dozen
The Patriot
Last of the Mohicans
Planet of the Apes
Probably could throw in most Gibson movies and most Heston movies, too.
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Pretty good list so far. I would add:
Tora! Tora! Tora!
The Shootist
Threads
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
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American History X
Cold Mountain (yes, seriously, even if just for the soundtrack alone)
Fargo
Hotel Rwanda
The King's Speech
School of Rock
Clockwork Orange
12 Monkeys
Fifth Element
The Kingdom
Red Dawn
A History of Violence
Lord Of War
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Generation Kill
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Plan 9 from outer space
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Jesus, just take a decade and show him every movie ever made...
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