Is Tarantino good for the Jews? Aug 14, 2009
If you've heard anything at all about this movie, though, you know that its premise -- OK, one of its 26 premises -- is that a group of American Jewish guerrillas, under the command of an unscrupulous Tennessee redneck named Lt. Aldo Raine (drastically overplayed by Brad Pitt), parachute behind enemy lines to wreak vengeful mayhem on the minions of the Third Reich. "Ever' mayun unner mah command owes me one hunnert Nah-tsee scalps," Raine intones. (Salon)
Hollywood's Despicable Remake of Red Dawn Aug 14, 2009
I'd never heard of this series, so I looked it up on IMDB. You appear to be thinking of "Behind Enemy Lines". The first installment was a moderately successful Hollywood production, briefly #1 in Australia but never in the US. It was followed by two unrelated direct-to-video releases. (Slate)
'Bastards' Nazi film made by a Jewish director Aug 12, 2009
Roth viewed the black-and-white film as a character in "Inglourious Basterds," a World War II fairy tale about a squad of Jewish-American soldiers who infiltrate behind enemy lines to terrorize the German army. Their plot to assassinate Hitler focuses on a small Paris, France, theater where Germany's leadership is gathered for the premiere of Goebbels' movie. (CNN)
PAPER: In peril in Pyongyang? Now come the $$ deals... Aug 10, 2009
Book publisher HarperCollins is said to have offered a cool $1million for a warts and all account of their life during 140 days behind enemy lines. A movie deal will surely follow. (The Drudge Report)
Inglorious Basterds Set for Release Aug 10, 2009
A renegade squad, lead by Brad Pitt s Aldo the Apache Raine, are caught behind enemy lines fighting what is basically as guerilla war against the Nazis in occupied France. Launching ambushes, the group does away with their enemies in particularly nasty fashion, but are always careful to leave one alive so he can tell the tale and fan the terrible legend of the Basterds that did the deed. (Suite101.com)
News legend Walter Cronkite dies at 92 Jul 19, 2009
He also covered the US invasion of North Africa, waded ashore at Normandy, and landed in a glider behind enemy lines with the 101st Airborne. After the war, Mr. Cronkite covered the Nuremberg war crimes trials and then took over the United Press Moscow bureau. (Boston Globe)
Artist and musician Roger Mason moves studio into Chathams clock tower Jul 19, 2009
Mason s father also received a citation for going behind enemy lines and mining a bridge on the Salm River in Belgium. He fell in the water and it was 10 degrees below zero outside, he said. (Hudson Register Star, NY)
Leroy Nayes: Behind enemy lines Jul 4, 2009
"I knew I was behind enemy lines," he said ... While Nayes was behind enemy lines his family in North Dakota received a letter in January 1945, telling them that their son was missing in action. (Bismarck Tribune, ND)
Cloak and Dagger Leathernecks: Local author Mancini pens book on OSS Marines Jun 18, 2009
The agents launch a rubber boat and swiftly begin to row the fragile craft through high seas toward the hostile shore to make contact with an underground resistance movement to carry out intelligence gathering and sabotage behind enemy lines. A lone Allied aircraft flies through a moonless night over Axis occupied Europe or Asia. (Sierra Vista Herald, AZ)
B-17 flight ignites WW II memories Jun 17, 2009
If ever trapped behind enemy lines, troops had been taught to remove anything that might identify them as American, Chapin said. Someone took his flight jacket, bars and the class ring he had earned for graduating from flight school. (OregonLive, OR -- News)
55 years ago, they endured Jun 6, 2009
But before the beach invasion, paratroopers and silent-riding gliders were slipping in behind enemy lines. Marcado, a 77-year-old former scrapyard man, was part of the cargo on one of those gliders. (Racine Journal Times, WI)
D-DAY ANNIVERSARY HITS HOME Jun 5, 2009
But before the beach invasion, paratroopers and silent-riding gliders were slipping in behind enemy lines. Sol Marcado, a 77-year-old former scrap-yard man, was part of the cargo on one of those gliders. (Racine Journal Times, WI)
Direct Contact Jun 4, 2009
He's offered a pardon, and a hefty sum of money, in exchange for mounting a one-man rescue mission of a female American hostage named Ana Gale (Gina May), currently trapped behind enemy lines somewhere in Russia. Riggins performs the task with little trouble, but once he discovers his hostage target might not be a hostage after all, he doesn't know where to turn, or who to trust. (IGN FilmForce)
Original 'King Kong' roars into Portsmouth tonight Jun 3, 2009
7 p.m.(R, 170 mins, US, 1998)Director Steven Spielbergs WW II tour de force chronicles the journey of a GI squad on a dangerous mission behind enemy lines. The first unforgettable 20 minutes realistically and horrifically depict the landing at Omaha Beach. (Seacoast New Hampshire)
D-Day vets: Normal folks who survived carnage May 31, 2009
I visited Normandy after I learned my grandfather, a Washington apple orchard owner named Walter McCallum, was a platoon leader in the 82nd Airborne Division and had jumped (with 13,000 others) in the early morning darkness of D-Day into the chaos of war northwest of Omaha Beach behind enemy lines into areas flooded by the Germans to prevent such an airborne breach. I walked along the farm roads, through some of the fields and on the streets of the famous D-Day town of Ste. (Seacoast New Hampshire)
'Basterds' 'distinctive' or terrible? May 24, 2009
Set in WW2, it follows a renegade band of Jewish-American solders known as "The Basterds," who are dropped behind enemy lines to brutally kill and scalp German soldiers. Don't Miss. (CNN -- Showbiz)
Go 'Behind The Screen' With Stars Of 'Inglourious Basterds,' 'Brüno,' More May 21, 2009
Starring Brad Pitt, and , the flick, due August 21, tells the story of American soldiers dropped behind enemy lines with orders to wreak bloody havoc on Nazi troops. We'll also be taking you "Behind the Screen" to visit the Las Vegas set of "Get Him to the Greek," premiering your first glimpse anywhere of the latest production from the Judd Apatow gang responsible for "Knocked Up" and "Superbad." A semi-sequel to last year's "Forgetting Sarah Marshall," the film brings back Russell Brand's... (VHI.com -- Music News)
Basterds Press Conference May 21, 2009
The film follows the efforts of a team of Jewish-American soldiers, nicknamed 'The Basterds', to venture behind enemy lines to capture, maim and kill as many Nazis as possible, and is Tarantino's tribute to the 'men on a mission' movies popularised in the 1960s and '70s. Eli Roth, who plays the baseball bat-wielding Basterd Donnie Donowitz in the movie, called it "kosher porn" for Jews, claiming that murdering Nazis, "is something that I've fantasised about since I was a kid.". (IGN FilmForce)
Tarantino v Hitler May 21, 2009
"It's the power of cinema that's going to bring down the Third Reich!'' said a buoyant Tarantino after a preview of the film, which displays his trademark mix of snappy dialogue, extreme violence, quirky humour and cinematic allusions. In the genre-blurring Jewish revenge tale - with David Bowie on the soundtrack - Pitt plays Lieutenant Aldo who heads a squad of Jewish-American soldiers behind enemy lines in German-occupied wartime France. Aldo tells his men to bring him the scalps of 100 Nazis... (Sydney Morning Herald)
Stars come out at Cannes May 21, 2009
In the genre-blurring Jewish revenge tale with David Bowie on the soundtrack Pitt plays Lieutenant Aldo who heads a squad of Jewish-American soldiers behind enemy lines in German-occupied wartime France. Aldo tells his men to bring him the scalps of 100 Nazis each, and vows to terrorise the German army with the "disembowelled, dismembered and disfigured bodies we leave behind us". (iAfrica.com)
CIAs close collaboration with Libya May 13, 2009
Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Behind Enemy Lines Posts: 369 Thanks: 42 Thanked 35 Times in 16 Posts Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTW/F/M Award(s): 0 Rep Power: 101. Style: Assata Speaks. (Harper's Magazine)
QT Hints at Basterds Prequel May 13, 2009
Talking to , hinted that he would be willing to revisit a sub-plot, cut from the original script, which revolves around African-American soldiers trapped behind enemy lines. He said: "I have a half-written prequel ready to go [based on the idea] if this movie's a smash.". (IGN FilmForce)
Velvet Assassin May 8, 2009
and , inspired by her story, created , a stealth action title that places players deep behind enemy lines to wreak havoc on the German army. Unfortunately, a weak story and very inconsistent stealth elements severely hinders the gameplay. (IGN PC Games)
Act fast on Taliban: US to Pakistan May 2, 2009
The militants were still in control of parts of Buner valley, though troops had secured the main town of Daggar on Wednesday after helicopter dropped troops behind enemy lines. The ground troops have established links with the soldiers airlifted to Daggar, but heavy fighting was going on elsewhere in the valley, military spokesman Major-General Athar Abbas said. (India Times, India)
FILM: Summer 2009 preview May 1, 2009
Inglourious Basterds (Brad Pitt) -- Quentin Tarantino looks at World War II by sending a unit of Jewish-American solider behind enemy lines. Brad Pitt is the leader. (Sioux City Journal)
Dogs play a home game in Atlanta? Apr 29, 2009
But 250 miles behind enemy lines and in a smaller indoor stadium in a horrible area for tailgaiting. Are you serious. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Sports)
COLUMN: We can't truly know, but we can remember Apr 18, 2009
My dad would rather tell me a story about how his tank got separated from its unit and he and other soldiers ended up behind enemy lines without realizing it. Years later, it was a story told with a chuckle. (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)
Awash in celebrities, US hungry for heroes Apr 17, 2009
He wrote two books about his experience, and the movie Behind Enemy Lines was loosely based on his life. In some cases, American heroes have been knocked from their pedestals almost as quickly as they were installed there, and not just disgraced athletes. (AZCentral -- News)
Ron Paul's plan to fend off pirates Apr 15, 2009
According to Senate historians, Congress hasn t issued a letter of marquee since the War of 1812, but the Confederate States of America issued them during the Civil War to deliver supplies behind enemy lines. There are also some indications that a letter was granted to a flying band of armed civilians during World War II to operate the Resolute, a Goodyear Blimp used to patrol the ocean for enemy submarines, but the issuance isn t apparent in the Congressional Record. (Yahoo News -- Politics)
The future of war Apr 12, 2009
To take another example, the special forces, tasked with conducting "clandestine" or "irregular" warfare deep behind enemy lines, continue to suffer under poor command and control structures and inadequate specialized equipment. These are not isolated cases. (India Times, India)
Annual spring tea scheduled for April 22 Apr 9, 2009
In late 1930, the London psychologist and investigator gets involved in three cases: proving the innocence of a 13-year-old farm girl, Avril Jarvis, accused of murder; undertaking a search for Sir Cecil Lawton's only son, a pilot shot down behind enemy lines in World War I whose body was never recovered; and looking into the circumstances of the death of her university friend Priscilla Evernden Partridge s brother in France during the war. Maisie must go back to the region where, 13 years... (Holbrook Sun, MA)
BILL WHITE Army in 1942 Apr 4, 2009
John wrote on Apr 3, 2009 11:33 AM:" I have a Movie entitled "The Great Raid" and it is about the prison camp that some of the prisoners were encamped and have some scenes of the Death March of Batan ... the raid was led by Lt. Col. Henry Mucci and his men of 6th Ranger Battalion who liberated over 500 prisoners 30 miles behind enemy lines..... all of the planing and working with the Filipino rebels gives you the fear, and thrilling feeling of being there yourself to liberate your fellow... (Cody Enterprise, WY)
Golden Knights' Day Job Flies By Mar 16, 2009
He explained theyre looking at how theyd attach military equipment to the suit, so a Green Beret team could do the same, inserting several miles behind enemy lines. When I asked if hed let us know how it all worked out, he got surprisingly media-shy for a Golden Knight. (CBS News -- Evening News)
Drug Wars looks at American problem Mar 15, 2009
The project that started in May of 2005 and completed in the summer of 2008 took Fleming and his crew behind enemy lines and let them interview cartels from some of the most feared drug rings in the world. The documentary gave insight to Narco-terrorism and the drug world around the borders of this country. (Port Lavaca Wave, TX)
The royal treatment Mar 15, 2009
The next time we see him, Shepherd is dodging behind enemy lines to singlehandedly rescue a handful of war hostages, one of whom turns out to be King Silas' son, Jack (Sebastian Stan). Everything Shepherd does is earnest and humble, yet perfectly timed to bestow adoration and glory on his shoulders. (Salon)
Capturing the action Mar 15, 2009
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Afghanistan's Oscar Hopeful Feb 19, 2009
The film follows the story of two American soldiers who barely survive a helicopter crash behind enemy lines, only to land in a far more dangerous situation the convoluted and toxic dramas of a refugee family forced to rely on poppy to survive. As the soldiers and the Afghans warily circle each other misunderstandings abound. (Time.com)
DVD Report: This week's new releases (Feb. 8) Feb 8, 2009
Spike Lee goes to war - not with Clint Eastwood or Norman Jewison this time, but to tell a story of four soldiers in WWII's all-black Buffalo Soldiers infantry division caught behind enemy lines. (Touchstone, $29. (Boston Globe)
