one for all the ph film buffs, re- the dambusters remake??

one for all the ph film buffs, re- the dambusters remake??

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castrolcraig

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18,073 posts

213 months

Saturday 10th January 2009
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whats happening with this, anybody have a clue?

i know peter jackson was supposed to be filming it in new zealand and at scampton but its gone quiet, i presume the usual suspects will have a clue, ie eric mc, bushmaster etc.

Slagathore

5,967 posts

199 months

Saturday 10th January 2009
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Remake

Work on a remake of Dambusters, produced by Peter Jackson and directed by first time director Christian Rivers, is in production in 2008. Jackson has said in the mid-1990s he became interested in remaking the 1954 film, but found that the rights had been bought by Mel Gibson. In 2004, Jackson was contacted by his agent, who said Gibson had dropped the rights. Stephen Fry is writing the script of the film.[5] It will be distributed by Universal Pictures and StudioCanal.[6] Filming will commence in early 2009, on a budget of 40 million United States dollars.[7]

Taken from Wikipedia!

minimatt1967

17,216 posts

213 months

Saturday 10th January 2009
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I'm not sure if I'm looking forward to this the original had such a strong cast and I've no idea who they could get to play the appropriate parts!

HPF 75

180 posts

214 months

Saturday 10th January 2009
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they will get all the best british actors of course, pick of the bunch would be shane ritchie as guy gibson, supported by joe pasquale, russell brand, julian clary etc etc would be excellent, they could call it carry on dambusting.

no seriously they should leave it alone unless they pick proper brits with TALENT to do it.

Parrot of Doom

23,075 posts

241 months

Saturday 10th January 2009
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Why should Brits play the lead parts? They're actors, so long as they look and sound the part their nationality is irrelevant.

minimatt1967

17,216 posts

213 months

Saturday 10th January 2009
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HPF 75 said:
they will get all the best british actors of course, pick of the bunch would be shane ritchie as guy gibson, supported by joe pasquale, russell brand, julian clary etc etc would be excellent, they could call it carry on dambusting.

no seriously they should leave it alone unless they pick proper brits with TALENT to do it.
That is my fear turn it into a joke.... a la Stallone's Get Karter

HPF 75

180 posts

214 months

Saturday 10th January 2009
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Parrot of Doom said:
Why should Brits play the lead parts? They're actors, so long as they look and sound the part their nationality is irrelevant.
but british people allready sound the part and look the part, or would it be a bollywood thing then.


KANEIT

2,754 posts

226 months

Saturday 10th January 2009
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A few Brits and ex Brits of all ages that could do the job:

Clive Owen.
Jude Law.
Daniel Craig.
Gerald Butler.
Sir Anthony Hopkins.
Matthew Marsden.
Jamie Bell.
James McAvoy.
Tom Wilkinson.
Robert Carlyle.
Gary Oldman.

thehawk

9,335 posts

214 months

Saturday 10th January 2009
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Parrot of Doom said:
Why should Brits play the lead parts? They're actors, so long as they look and sound the part their nationality is irrelevant.
Agreed, I'm looking forward to this movie having such actors as Jackie Chan, Omad Djalili and Denzil Washington.

cazzer

8,883 posts

255 months

Saturday 10th January 2009
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Worthwhile pointing out that a significant number of the aircrews on the raid wern't british.
Dont see how hard it would be to get people of the right nationality to play there counterparts.

Parrot of Doom

23,075 posts

241 months

Saturday 10th January 2009
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thehawk said:
Parrot of Doom said:
Why should Brits play the lead parts? They're actors, so long as they look and sound the part their nationality is irrelevant.
Agreed, I'm looking forward to this movie having such actors as Jackie Chan, Omad Djalili and Denzil Washington.
Perhaps you should look forward to learning how to read correctly.

HPF 75

180 posts

214 months

Sunday 11th January 2009
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trouble with anything historical today like movies, they feed in the token black guy, token gay guy, token pakistani guy etc etc, not everyone on the raid was british, but if there going to remake it with historical accuracy then fine, but not with the attitude of most of todays films, ie we have to have black or pakistani or gay people to even things out just for the sake of it and being bumlicky ethnicaly pc.

Tyre Smoke

23,018 posts

268 months

Sunday 11th January 2009
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Exactly. why not have a black lab named nigger? Guy Gibson did.


[footnote] I had to edit that for the word n i g g e r what is this word coming to?


Edited by Tyre Smoke on Sunday 11th January 00:09

Parrot of Doom

23,075 posts

241 months

Sunday 11th January 2009
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HPF 75 said:
trouble with anything historical today like movies, they feed in the token black guy, token gay guy, token pakistani guy etc etc, not everyone on the raid was british, but if there going to remake it with historical accuracy then fine, but not with the attitude of most of todays films, ie we have to have black or pakistani or gay people to even things out just for the sake of it and being bumlicky ethnicaly pc.
What utter bullst. Perhaps you'd care to show me any of those people on films such as Das Boot, Saving Private Ryan, John Adams, The Thin Red Line, Letters from Iwo Jima, The Pianist, Schindler's List....need I continue?

HPF 75

180 posts

214 months

Sunday 11th January 2009
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never in the history of remakes will his dog be called n-i-g-g-e-r if they remake it.

HPF 75

180 posts

214 months

Sunday 11th January 2009
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parrot of doom mate, they couldnt even name an area in bristol merchants quater because it offended black people.

funk odyssey

1,983 posts

236 months

Sunday 11th January 2009
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cue a whole parade of the usual PH spleen venters stating how it's absolutely essential that Gibson's dog retains its name!

ranting

castrolcraig

Original Poster:

18,073 posts

213 months

Sunday 11th January 2009
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HPF 75 said:
never in the history of remakes will his dog be called n-i-g-g-e-r if they remake it.
yes it will, that has already been said when jackson annonced he was intending to do it in 06.


funk odyssey

1,983 posts

236 months

Sunday 11th January 2009
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HPF 75 said:
never in the history of remakes will his dog be called n-i-g-g-e-r if they remake it.
as if it makes a difference!

HPF 75

180 posts

214 months

Sunday 11th January 2009
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funk odyssey said:
HPF 75 said:
never in the history of remakes will his dog be called n-i-g-g-e-r if they remake it.
as if it makes a difference!
it doesnt make a difference, if they do or dont use it, i mean why not swop lancs for b-17s, richard todd for tom cruise, and tell the story as if the yanks did it, just like u-571. then everyone will know the yanks really did it cos films never lie.