Kelly's Heroes

Ah, yes, and don’t forget that Mike Curb went on to become the Lieutenant Governor of California, way before the days of Arnold. Then he sorta dropped below the radar screen, perhaps off a burning bridge.

Funny to look at some of the actors in this film and the varying levels of success they had….the five major stars, Clint Eastwood, Don Rickles, Donald Sutherland, Carroll O’Connor and Telly Savalas….but then there are the lesser actors who went on to bigger and better things, at least for a while….Stuart Margolin, who starred in the TV series ‘The Rockford Files’ as Angel…Harry Dean Stanton, who did several movies (Pretty in Pink, Escape from New York and others) and Jeff Morris, who is probably most known for being the owner of Bob’s Country Bunker in ‘The Blues Brothers’…..even later on, Clint and Donald Sutherland reunited on the space flick ‘Space Cowboys’ as astronauts alongside James Garner and Tommy Lee Jones, the first time they had worked together since ‘Kelly’s Heroes’….

It WAS at the video store today, for $14.99 at Border’s, as well as another nice surprise, they have picked up Warbird Digest in the magazine racks….now if they’d just get some current issues of FlyPast…(their last issue still has the Hellcat on the cover)…

Mark

Cue the Chad cartoon on the wall feeling 😉

You beat me too it, I was just about to post the same thing obtained from the same place…. 😀

Cue drums…

😀 Courtesy of Lyricsxp.com

Friends all tried to warn me
But I held my head up high
All the time they warned me
But I only passed them by
They all tried to tell me
But I guess I didn’t care
I turned my back and
Left them standing there

All the burning bridges that have fallen after me
All the lonely feelings and the burning memories
Everyone I left behind each time I closed the door
Burning bridges lost forevermore

Joey tried to help me find a job
A while ago
When I finally got it I didn’t want to go
The party Mary gave for me
When I just walked away
Now there’s nothing left for me to say

All the burning bridges that have fallen after me
All the lonely feelings and the burning memories
Everyone I left behind each time I closed the door
Burning bridges lost forevermore

Years have passed and I keep thinking
What a fool I’ve been
I look back into the past and
Think of way back then
I know that I lost everything I thought I that could win
I guess I should have listened to my friends

All the burning bridges that have fallen after me
All the lonely feelings and the burning memories
Everyone I left behind each time I closed the door
Burning bridges lost forevermore

Burning bridges lost forevermore 😀

Karl Otto Alberty – that’s the fellow – thanks! 🙂

Regards

Skipper

I think it’s…..

Joey tried to help me find a job awhile ago,
When I finally got it, I didn’t want to go(or know?)

thats it …and
the party mary gave for me when i just walked away…. 🙂

paths of glory excellent film, i also liked the remake of all quiet on the western front, with richard thomas,

“It’s a mother lovin’ BEAUTIFUL movie…..and it’s GONNA be at the video store….”

Mark

Well, it ain’t at my video store no more. I got my copy and several other great war films and classics (Hitchcock, Kubrick, etc) in a sale at the video store last week where they were throwing out loads of tapes that no longer rent. It’s good when my little sister is the manager there because she puts all the war films and other good ones aside for me.

I got 15 films for $20. Can’t complain really.

One I got was Kubrick’s Paths of Glory – one I’d never heard of. Very powerful film. About the French army in WWI. Highly recommended.

Scary, isn’t it! It IS a great flick that is always fun to watch with folks who have never seen it before (it became a topic of discussion at work today amongst those who had seen it and those who had’nt….those who HAD reciting lines from it all day long….which tells you what a boring job I have….!) Good movies are never forgotten, great comedies are frequently quoted….

“It’s a mother lovin’ BEAUTIFUL movie…..and it’s GONNA be at the video store….”

Mark

When I started this thread I honestly had no idea there was such a cult folowing for this film. I hadn’t seen it since I was about 12 and had forgotten all about it. I’m, glad the thread has given you all a lot of pleasure.

I find it strangely interesting that my two favourite films as a “wee boy” were “Where Eagles Dare” and “Kelly’s Heroes”,

Someone please remind me who plays the scarfaced SS Tiger tank commander.

As said above, Karl Otto Alberty, who appears in both your favourite films as well as the BoB.

Moggy

what was the other line goes sort of

Joey found a job for me just the other day…..im always singing it but not sure if im right

I think it’s…..

Joey tried to help me find a job awhile ago,
When I finally got it, I didn’t want to go(or know?)

I have an mpeg of “Burning Bridges” if any of you are interested. You’ll just have to wait a few days ’til I get back to my home pc. I have found myself on many occasions turning this up VERY loud – just LOVE IT!!! 😀

I find it strangely interesting that my two favourite films as a “wee boy” were “Where Eagles Dare” and “Kelly’s Heroes”, eventhough I am usually a stickler (is that a word?) for correct details. You just have to take these films for what they are – great entertainment! 🙂

Someone please remind me who plays the scarfaced SS Tiger tank commander.

Regards

Skipper
(in a much warmer than normal Trondheim)

That would be Karl Otto Alberty if I’m not mistaken! As for MPEG, please, please… 😀
T J (in a miserably dark, fogged in Oslo!)

I have an mpeg of “Burning Bridges” if any of you are interested. You’ll just have to wait a few days ’til I get back to my home pc. I have found myself on many occasions turning this up VERY loud – just LOVE IT!!! 😀

I find it strangely interesting that my two favourite films as a “wee boy” were “Where Eagles Dare” and “Kelly’s Heroes”, eventhough I am usually a stickler (is that a word?) for correct details. You just have to take these films for what they are – great entertainment! 🙂

Someone please remind me who plays the scarfaced SS Tiger tank commander.

Regards

Skipper
(in a much warmer than normal Trondheim)

All those burning bridges that are falling after me, all those lonely feelings and a burning memory … everyone I left behind each time I close the door, burning bridges lost forever more …

(I never knew if I got the lyrics right … hope they make sense.)

what was the other line goes sort of

Joey found a job for me just the other day…..im always singing it but not sure if im right

Or for an original LP you can try GEMM (which is the music equiv of ABE Books), there is lots of second hand ones listed there

http://www.gemm.com/c/search.pl?currency=US&field=ARTIST+OR+TITLE&wild=Mike+Curb+Congregation&Go%21.x=31&Go%21.y=12

….very catchy….wish I could FIND the record…

I got the CD from Amazon.com about a year ago.
Do a search for Mike Curb Congregation and you should turn it up…. 🙂

Sung by the Mike Curb Congregation. My parents had that record when I was a kid. Gotta admit I liked that song 🙂

Dan
“I understand the trade for the uniforms but for the tank? It’s a hunka junk!”

Amen… 😀 I like that song too. And the movie! There is a soundtrack CD out there with the songs from Kelly’s Heroes and Cincinnati Kid! Unfortunately my ex-Girlfriend took the film with her. 😡 It was hers, but still… 🙁 Thankfully it is available as a DVD, and not all that expensive either.

T J

Every Which Way But loose (“Right Turn Clyde!”)
Any Which Way You Can
City Heat (with Burt Reynolds)
etc.

Admittedly not as funny as intended but a few laughs nonetheless.

Don’t forget one of Clint’s favorite films (at the time he said it was the film that turned out closest to what he originally had in mind)….”Bronco Billy“.

PS. FYI Clint is a helicopter pilot, his production company owns an A-Star.
He became interested in flying when he had a Bell 47 fly him to a remote location everyday and the pilot gave him some stick time.

It’s a great film, for sure. I suppose 30 years after WW2 they were having to make war-films that the baby-boomers would watch in the aftermath of the Vietnam War. And Donald Sutherlands character inspired that other grizzled 70’s anti-hero: Major Eazy.