1batfastardHi All,
Daz – I remember at the time of it’s release it had nothing but positive reviews but in either language or version of which there are four 😮 it’s still
worth watching by any standard, especially as it’s view from the apposing side in the conflict and does show the frustration with Hitler……:cool:
Vendetta For The Saint 1969 (Via Talking Pictures channel on Sky) A feature film length episode of The Saint with all the usual Roger Moore shining
knight panache against the villains, if you like the original series like myself you’ll like this…..:cool:
Starring:-Roger Moore,Ian Hendry,Rosemary Dexter,Aimi MacDonald,George Pastell,Marie Burke,Finlay Currie,Fulton Mackay(For approx 2mins :D).
Simon Templar wages a one-man war against the Mafia in this feature culled from.
Geoff.
1batfastardHi All,
Das Boot-Directors cut (Va the History channel)This 4Hr monster (Dubbed English)passes quite quickly although it has it’s quite moments but you can definitely get a claustrophobic feel of a submariner if you can get into the film. I will admit the original in German was the first time I watched it and prefer
that as with the dubbed English it feels a bit fake as at times the dub doesn’t match convincingly but on the whole an excellent film to watch…..:cool:
Starring:-Jürgen Prochnow,Herbert Grönemeyer,Klaus Wennemann,Hubertus Bengsch,Martin Semmelrogge,Bernd Tauber,Erwin Leder,Martin May,
Heinz Hoenig,Uwe Ochsenknecht,Claude-Oliver Rudolph,Jan Fedder,Ralf Richter,Joachim Bernhard,Oliver Stritzel,Konrad Becker,Lutz Schnell,
Martin Hemme,Rita Cadillac,Otto Sander,Phillip Thomsen,Günter Lamprecht,Thomas Boxhammer,Roger Barth,Günther Franke,Christian Bendomir,
Norbert Gronwald,Albert Kraml Jean-Claude Hoffmann,Peter Pathenis,Arno Kral,Christian Seipolt,Helmut Neumeier,Ferdinand Schaal,Wilhelm Pietsch,
Rolf Weber,Dirk Salomon and Lothar Zajicek. (Also a comic appearance from Jeremy Corbyn…..:D)
A German submarine patrols the Atlantic Ocean during World War II, manned by a crew that must contend with tense conflicts and long stretches of
confined boredom. While war correspondent Werner (Herbert Grönemeyer) observes day-to-day life aboard the U-boat, the grizzled captain
(Jürgen Prochnow) struggles to maintain his own motivation as he attempts to keep the ship’s morale up in the face of fierce battles, intense storms and
dwindling supplies.
Geoff.
1batfastardHi All,
scam
/skam/
noun
informal
noun: scam; plural noun: scams
1. a dishonest scheme; a fraud.”an insurance scam”
synonyms: fraud, swindle, fraudulent scheme, racket, trick, diddle; More
informalcon, con trick, flimflam, gyp, kite;
informalramp, twist; nformalhustle, grift, shakedown, bunco, boondoggle; informalrort “the scam involved a series of bogus reinsurance deals”
verb
verb: scam; 3rd person present: scams; past tense: scammed; past participle: scammed; gerund or present participle: scamming
1. swindle.”a guy that scams old pensioners out of their savings”
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Fraud/frɔːd/
noun
noun: fraud; plural noun: frauds
wrongful or criminal deception intended to result in financial or personal gain.”he was convicted of fraud”
synonyms: fraudulence, sharp practice, cheating, swindling, trickery, artifice, deceit, deception, double-dealing, duplicity, treachery, chicanery, skulduggery, imposture, embezzlement; also:- informalmonkey business, funny business, crookedness, hanky-panky, shenanigans, flimflam;
informaljiggery-pokery; informalmonkeyshines; archaicmanagement – knavery – “his business partner was arrested for fraud”
•deception, trick, cheat, hoax, subterfuge, stratagem, wile, ruse, artifice, swindle, racket;
informalscam, con, con trick, rip-off, leg-pull, sting, gyp, kite, diddle, fiddle, swizzle;
informalbunco, boondoggle, hustle, grift; informalrort – “they were accomplices in a fraud”
•a person or thing intended to deceive others, typically by unjustifiably claiming or being credited with accomplishments or qualities.
“mediums exposed as tricksters and frauds”
synonyms: impostor, fake, sham, pretender, hoodwinker, masquerader, charlatan, quack, mountebank; More
The above rings bells just like the bloke who realised to late what was ALLEGDLY really happening, Well meant misguided if flawed activities at best, at worst Fraudulent could be alleged some would say, reading that report of the activities makes for very sad reading indeed……:(
Just saying!
Geoff.
1batfastardHi All,
~Alan~ Could the film be the one below I watched last night ?…..;)
The Captive Heart (Via Talking Pictures channel on Sky) Another classic 1946 war film with early rolls for later household names of stage and screen, still watchable even though of it’s time if your into the genre…..:cool:
Starring:-Michael Redgrave,Rachel Kempson,Frederick Leister,Mervyn Johns,Rachel Thomas,Jack Warner,Gladys Henson,James Harcourt,Gordon Jackson,
Elliott Mason,Margot Fitzsimons,David Keir,Derek Bond,Jane Barrett,Meriel Forbes,Robert Wyndham,Jimmy Hanley,Jack Lambert,Karel Stepanek,
Friedrich Richter,Frederick Schiller,Jill Gibbs and David Walbridge along with unaccredited the many prisoners were played by serving soldiers.
The Captive Heart is a 1946 British war drama, directed by Basil Dearden and starring Michael Redgrave. It is about a Czechoslovak Army officer who is captured in the Fall of France and spends five years as a prisoner of war, during which time he forms a long-distance relationship with the widow of a British Army officer. The film was entered into the 1946 Cannes Film Festival.
The film is partly based on the true story of a Czechoslovak officer in the RAF Volunteer Reserve, Josef Bryks MBE, and his relationship with a British WAAF, Gertrude Dellar, who was the widow of an RAF pilot
Geoff.
1batfastardHi All,
I watched it also it was quite funny in places and I agree with Southern Air99 on his post except for the CGI which I thought was terrible IMHO,
like documentaries, other TV programmes and films it seems as though the CGI takes second place. Makers and researchers alike seems to treat the
audience as complete dunces approaching their job with an (That’ll do attitude to the licence payers and film audiences) other than that I enjoyed it for what it was..;)
Geoff.
1batfastardHi All,
Didn’t Whitesnake have a single called Fuel for your money ?…………..:highly_amused:
Geoff.
1batfastardHi All,
The Way Ahead (Via Talking Pictures channel on Sky) Another classic 1944 war film with early rolls for later household names of stage and screen, still watchable even though of it’s time if your into the genre…..:cool:
Starring:-David Niven,Stanley Holloway,James Donald,John Laurie,Leslie Dwyer,Hugh Burden,Jimmy Hanley,William Hartnell,Reginald Tate,Leo Genn,
John Ruddock,A. Bromley Davenport,Renée Asherson,Mary Jerrold,Tessie O’Shea,Raymond Lovell,A. E. Matthews,Jack Watling,Peter Ustinov as Rispoli,
Lloyd Pearson,Raymond Huntley,Penelope Dudley-Ward,Esma Cannon,Eileen Erskine,Grace Arnold,Trevor Howard,George Merritt and Tracy Reed.
Lt. Jim Perry (David Niven) is assigned to train a seemingly hopeless group of civilian recruits into professional soldiers. They are physically weak and
mentally reluctant, and, when Perry proves to be a strict disciplinarian, they become resentful. Perry persists, however, and is eventually able to instill a
sense of camaraderie in soldiers like Pvts. Ted Brewer (Stanley Holloway) and Evans Lloyd (James Donald). The true test comes when the regiment is sent
to battle the Nazis in North Africa.
Geoff.
1batfastardHi All,
~Alan~ – Agree entirely with your sentiments still love watching them…;)
Sea Of Sand (Via Talking Pictures channel on Sky) Another classic 1958 war film still watchable even though of it’s time if your into the genre…..:cool:
Starring:-Michael Craig,John Gregson,Richard Attenborough,Percy Herbert,Barry Foster,Vincent Ball,Andrew Faulds,George Murcell,Ray McAnally,
Harold Goodwin,Tony Thawnton,Wolf Frees,George Mikell,Martin Benson and Dermot Walsh.
Two very different British officers lead men of the Long Range Desert Group (the early SAS) on an expedition through North Africa to destroy a huge fuel dump and gain vital intelligence data. However, they encounter an unexpected panzer force and must choose between tackling the armour and traversing a deadly minefield. Despite everything, it is vital that the information they have gained is returned.
Geoff.
1batfastardHi All,
Nine Lives (Via Talking Pictures channel on Sky) Classic 1943 war film still watchable even though of it’s time if your into the genre…..:cool:
Starring:-Jack Lambert,Gordon Jackson,Frederick Piper,Grant Sutherland,Bill Blewitt,Eric Micklewood,John Varley,Jack Horsman,Richard Wilkinson,
Crawford Giulio Finzi and Fred Griffiths.
In a barrack room at a Battle Training Ground in England, a platoon of conscripts are complaining about blisters and are impatient to get into action with
the enemy. Sergeant Jack Watson tells them that they need a little bit extra to be successful in combat, which he illustrates with a story from his previous
experience in the Western Desert Campaign.
His story is then shown in flashback. Lieutenant Crawford, Sergeant Watson and the seven men under their command are travelling through the Libyan
desert in an Allied convoy, when their lorry becomes stuck in the sand and the convoy moves on without them. They are attacked by German aircraft, injuring Crawford and Johnson and setting fire to the lorry. They come across a derelict hut. Lieutenant Crawford orders them to hold out there until help arrives, but then dies. With only a limited supply of ammunition and their own wits to help them survive, they are then besieged by Italian troops.
Geoff.
1batfastardHi All,
The Likely Lads ITV3, classic slapstick comedy still funny after all these years admittedly not as funny as the series but none the less a good giggle….:cool:
Starring:-Rodney Bewes,James Bolam,Brigit Forsyth,Mary Tamm,Sheila Fearn,Zena Walker,Anulka Dziubinska,Alun Armstrong,Judy Buxton,Vicki Michelle,
Penny Irving,Edward Wilson,Michelle Newell,Gordon Griffin,Susan Tracy,Roger Avon,Ronald Lacey,Elizabeth Lax,Linda Robson,Ian McDiarmid and
Eric Mason.
Two bumbling Englishmen (James Bolam, Rodney Bewes) embark on a disastrous road trip with their girlfriends.
Geoff.
1batfastardHi All,
CanopenerAl – Excellent matey the promise of what to come at the end, I know you are restoring it to ground running but when you do this would it
be to difficult to make an airworthy example if ever allowed ?
Please pass on my congratulations to your team and may the New Year bring with the sound of spinning engines…..:applause::cool:
HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL INVOLVED FROM THE BOOTOM UP…….:very_drunk:
Geoff.
1batfastardHi All,
BOXING DAY watched Those Magnifiscent Men In Their Flying Machines via BBCi (Available until 12:05pm 29/12) Still like this comedy about
the antics of early fliers film even though a bit dated now, Terry Thomas up to his dastardly best….:D
Starring:-Stuart Whitman,Sarah Miles,James Fox,Alberto Sordi,Robert Morley,Gert Fröbe,Jean-Pierre Cassel,Irina Demick,Red Skelton birdman,
Terry-Thomas,Eric Sykes,Benny Hill,Yujiro Ishihara,Dame Flora Robson,Karl Michael Vogler,Sam Wanamaker,Tony Hancock,Eric Barker,Maurice Denham,
Fred Emney,Gordon Jackson,Davy Kaye,John Le Mesurier,Jeremy Lloyd,Zena Marshall,Millicent Martin,Eric Pohlmann,Marjorie Rhodes,Norman Rossington,
Willie Rushton,Graham Stark,Jimmy Thompson,Michael Trubshawe,Cicely Courtneidge,Ronnie Stevens,Ferdy Mayne and Vernon Dobtcheff.
In 1910, newspaper mogul Lord Rawnsley (Robert Morley) decides to offer a large cash sum to the first pilot to successfully fly over the English Channel.
Aviation experts from near and far enter the race, including the underhanded Sir Percy Ware-Armitage (Terry-Thomas), wild American flyer Orvil Newton
(Stuart Whitman) and British ace Richard Mays (James Fox). Orvil and Richard come out as the front-runners, but both men are distracted by Rawnsley’s
lovely daughter, Patricia (Sarah Miles).
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27/12.
Mosquito Squadron via (Spike Tv+) Not a patch on 633 Sqn but still enjoyable none the less if your an aviation enthusiast. Even though dated the
flying scenes of the Mosquito are worth the wait of this much missed aircraft in UK skies, not so much the aircraft models used to simulate aircraft
destruction…:D
Starring:-David McCallum,Suzanne Neve,Charles Gray,David Buck,David Dundas,Dinsdale Landen,Nicky Henson,Bryan Marshall Squadron Leader Neale,
Michael Anthony,Peggy Thorpe-Bates,Peter Copley,Vladek Sheybal and Michael McGovern
Great story about an RAF squadron assigned to destroy a German rocket base in Northern France during WW 2. David McCallum has the lead as
Quint Munroe, a pilot who becomes leader of the squadron after the commanding officer, who is his best friend, is killed. Munroe then becomes involved romantically with his friend’s wife, and is later forced to lead a mission against a German target where several British POW’s are also being held.
Charles Gray,Suzanne Neve,David Buck and Dinsdale Landen are also in the cast.
Geoff.
1batfastardHi All,
I agree with Good Vibs despite the somewhat dull weather the video was quite well put together thanks for the post scotavia…..:cool:
For those who never watched the Night Moves here for your pleasure….:eagerness:
Geoff.
1batfastardHi All,
Trolly Aux – Yep! still at least we all benefit from the interest and congratulations tiffyman yu are the winner your prize is ready to collect
next time you go to the shops give yourself that extra treat..:applause:
Tiffyman – Hope you don’t mind but just saves everybody any hassle….:eagerness:
Geoff.
1batfastardHi All,
As mentioned in the Duxfird Diary thread by steve jakic Because without you photographers sharing your private images, housebounds like myself would never be able to view what you see when taking your pictures when out and about…:):eagerness::applause::cool:
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Cropped photo courtesy of:-http://warbirdsnews.com/warbird-arti…lion-51-2.html
Geoff.
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