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Originally Posted by Nosferatu@Cult Labs  I went there a couple of times as a child holidaying in Normandy and that story always stuck with me.
Perhaps the scene which I remember most from The Longest Day is when the soldiers communicate with 'clickers' and one loss GI thinks he has found another GI when someone answers from the other side of the hedge. I won't say any more in case someone hasn't seen the film and doesn't want this scene spoiled. |
Yes!! I've been thinking only an hour or ago i forgot to mention that scene. Funny enough i can't stop thinking about the film.
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Originally Posted by Demdike@Cult Labs It happened in real life. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sainte-Mère-Église
Yes, that is a great sequence. Very memorable. The clickers sound just like ....
I think i'll watch The Longest Day again soon. These posts are getting me in the mood for it. Besides the 6th of June isn't a long way off. |
I think i might try watching it again soon too. As much of a history lesson as anything. According to IMDB trivia (taken with a pinch of salt) Eisenhower walked out of the film after 15mins or so because he was frustrated with the inaccuracies. Also surprising how many actors in the film were actually involved in D-Day in real life. One of the actors abseiling up the cliff in the grappling hook scenes had actually done exactly that for real on D-Day.