Re: [MV] New WW2 Movie coming

Eric Nelson (boscolingus@yahoo.com)
Sun, 15 Mar 1998 12:42:09 -0800 (PST)

its no rumor - at my dad's shop we are building three life size battle
ship cannons, two of which half to fire, and we are designing a half
size American Submarine which is about 150ft long or so

---Colin Brookes <colb@xtra.co.nz> wrote:
>
> In message <659899b1.350bdf56@aol.com>, Mbjeeper <Mbjeeper@aol.com>
> writes
> >A new movie about D Day is due out in late July of this year. It
is directed
> >by Steven Spielberg and stars Tom Hanks and others.
>
>
>
> Aaaaaaargghhhh not another new version of history according to
Hollywood
> !!!!!!!
>
> In the last couple of years we have had to put up with new versions of
> English, Scottish and Irish histories....and now this.
> I wonder who will be playing the part of the British bringing up the
> rear :) or perhaps in this version they arn\'t even there !
>
>
> >Here\'s the part that is relavant to the list- Spielberg
reportedly contracted
> >with Porsche to build two accurate and functional Tiger 1 tanks.
Has anyone
> >else seen or heard anything like this? Spielberg also was to have
contacted
> >the Saumor Tank museum in France and secured the use of its
functional Tiger
>
>
> Here\'s my part relevant to the list.
> For a film of DDay where\'s the need for funtional Tiger tanks ?
> Sureley to show burning tanks they need only be made of cardboard !
>
>
>
> >P.S. There is even going to be a 12" GI JOE figure of Hanks out
soon. (And a
> >WW2 era motorcycle)
>
>
> I\'ll probably just stick with buying the \'T\' shirt with the
picture of
> the \'Tiger on the beach\', for the grandchildren.
>
>
> Colin
>
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