Re: [MV] New WW2 Movie coming
C. Kamp (kamp0043@wxs.nl)
Mon, 16 Mar 1998 18:58:04 +1100
ROBERT GALLAGHER wrote:
This picture will probably show a lot postwar military vehicles again.
Will it become another "Battle of the Bulge"? I hope Spielberg used
split window jeeps this time! Beware Spielberg!! We MV-lovers will be
watching!
>
> German tanks played by German tanks. How novel. Spielberg couldn't find
> the usual M47s which normally pull this duty?
>
> ----------
> > From: Mbjeeper <Mbjeeper@aol.com>
> > To: mil-veh@skylee.com
> > Subject: [MV] New WW2 Movie coming
> > Date: Sunday, March 15, 1998 4:01 AM
> >
> > 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.
> > I have been telling my wife for years that I would like to see one more
> big
> > budget WW2 film, and this looks like it.
> > Hanks reportedly said that playing a WW2 soldier has always been a dream
> of
> > his and as a result he supposedly did the movie for free. ( He is
> supposed to
> > get a cut of the gross, they say)
> > 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
> > 2.
>
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