Horribly acted, terribly scripted and rampant with historical accuracies, racial stereotypes and fallacies at every corner of the plot. REAL classics are films like Seven Samurai that don't insult the intelligence of people educated enough to know better.
The native Chamorro people of Guam don't speak Filipino language. And George Tweed is not a hero. The real story is that of the Chamorro people. Many sacrificed much to keep this American soldier alive. The true story of the war in Guam has yet to be told. The story of the heroism of the Chamorro people.
I hiked to Tweed's cave two days ago with Antonio Artero's son Franklin ago to film a documentary. Antonio didn't look anything at all like the movie actor, and he never brought his family up to the cave. And the old lady is speaking Tagalog, not Chamorro, the language of Guam. Buy, hey, that's Hollywood.
They made Barbara Perez dark here. In real life her uncle was town treasure of my mom's province. can't wait to see and her chicay's voice. hard to change a voie like hers. many filipinos are Metizos (mixed) the dominant look of artists and can play many parts example zaldy zshornack (fil-polish) i think it's cool
Welcome to Hollywood "royacfalle." I agree 100%. But the studio understood the fact that Filipinos were already involved in filmmaking since the beginning of the 1900s. Movies are about making money. In terms of population, there are more Filipinos than Guamanians that will watch this movie in 1962; including today.
Just like Miss Saigon, the producers utilized Filipinos rather than Vietnamese actors because it's more lucrative using established Filipino talents.
@1818JoseRizal1898 This was filmed in the Philippines because there were many military restrictions to enter Guam in that era. Hollywood production companies were not allowed to film in Guam.
Interesting how they utilized Philippine actors and actresses to play Chamorro people on Guam. What throws off the movie is that these actors sound filipino and are speaking filipino in the movie. Guam was a US territory by the time this movie was made. It would have been better had they study a little on the language aspect of Chamorro's. As a Chamorro myself, I find it very upsetting when they use the filipino language as the language of Guam in this movie.
...people of Guam and the Marianas
taumagalahi 3 weeks ago
Nevertheless, we as local filmmakers should use tripe like this as fuel for our fire to tell the TRUE stories of the peo
taumagalahi 3 weeks ago
Horribly acted, terribly scripted and rampant with historical accuracies, racial stereotypes and fallacies at every corner of the plot. REAL classics are films like Seven Samurai that don't insult the intelligence of people educated enough to know better.
taumagalahi 3 weeks ago
im suprised barbara perez has no wiki page.
preciousjey 3 months ago
Mainstream Hollywood was full of shit then! Still is! All the best films were independent productions.
Andyfreedom1 4 months ago
The native Chamorro people of Guam don't speak Filipino language. And George Tweed is not a hero. The real story is that of the Chamorro people. Many sacrificed much to keep this American soldier alive. The true story of the war in Guam has yet to be told. The story of the heroism of the Chamorro people.
kuraku3 7 months ago
WOW, this is so completely historically INACCURATE
dfurno2003 1 year ago
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I hiked to Tweed's cave two days ago with Antonio Artero's son Franklin ago to film a documentary. Antonio didn't look anything at all like the movie actor, and he never brought his family up to the cave. And the old lady is speaking Tagalog, not Chamorro, the language of Guam. Buy, hey, that's Hollywood.
UncleTote 1 year ago
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UncleTote 1 year ago
They made Barbara Perez dark here. In real life her uncle was town treasure of my mom's province. can't wait to see and her chicay's voice. hard to change a voie like hers. many filipinos are Metizos (mixed) the dominant look of artists and can play many parts example zaldy zshornack (fil-polish) i think it's cool
preciousjey 1 year ago
Great new bio (All About Jeffrey Hunter) at amazon!
Bestmanme08 1 year ago
JEFFREY HUNTER..one of the most georgeous men !!! too bad he was so underrated....
waterfall5555 2 years ago
Welcome to Hollywood "royacfalle." I agree 100%. But the studio understood the fact that Filipinos were already involved in filmmaking since the beginning of the 1900s. Movies are about making money. In terms of population, there are more Filipinos than Guamanians that will watch this movie in 1962; including today.
Just like Miss Saigon, the producers utilized Filipinos rather than Vietnamese actors because it's more lucrative using established Filipino talents.
But u're right :)
1818JoseRizal1898 2 years ago
@1818JoseRizal1898 This was filmed in the Philippines because there were many military restrictions to enter Guam in that era. Hollywood production companies were not allowed to film in Guam.
kuraku3 7 months ago
Interesting how they utilized Philippine actors and actresses to play Chamorro people on Guam. What throws off the movie is that these actors sound filipino and are speaking filipino in the movie. Guam was a US territory by the time this movie was made. It would have been better had they study a little on the language aspect of Chamorro's. As a Chamorro myself, I find it very upsetting when they use the filipino language as the language of Guam in this movie.
royacfalle 2 years ago 4