Where Eagles Dare - Briefing

[the82spartans]

Well that Sergent should have known his place.

[rodeocyclone]

@the82spartans Well he doesn't achieve such a position as his by being a timid little mouse.

[the82spartans]

@rodeocyclone -- Sargent. Wow.

[rodeocyclone]

@the82spartans That's sergeant.

[the82spartans]

@rodeocyclone -- Yes... Sergeant. Wow.

[rarevideosandfilms]

General carnaby is an actor in the movie (under cover as a general) and they find that out later.

[rarevideosandfilms]

he's not really a general at all. he's an actor, in the movie. (the guy they are going to rescue)

[spacexploder]

if you have seen the whole movie you know how meaningless this is

[MMoruzov]

Shit!

They don`t make movies like this in these days! :(((

[Cool2BCeltic]

I first saw this in the now demolished Rio Cinema in Bearsden when I was 11. It was about the time Paddington Bear started appearing on BBC TV at teatime. I saw Sir Michael Hordern's name in the opening credits and remember identifying him in this purely on the basis of his voice as he did the narration for Paddington.

[nickhubbardtube]

Richard Burton ' looks far too shit-faced..' ?!!! this made me laugh.

[neilzep]

@nickhubbardtube made a art of his drinking! his liver and brain can attest for it.

[JSLegoMaster]

Does someone know where this movie is recorded?

Becuase I dont think thats Bavaria in real, tehre are not such big mountain areas there whihc are full sno cowerd.

[Airsoftcleaner]

The whole mission was a mole flush to to get German Double Agents that were in MI6

[thetruthbringer]

One of my fav movies ever. Thanks for posting!

[the82spartans]

In other words... shut your pie hole, Sergant.

[GehlenBND]

they`re 40-50 years! it`s not so old...

[guerillaresponse]

Inglourious Basterds wouldn't have been if not for Where Eagles Dare. It was a bigger influence than Dirty Dozen, Navarone, and the rest.

This movie is one of the best and Taranftino has been quoted as saying its his favorite

[hint0122]

thats true. clint eastwood was climbing in the scene

[82abnoff]

It is not. It is simple? A few of us have been shot. A few of us have Stars.

For all of you Remfs, a 7.62 into your gut may mess up your weekend.

Please be so kind as to go fuck yourself.

[Beamshipcaptain]

"It's incredible" "Yes, but to the British, very very simple". When I saw the film in America and then London in 1969, everyone cheers at that line! V is fof Victory.

[NX74656]

Thanks for posting this scene from "Where Eagles Dare". This is one of my favorite films of all time and I have this movie on DVD. Clint Eastwood and Richard Burton were great in this classic film. I really liked and enjoyed this movie.

[HenryvKeiper]

Uh...no problem ;)

[Beamshipcaptain]

I was just watching Patrick Wymark in the DVD:  JOURNEY TO THE FAR SIDE OF THE SUN (DOPPELGANGER), the other day. Another film I first saw in the theatre 40-years ago.

[Beamshipcaptain]

Excellent film, been enjoying it for 40-years. Get the DVD! You havent' lived until you see this on a 50-inch plasma, and thru a surround-sound system with a powered-subwoofer!

[goldyn12345]

i bet its brilliant, few drinks, a takeaway and watching this, heaven!!!!

[Beamshipcaptain]

A glass of port, a Cuban cigar, and this film on a 50" hi def, and its heaven. Don't forget the surround-sound with powered subwoofer.

[goldyn12345]

haha yeah i love a nice fat cuban cigar

[highlandsh]

Eastwood is a US Ranger "that speaks for itself" takes a new meaning at the end of the movie - he is very good at what he does but doesn't have a clue about the mission - just a little English joke.

[HenryvKeiper]

Especially later on when Eastwood says he doesn't know why he's on the mission, since he's an American, and Burton replies, "You're on this mission BECAUSE you're an American."

[goldyn12345]

lol great line!!!

[kentamitchell]

@HenryvKeiper I read the book when I was about 12 and I rember being *embarassed* at Alister McLean's character of Lt. Schaffer. (McLean did not have a clue about writing dialogue for an American character) The producers solved the problem by casting Eastwood who does ten times more shooting than he does talking.

"We got company"

MANY thanks for posting these clips.

[kentamitchell]

@highlandsh fair enough. If you don't mind a small Yank joke, when I read the book, I felt *quite* embarassed for Alistair MacLean- *great* storyteller, but he didn't have a *clue* about writing dialogue for an American character. So, casting Eastwood was a great solution- he speaks about 30 words and kills about a hundred Germans.

PS Happy Birthday to Her Majesty. :)

[domolejman]

"you've been trained of difference kind of combat" - epic! my favourite line

[slappy0077]

the city circled on the map is Bologna in Italy, not bavaria!

[HenryvKeiper]

No no no. There's another map over the map of Italy. Look closely. That's the map he refers to.

[85738598]

I hope you are having some sort of macabre joke, because this german sentence you have written means "Hitler remains in our hearts forever" ---- No he does not....he remains in our minds as one of the most twisted and evil men there ever was. He personally initiated a war that killed tens of millions of people in Europe, in the process virtually exterminating an entire race of people. Our feelings for him should be revulsion, not reverence.

[aribenzane]

This scene is funny in highnsight because most of people pictured are German agents!

[hint0122]

that is somewhat funny.

[erwintommy]

Hollyweird Blooper here: First "general carnaby" was carrying out "a saturation raid on nuremburg"...but before that is forgotten we hear;"he was enroute to meet his opposite number in the middle east"...how about that?

[HenryvKeiper]

Hm, interesting, never noticed that.

One explanation to that could be the original explanation was a cover-up, since the two officers were trying to hide the real reason at first, and only confessed when they were pressed.

[flint55]

Maybe I missed something, but Colonel Turner stated that "We" meaning the RAF carried out a saturation raid on Nuremburg and there shouldn't have been a German fighter within a 100 miles of the Austrian border. Carnaby's plane was enroute to the Middle East and not part of the bombing raid. Seems the raid should have drawn all German fighters away from Carnaby's flight path. Remember later in the movie Burton says that the holes in Carnaby's plane were from British guns not German.

[HenryvKeiper]

Exactly. The first excuse was a cover-up, and while Burton knew the true story because he was actually in on the whole thing, the others were not.

[kentamitchell]

@flint55 True. Furthermore, Carnaby was supposed to be en route to *Crete*??? That island was in German hands. Still, I loved the movie.

[Dremeli]

One of finest movies ever. Sounds strange I think, but I like the accent actors are speaking.

[flint55]

"You all speak fluent German" The line should have been "You all speak fluent German, which doesn't matter as all the Germans speak English." One of the best WWII movies ever.

[HenryvKeiper]

Ha ha, yeah that's always funny in WWII movies. I think they said that to cover the fact that the Germans spoke English, so that you could assume the main characters were speaking German and the Germans were understanding them. At least it's not like "Battle of the Bulge" where the Germans speak English even over the radio, and American soldiers are understanding them.

[MALOSINZ]

Haha...that's brilliant flint! I really enjoy watching this movie over and over again...Cheers Henry. :)

[HenryvKeiper]

No problem, one of my favorite films of all time. Had to share.