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Re: U571 ROCKS!!!
Posted by: I Stapley ()
Date: May 28, 2002 10:22AM

<HTML>Clark

Re your observations on Mastow, it seems to me like he has a flea up his aris when it comes to Germans. Spielberg does as well, then again, as he is Jewish it's understandable why he is not keen on them (Some of his films smack of propaganda though).

Mastow is under the impression that machine gunning survivors was common practice in the Ubootwaffe. The truth is more prosaic. Only one captain was ever indicted for the practice and shot by firing squad in 1946.

As for the assertion that Das Boot is inaccurate in its portrayal of U boat crews, the words "Pot" and "Kettle" leap to mind. Das Boot director Wolfgang Petersen took great care to ensure every detail was in place and ex U boat personnel were sought for advice. The actual captain of the real U 96, KvKpt Lehmann-Willenbrock visited the set to see how things were going. (See also the Biographies section on this site).

I have yet to see U 571, I don't suppose I will now (though I hear Jon Bon Jovi gets deaded early on in the film, which might be worth seeing!). As has been said elsewhere, Das Boot is the yardstick by which all other sub movies will be judged.</HTML>

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U571 ROCKS!!! T-bone 04/23/2002 01:19PM
Re: U571 ROCKS!!! Kurt 04/23/2002 03:25PM
Re: U571 ROCKS!!! Benoit Armand 04/23/2002 03:36PM
Re: U571 ROCKS!!! man o' 04/23/2002 05:50PM
Re: U571 ROCKS!!! kurt 04/23/2002 09:32PM
Re: U571 ROCKS!!! J.T. McDaniel 04/24/2002 12:20AM
Appendicitis Sam 04/24/2002 09:17AM
Re: Appendicitis J.T. McDaniel 04/25/2002 09:27PM
Re: U571 ROCKS!!! man o' 04/24/2002 02:14AM
Re: U571 ROCKS!!! Vin 04/24/2002 08:03AM
Mostow is a jerk Clark 05/16/2002 03:31AM
Re: U571 ROCKS!!! I Stapley 05/17/2002 11:05AM
Re: U571 ROCKS (or should that read 'SUCKS!!!'?) Bren Tierney 06/14/2002 02:13PM
Re: U571 ROCKS (or should that read 'SUCKS!!!'?) man o' 06/17/2002 12:07PM
Re: U571 ROCKS (or should that read 'SUCKS!!!'?) KIP PAGE 06/29/2002 09:01PM
Re: U571 ROCKS!!! ROBERT M. 07/27/2002 05:38PM
Re: U571 ROCKS!!! ROBERT M. 07/27/2002 11:19PM
Re: U571 ROCKS!!! ROBERT M. 07/27/2002 05:23PM
I ain't buying any of this crap Bystander 04/24/2002 05:43PM
Re: I ain't buying any of this crap man o' 04/24/2002 05:59PM
Re: I ain't buying any of this crap Steve Roberts 04/25/2002 07:19AM
Re: I ain't buying any of this crap Kurt Leidecker 06/24/2002 07:03AM
Re: I ain't buying any of this crap Bren Tierney 07/05/2002 11:22AM
Re: I ain't buying any of this crap Bystander 07/12/2002 11:01PM
Re: I ain't buying any of this crap Cate 07/14/2002 09:33PM
Re: I ain't buying any of this crap Bystander 07/15/2002 03:10PM
Re: I ain't buying any of this crap cate 07/15/2002 06:18PM
Re: I ain't buying any of this crap Bystander 07/19/2002 08:21PM
Re: I ain't buying any of this crap cate 07/22/2002 06:53PM
Re: I ain't buying any of this crap Bystander 07/22/2002 11:18PM
Re: I ain't buying any of this crap Bystander 07/22/2002 11:31PM
Re: I ain't buying any of this crap cate 07/23/2002 08:36AM
Re: I ain't buying any of this crap Bystander 07/23/2002 02:02PM
Re: I ain't buying any of this crap ROBERT M. 07/27/2002 06:15PM
Re: I ain't buying any of this crap ROBERT M. 07/27/2002 07:00PM
Re: I ain't buying any of this crap cate 07/14/2002 09:36PM
Re: Appendicitis I Stapley 04/29/2002 02:38PM
Re: Appendicitis Pete R 06/01/2002 02:12AM
Re: Appendicitis Pete R 06/01/2002 02:22AM
Re: U571 ROCKS!!! Kris 04/30/2002 04:48PM
Re: U571 ROCKS!!! Saskia 04/30/2002 05:01PM
Re: U571 ROCKS!!! tim 05/03/2002 01:19PM
Re: U571 ROCKS!!! I Stapley 05/03/2002 02:08PM
Re: U571 ROCKS!!! Barry Scully 05/14/2002 12:02PM
Re: U571 ROCKS!!! Barry Scully 05/14/2002 12:15PM
Re: U571 ROCKS!!! kosta 05/16/2002 02:06PM
Re: U571 ROCKS!!! Jay Baker 05/20/2002 07:30AM
Re: U571 ROCKS!!! James Martindale 05/24/2002 12:34PM
Re: U571 ROCKS!!! Leif... 05/27/2002 04:47AM
Re: U571 ROCKS!!! Chris 05/24/2002 10:29PM
Re: U571 ROCKS!!! I Stapley 05/28/2002 10:22AM
Yes - it WAS a joke T-bone 05/29/2002 05:55PM
Re: Yes - it WAS a joke KIP PAGE 06/29/2002 09:14PM
Re: Yes - it WAS a joke T-bone 09/20/2002 07:24AM
Re: Yes - it WAS a joke cate 07/14/2002 09:49PM
Re: Yes - it WAS a joke ROBERT M. 07/27/2002 11:48PM
Re: U571 ROCKS!!! james 07/03/2002 09:01PM
Re: U571 ROCKS!!! Madcap7 07/10/2002 11:33AM
Re: U571 ROCKS!!! ROBERT M. 07/27/2002 05:58PM
Re: U571 ROCKS!!! ROBERT M. 07/27/2002 10:58PM


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