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"Playing with the Enemy"
Posted by:
Wes Harris
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Date: August 02, 2008 08:53PM
A major Hollywood motion picture will start filming late this summer on the U-505 crew's internment at Camp Ruston, Louisiana.
The film is actually about Gene Moore, a young baseball prodigy drafted by the Brooklyn Dodgers whose career was interrupted by Pearl Harbor and WWII. He ended up on a Navy baseball team entertaining the troops prior to D-Day. Once the European battles started in earnest, the team was sent back to the U.S. They happened to be available to serve as guards for the U-505 crew on its journey from Norfolk to Camp Ruston. While at Camp Ruston, Moore taught some of the U-boat crew to play baseball and that's what the bulk of the movie is about.
For more information, see my friend Gary Moore's website on his book: www.playingwiththeenemy.com
The movie will have BIG stars in it. I can post the names once the official announcement is made. It is produced by Gerald R. Molen, who did Jurassic Park, Schindler's List, Rain Main and others.
I am researching a book on the U-505's time at Camp Ruston so any info or ideas are appreciated.
The film is actually about Gene Moore, a young baseball prodigy drafted by the Brooklyn Dodgers whose career was interrupted by Pearl Harbor and WWII. He ended up on a Navy baseball team entertaining the troops prior to D-Day. Once the European battles started in earnest, the team was sent back to the U.S. They happened to be available to serve as guards for the U-505 crew on its journey from Norfolk to Camp Ruston. While at Camp Ruston, Moore taught some of the U-boat crew to play baseball and that's what the bulk of the movie is about.
For more information, see my friend Gary Moore's website on his book: www.playingwiththeenemy.com
The movie will have BIG stars in it. I can post the names once the official announcement is made. It is produced by Gerald R. Molen, who did Jurassic Park, Schindler's List, Rain Main and others.
I am researching a book on the U-505's time at Camp Ruston so any info or ideas are appreciated.
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"Playing with the Enemy"
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Wes Harris | 08/02/2008 08:53PM |