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Summary: Top Notch Movie
Review: If you're looking for an off beat movie that very successfully combines totally different personalities (including Clint Eastwood in another top-notch performance of a totally interesting character) within a tense atmosphere (war) and still expect to see some quirky fun - then Kelly's Heroes is a must see!
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Summary: In a bank? Ain't you getting too ambitious.....?
Review: Hell I always thought that WW2 movies are always guts ripping or "doze in the couch" type but after viewing this one it all change! Imagine if you combine Saving Private Ryan, Gomer Pyle, M.A.S.H and Hogan's Heroes together, you will get the perfect recipe: KELLY'S HEROES! A movie about a loony bunch of soldiers turned "thieves". It all started when Kelly (Clint Eastwood) captured and interrogate a German Colonel and learnt about a multi million fortune stashed in a bank behind German lines. Together with Crapgame, a money-minded supply sergeant(Don Rickles), Big Joe, the "muscular G.I image" platoon sergeant(Telly Savalas), Oddball, the ever crazy Hippie tanker (Donald Sutherland) and a few others, they set out for their "perfect crime" mission.These are lines you must look out for :-> Crapgame: In a bank? Ain't you getting too ambitious? Big Joe: What? Oddball? He's a maniac! Oddball: Woof! Woof! That's my other dog impression (When Oddball fired behind the Tiger) Oddball: Fire! (and relize that he fired the wrong shell) Kelly: That's paint! Those are the few lines. But I ain't gonna tell it all cause you HAVE TO WATCH IT TO KNOW IT ALL! And look (hear out) for their theme song. It is a 70's but still great.
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Summary: Saving Kelly's Heroes
Review: "Saving Private Ryan" and "Kelly's Heroes".....if you place one over the other the differences between the two really boil down to the effects laiden D-Day invasion at the beginning of SPR. SPR is a great movie but I swear that Speilberg wrote the ending of SPR after watching "Kelly's Heroes". I know "Kelly's Heroes" is suppossed to be a dark comedy set during WWII and SPR is a dark drama set during WWII....but after watching both movies back to back the similarities are too many to mention. As for "Kelly's Heroes", it's about time this movie made it to DVD....if you have never seen this movie (where have you been?) you are in for a real treat as it has just about everything you could think of in a WWII movie and then some (comedy, drama, action). Letterboxing and Dolby Digital should help keep it fresh for years to come.
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Summary: Kelly's great
Review: Great cast, great script, great action, great fun. You think it would be hard to make an action WW2 movie funny, but the script writers pulled it off somehow. Don Rickles, Don Sutherland and Telly Savalas really know how to steel scenes and they all give brilliant comic perfomances. Enough action to wet an action buff's appetite. Musical score by Lalo Schiffrin is catchy (and if listened to carefully sounds similar to one of his tracks on the BULLIT Soundtrack. Its also good to see that for once, someone has had the decency to make a German tank look authentic as possibe. Anyone who is a military movie buff must get sick and tired of seeing American tanks with a German Swastika and hope the audience won't know the difference. I have only seem this movie on normal Pan/Scan format and eagerly await to see the widescreen format. Defenitely worth buying.
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Summary: Classic Army Comedy
Review: Very enjoyable comedy about a platoon of Army soldiers who set out to steal gold bars in a bank behind German lines during WW II. The movie takes place after D-Day when a Private, portrayed by Clint Eastwood, finds out that there is a huge stash of gold in a bank deep in enemy territory. The humor is centered around the lackluster group of soldiers he rounds up to penetrate German lines in a mission to retrieve the prize. What really makes the movie work are the actors: Donald Sutherland (a hippy tanker if you can believe that), Telly Savalas (the strong, reluctant platoon sergeant), Don Rickles (the scheming supply sergeant), and Carrol O'Connor (the division commander who has been trying to get the infantry division on the move). Although funny, it still has it's somber moments when the soldiers and tankers run into the enemy as they advance towards their objective, but it's not too violent nor bloody as recent movies with WW II themes. Previous reviewers have remarked how well done the production sets are with uniforms and equipment, and they are pretty impressive considering this is only a comedy. Interesting remarks about the Tiger Tanks, they probably are modified T-34s considering that they do not have front drive sprockets that original Tigers had, nor do they have the over-lapping road wheel suspension. Plus the turrets of these tanks sit forward on the chassis just like T-34s, regardless of these picky comments, they do almost like the real thing. An enjoyable movie and it has a lively soundtrack that compliments the plot very well.
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Summary: An army of talent
Review: There are a number of reasons that this movie is a stand a lone classic. It has a cast of actors many of which were already well known and highly regarded, and others that became stars later in their careers. The combination of humor, drama, (characters did die during some of the action scenes), and good old fashion "shoot em up" action, makes a good mix for an extremely enjoyable movie. The VHS version of this movie was one of the first videos I ever purchased, (and videos were a lot more expensive than they are today), and I was sorry that it was'nt in the letter box format. The scene where three soldiers walk "Italian Western" style, down a narrow village street to confront a Tiger tank, is not the same without full frame viewing. In viewing this movie, one must remember that it was a "child" of the 80's. So you have a Hippie soldier, and perhaps some humor reflecting the period of time that this movie was made. I don't believe however that the humor is at all dated. In regards to the Tiger tanks in the movie, which someone in another review suggested were actually modified T-34 tanks. I doubt seriously that this is the case, since many countries around the world had military equipment left over from World War II. I am a military hobbiest with many reference books, and those tanks sure looked real to me. Finally, I have seen some of the actors that were in the cast of this movie, refer to it in interviews on television. Years after working together, they still seemed to have fond memories of making the movie, and I got the feeling that they were a bunch of guys that had a great time. I think their enjoyment of acting together, is reflected in the smooth interaction that comes across in the film. They played off each other very well. So after you've "had a little wine and caught a few rays", sit back and enjoy a really great movie. Maybe you'll agree with "Odd Ball", and say "Woof, Woof!", in real appreciation of this entertaining movie.
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Summary: Cool war film!
Review: I rate this one of the best war films of all time. The humour element makes it something special. I've lost count how many times I've seen this on TV. Clint Eastwood plays 'his typical' role is this epic film along side Telly Savalis but what make this film so good is the presence of a crazy Donald Sutherland who's 'out of it' most of the time. 'wuff! wuff! That was my other dog impression. Full of positive waves man!' Buy this film at all costs. You won't regret it.
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Summary: This is the best film ever
Review: I have seen this film dozens (literally) of times and just finished watching it again with my five year old - it still brings a smile to my face. The only thing better would be a DVD version that includes the sound track!
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Summary: Evan Casteel
Review: Kelly's heros is a very good movie. It is Clint Eastwood at his best. I would recommend it to anyone who likes action and a few laughs.
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Summary: Better than THE DIRTY DOZEN
Review: I know people think of THE DIRTY DOZEN as the classic but the characters in KELLY'S HEROES are way more likable and the humor has transcended time better than that in the aforementioned. The story while somewhat unbelievable allows your imagination to take over and think "WHAT IF"
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