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Summary: All The Burning Bridges...
Review: Just got Kelly's Heroes on DVD this Christmas 2002! I've been in love with this movie since first I saw it about 10 years ago. I never understood why it's not included in some of Eastwood's best work. I'm not knocking the Dirty Harry movies (believe me, I love them all) but Kelly's is Eastwood at his best. His straight schtick is awesome. There's some drama, and a ton of comedy. Some people think Eastwood started his comedy roles with the "Any which way but loose" movies. But it really all started with Kelly's Heroes.People!! Buy this movie! Watch this movie over and over again. Treasure this movie. It just doesn't get any better than this.
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Summary: Best warfilm of the 70s (probably)
Review: Forget the occasionally dodgy 70s music, what more could be asked off a movie.
Clint Eastwood out eastwoods himself and is far more enjoyable than in the Dirty Harry films.
Donald Sutherland as hippy madman oddball is the perfect fallguy.
Great caper pretty much Saving Private Ryan in the 70s mixed up with bank heist and comedy german.
loved it as a kid love it now.
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Summary: HIDDEN SHERMAN BLASTING TIGERS
Review: A lot of the hippie stuff in this movie is total nonsense & typifies the 1970's counter-culture era & crime caper genre. But there are terrific uniforms, equipment & combat scenes to be enjoyed. The Tiger tanks are amazingly convincing running mockups based on T-34 chasis. The film captures the dynamic movement & stalking of tanks in a French village. This is a comedy, action adventure so don't expect the real World War 2. The body count really piles up starting with the Sherman tank attack at the German rail yard. Enjoy the hilarious performances by a talented ensemble cast & treat this as an American wartime fantasy fairy tale.
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Summary: The Best!!!
Review: This is a very good movie. It has a great cast and acting. O'Conner and Clint are good in this movie. OddBall and Crapgame are good comic relief. I really enjoy this movie. If you are a fan of Clint then you need to get this movie. It is one of his best.
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Summary: three words....
Review: Quality,Quality,Quality!
Oh,one more thing,i dont think any review can do this classic justice,so i wont bother, just get it and enjoy!
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Summary: "There You Go Again With Them Negative Waves...."
Review: This is a GREAT movie and one of my all time favorite movies! Look at the cast - Telly Savalas, Clint Eastwood, Don Wrickles, Donald Sutherland, Gavin McCleod, Carrol ("get the ionisphere off the air) O'Conner...to name a few. How can you go wrong - See the movie alone just to watch each of these great actors. The movie is hilarious. It is not a silly type of comedy but it mixes WW2 comedy with a serious side to it. That mixture of comedy and seriousness makes the movie that much more enjoyable to watch! It is about the perfect crime - Kelly's men go behind enemy lines during World War 2 to steal gold from a bank. The movie is full of memorable one-liners and names ("Odd-Ball, Crab Game")...that you will find youself quoting over and over and over again. That may not sound interesting to you but once you see the movie (I have seen it many times - and I am still picking up great one-liners) you will understand. The movie has become a cult classic with my friends and family - we are quoting lines from it every time we get together. And of course, the movie has plenty of action with geniune (looking) equipment and tanks from World War 2. A movie that was promoted as a modern day remake, The Three Kings with George Cloney, does not even come close to the comedy and class that Kelly's Heroes has. This is a must-have for your collection if you lake any of these actors, like comedy, and/or like World War 2.
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Summary: An all-time favorite...
Review: For adventure, action and humor in a World War II setting, it's hard to top this classic. Just forget about logic, and "go for the gold" on this zany caper with a terrific cast. Clint Eastwood is perfect as Kelly, the low-key leader of an opportunistic group of American soldiers. Here for the last time, we see Clint in his prime, sharing the spotlight, working with an ensemble cast. After this film, he would soon go on to do "Dirty Harry", start directing films, and act mostly in his personal Malpaso projects. Donald Sutherland gives a wonderful quirky performance as "Oddball". Living up to his name, Sutherland plays a laid back tank commander, who definitely marches to a different beat. Those who say the character doesn't belong in this time setting are missing the point. "Oddball" is simply a free spirit, way ahead of his time. Telly Savalas is rock solid as Sergeant Big Joe. His practicality and instinct for survival is the glue that holds the squad together. In an important scene, motivations are exposed when the group convinces Big Joe to agree join in Kelly's scheme. When a reluctant Big Joe finally acquiesces, saying "Okay...Show me what you got", the whole squad erupts into cheers, and the mission is officially a "go". Watch, as Telly has his helmet on for almost the entire movie. As a "serious" actor, comedian Don Rickles has never been better, playing the greedy and self centered "Crapgame". The friction between Rickles and Savalas is wonderfully entertaining. "The Hustler" may seem like a wimp, but he proves himself an able fighter in battle. Carol O'Connor is also terrific. His role as the wild-eyed commanding General Colt is limited, but adds substantially to the madness and humor. Gavin MacLeod is Moriarity, the "mechanical genius" who repairs tanks, and gets blamed for creating "negative waves" with his pessimistic thoughts. The rest of the GI's are an eclectic group of battle tested troops, who put their military skills to good use in this quest for personal gain. And on the other side, the actors playing the main Germans are all pretty good too. They may not say much, but they have the right "look" about them. As for the DVD itself, the transfer is one of the best for a film of this age. Bonus features are limited to just a trailer. Too bad. This movie was shot in Yugoslavia, and it would have been nice to hear about some of the interesting behind the scenes adventures that must surely have taken place during the filming. Well-paced, always entertaining, and filled with dozens of memorable lines, Kelly's Heroes is a wonderful WWII fantasy adventure, where the grunts come out ahead of the brass. If you can't dig it, I respectfully suggest that you "get yourself a bucket of grits".
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Summary: The Perfect Crime.
Review: Picture this. You are a soldier in world war 2 Europe. A captured German Colonel, aided by a bottle of whisky, tells you about a shipment of gold just 30 miles from your location. 14,000 bars to be exact! That's sixteen-million bucks! And it's behind enemy lines! So here we have Kelly and his friends Big Joe, Little Joe, Crap-game, Cowboy, Babra (though everyone calls him Barbra), and last but not least Odd-Ball bringing his three sherman tanks but not his sanity. Togather they accomplish the impossible, get rich and almost single handedly end the war in Europe.
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Summary: "Don't hit me with them negative waves!"
Review: Kelly's Heroes has been one of my favourite movies for a long time now, ever since I first saw it on WTBS. I finally broke down and bought the video tape a few years ago, and then just last year, decided to buy the DVD. Am I glad I did. This movie, great before, got even better when I watched it on DVD. It looks very crisp and clean, and having it letter-boxed is a definite plus. I never realized how much of the movie I was missing before. Also, while there isn't too much language, and no sex or nudity, it was still nice to see it uncut. The DVD is rather bare-bones, only including the trailers and cast lists in addition to the movie, plus a French version. You can also do scene selection, which is nice but I hardly ever use it. The movie itself, though, is great. I love all the characters, and even the minor ones are distinctive enough that you can tell them apart and they have their own personalities. Clint Eastwood, Telly Savalas, Donald Sutherland and Don Rickles are the real stars, though. Clint plays Kelly, who used to be a lieutenant until he was busted back because somebody had to take the blame for attacking the wrong hill. He's been screwed up by officers enough, so he is willing to take things into his own hands and do his own thing. When he gets wind of the gold that's behind German lines, you can almost see his eyes light up. He's the leader of the mission, even if Savalas is the leader of the men. Savalas has a great role as the crusty, war-weary sergeant. His men give him the utmost respect, and all of them are very glad when Kelly finally convinces him to join in the raid. He's hard-nosed, but you can tell he cares about his men. He's affected when one of them dies, as he wants to get through the war with all of them intact. Sutherland plays a great tanker named Oddball. Some have complained he's too anachronistic, being a hippy in 1944. If this were a serious war movie, I would agree. However, this is a caper film, and thus I think his character works. It fits in well with the humour in the rest of the movie. Don Rickles plays the greediest of the bunch, Crapgame. He's the logistics officer who can get anything Kelly needs. He decides to go along to protect his investment, but he quickly regrets doing that. He's sarcastic, a bit of a coward (but not too much), and a complainer. He and Oddball are the main sources of laugh-out-loud humour, though the rest of them certainly have their moments. This cast, along with Carroll O'Connor (who is wonderful as the General, though he does get a bit over the top sometimes) and Gavin McLeod (looking completely different from his Love Boat days a few years later), and many others, just add so much colour to the film. If you like war movies at all, you have to get this film. Even if you don't, I think you will still appreciate it. My wife hates war movies, but she still enjoyed it. You can't do wrong with buying this film.
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Summary: Best WW2 War Movie
Review: No Doubt, this is the best WW2 war movie. Good story, Funny and Combat all in one package. And yes, i bought the DvD and it's a Collector item. I must have seen the DvD a dozen times already and I still enjoy it. If the sounds were more like in that movie " Saving Private Ryan " then you got one heck of a movie. I wish they edited the sounds and made them more realistic. It's also on Wide Format so you get to see everything it was intended to. I definitely recommend this Movie. I gave it 5 Stars. You won't be disappointed.
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