Sands of Iwo Jima
March 12th, 2010 in Uncategorized by Jose Sims
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IMDB rating: 7.10 Plot: John Marion Stryker is the ultimate Marine, a tough rifle squad leader who in 1943 is assigned a squad of new recruits saddled with three veterans and an old enemy of Stryker’s from previous duties in the Far East. One recruit in particlar is a source of friction with Stryker, Peter Conway, whose father was Stryker’s CO at Guadalcanal and who felt his son was too soft and cowardly to be a Marine. The squad grows more and more resentful at Stryker’s increasingly brutal training regimen and his lack of sympathy for the varied personal problems of the recruits, but his determination to mold them into fighting men helps save their lives when the squad is landed at Tarawa in November 1943 and Stryker risks his life to blow up a Japanese bunker that has slaughtered Marines trapped at a log wall. The now battle-tested squad becomes more closely-knit and Stryker’s relationship with the men warms as the squad eventually finds itself in the bloodiest island battle of the war, at Iwo Jima. |
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Who loves old movies?
and what are you favorite classic movies, actors & actresses?
Mine:
"Out of the Past"
"The Grapes of Wrath"
"Tiger Bay"
"Sunset Boulevard"
"Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?"
and I can’t help it, I love war movies
"The Longest Day"
"twelve O’Clock High"
And John Wayne:
"The Sands of Iwo Jima"
"the Searchers"
My favorite actors are:
Henry Fonda
Robert Mitchum
John Wayne
Actresses:
Ginger Rogers
Merle Oberon
Elizabeth Taylor
cabryg: I most definately have seen Double Indemnity, I couldn’t believe Fred McMurray playing a bad guy!
"The Great Escape"
"Chinatown"
"Who Shot Liberty Valance"
Incognito | Nov 12, 2007
My favorite old movie is Children of Paradise. OMG that movie is awsome, you know,if you dont mind reading subtitles.
*D* | Nov 12, 2007
The Wizard of Oz
It’s a Wonderful Life
Singing in the Rain
Seven Brides for Brothers
Any thing Audrey Hepburn
Charity L | Nov 12, 2007
bela lugosi, lon chaney i love old scary movies. i love baby jane!!! just watched it like 2 days ago. and the birds by alfred hitchcock, old movies have more content because they had no real special effects. i hate new movies like saw etc.. no imagination.. love john wayne whats that one movie where he has all them kids and the little one is kidnapped and he goes to find him? thats a great movie.
chrysti g | Nov 12, 2007
There are lots of great old movies. Some of my faves are:
Sunset Blvd
North By Northwest
Psycho
It’s A Wonderful Life (watch it every Xmas!)
East of Eden
The Fountainhead
There are too many to mention. I love James Dean, he is my fave actor, I also love Cary Grant and James Stewart. I like all of the Hitchcock Blondes and Marilyn Monroe.
snow'n'sun | Nov 12, 2007
you should watch the third man, double indemnity, and the wild bunch. The first two are really good noir movies.
cabreyg | Nov 12, 2007
movies:
some like it hot
gentlemen prefer blondes
my fair lady
breakfast at tiffanys
singing in the rain
clambake
seven year itch
doctor dolittle
the great escape
fave actors / actresses
gene kelly
jack lemmon
marilyn monroe
katherine hepburn
frank sinatra
elvis presley
tony curtis
chucky's niece | Nov 12, 2007
It was John Wain who first said "I will be back. "
Not that fellow who played the hulk.
But to answer your question. Have you watched "Gilda". She sings put the blame on me boys, put the blame on me, war time favorite.
Also "Rebecca"
Bet you do not remember "The Iron horse." It was a train - western.
Gregory Peck was funny.
Went The Day Well.
Mrs Miniver (American war film, brilliant).
My grandfather once was in a film with Patrick McGoohan who was Danger Man. (John Drake).
So, yes there certainly have been some excellent black and white films, including those in your list.
"Saturday Night and Sunday Morning" was another classic.
Richard Burton of course was a great actor. So too his wife Elizabeth Taylor.
But my favorite was - is Glenda Jackson. In serious films or comedy. Not many can do both successfully as she did.
Stevalia | Nov 12, 2007
I like the WW II movies especially with Nazis doing their intimidation thingy.
I also like the 60’s stuff with our people and the British dorking the KGB.
Jim D | Nov 12, 2007
