Clint Eastwood "The 15:17 to Paris: The True Story of a Terrorist" (1 Viewer)

[BLReed]

Clint Eastwood has firmed the next film he will direct. He’ll helm a drama based on the book Clint Eastwood has firmed the next film he will direct. He’ll helm a drama based on the book The 15:17 to Paris: The True Story of a Terrorist, a Train, and Three American Heroes. The book was written by Anthony Sadler, Alek Skarlatos, Spencer Stone and Jeffrey E. Stern; the life rights of the heroes Sadler, Skarlatos and Stone are part of the package. , a Train, and Three American Heroes. The book was written by Anthony Sadler, Alek Skarlatos, Spencer Stone and Jeffrey E. Stern; the life rights of the heroes Sadler, Skarlatos and Stone are part of the package.

http://deadline.com/2017/04/clint-eastwood-the-1517-to-paris-anthony-sadler-alek-skarlatos-spencer-stone-terrorism-warner-bros-1202073016/

 

[The Military Workshop]

Clint has made some good movies. Whilst these three guys were very brave in what they did the incident happened very quickly. I just don't see how that makes for a movie. Will have to wait for when it comes out to see reviews.

 

[theBaron]

...the incident happened very quickly. I just don't see how that makes for a movie...

If you add the backstory of the principal actors in the event, I can see that it can be made into a movie of normal length.

Prost!
Brad

 

[BLReed]

.........I just don't see how that makes for a movie.

Hmm, He managed to make "Sully" into a movie.

 

[The Military Workshop]

Hmm, He managed to make "Sully" into a movie.

Not seen it, although I believe quite a bit was to do with investigation afterwards.

Happy to wait and see.

 

[BLReed]

Official Trailer. The film will be released in theaters on February 9, 2018.

Studio synopsis: From Clint Eastwood comes The 15:17 to Paris, which tells the real-life story of three men whose brave act turned them into heroes during a highspeed railway ride.

In the early evening of August 21, 2015, the world watched in stunned silence as the media reported a thwarted terrorist attack on Thalys train #9364 bound for Paris—an attempt prevented by three courageous young Americans traveling through Europe. The film follows the course of the friends' lives, from the struggles of childhood through finding their footing in life, to the series of unlikely events leading up to the attack. Throughout the harrowing ordeal, their friendship never wavers, making it their greatest weapon and allowing them to save the lives of the more than 500 passengers on board.

The heroic trio is comprised of Anthony Sadler, Oregon National Guardsman Alek Skarlatos, and U.S. Air Force Airman First Class Spencer Stone, who play themselves in the film. Starring alongside them are Jenna Fischer ("Hall Pass," TV's "The Office"); Judy Greer ("War for the Planet of the Apes"); Ray Corasani (TV's "The Long Road Home"); PJ Byrne ("The Wolf of Wall Street"); Tony Hale (TV's "Veep"); and Thomas Lennon ("Transformers: Age of Extinction"). Paul-Mikél Williams plays the younger Anthony, Bryce Gheisar plays the younger Alek, and William Jennings plays the younger Spencer.

Eastwood ("Sully," "American Sniper") directs from a screenplay by Dorothy Blyskal, based on the book by Anthony Sadler, Alek Skarlatos, Spencer Stone and Jeffrey E. Stern. Eastwood also produces the film, along with Tim Moore, Kristina Rivera and Jessica Meier. The film's executive producer is Bruce Berman.

 

[BLReed]

Opens tomorrow in theaters.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/movies/2018/02/07/why-clint-eastwood-used-real-train-heroes-15-17-paris/309042002/

USA Today-2018/02/07
LOS ANGELES – Clint Eastwood remembers being stunned and then gratified on Aug. 21, 2015, when he heard that three Americans had thwarted a terrorist brandishing an AK-47 on a crowded train to Paris.

"I had this great sense of pride. That was a great event they pulled off," Eastwood recalls of Alek Skarlatos, Spencer Stone and Anthony Sadler, who stopped attacker Ayoub El-Khazzani. "This guy had an AK-47 and somewhere between 250 and 300 rounds of ammunition, pistols and knives. He could've killed 300 people, easy.

"I thought, 'I'd like to meet these guys,' " he adds.
The meeting was momentous, not only because it triggered Eastwood's work on his film centered around the high-speed train ride, The 15:17 to Paris (in theaters Friday). But the director, 87, also eventually stopped his casting process and asked the charismatic Americans to play themselves onscreen, despite their having no acting experience.

Even the guys, who wrote the book that the movie is based upon, were stunned listening to Eastwood's proposal in his office weeks before shooting.

"What went through our heads was this was a lot of pressure. We don’t want to disappoint. He’s taking a big risk by doing this and we’re taking a big risk," says Skarlatos, who appeared on Season 21 of Dancing With the Stars. "We don’t want to ruin our life story, either. We did have a little debate. But you cannot say 'no' to an opportunity like that."

"Besides, everybody knocks out a flop every now and then," Eastwood adds wryly.



Eastwood shot the scenes on the same French train line in moving, narrow cars with passengers from the original ride — including Mark Moogalian, who was shot by Ayoub El-Khazzani (played by Ray Corasani) after he yanked a weapon away from the gunman and attempted to warn passengers.

Each actor wore the exact outfit they wore during the attack on Aug. 21, 2015.

"The same clothes, the same setting, the same train, the people on the train as well," says Sadler. "It got us in the mindset of that day."

 

[BLReed]

A scathing review. I'll see it anyway. I like real men movies.

http://www.blu-ray.com/The-15:17-to-Paris/809323/#Review

 

[theBaron]

A scathing review. I'll see it anyway. I like real men movies.

http://www.blu-ray.com/The-15:17-to-Paris/809323/#Review

The guy who wrote that review must have gotten a thesaurus for Christmas. I'll still see it for myself in a theater, too.

Prost!
Brad