What is sorely missing from my DVD collection? (3 Viewers)

[Arnhemjim]

You already have a very impressive film library. Here are a few possible additions. As somebody has already said, movies are really a personal preference. I’ve asterisked some of my personal favorites, which happen to include “The Lighthorsemen”. Many of these movies you can find excerpted on YouTube, so you can preview them.

Sink the Bismarck 1960 *
Battle of the River Plate (Pursuit of the Graf Spee) 1956
Hunt for Red October 1990
The Enemy Below 1957
Young Lions 1958
Theirs is the Glory 1946 *
Beau Geste 1939
War Horse (New) 2011
55 Days at Peking 1963
Sand Pebbles 1966
Paratrooper (The Red Beret) 1953
Who Dares Wins (The Final Option) 1982 *
The Eagle Has Landed 1976
Gunga Din 1939 *
Lives of a Bengal Lancer 1935
Sea Wolves (The Last Charge of the Calcutta Light Horse) 1980 *
Young Winston 1972
Regards,
Arnhem Jim

 

[Martin Tabony]

It is something you can easily get past if you try. Accents have never bothered me much since the reality is that once you decide to do a movie in other than the native language, it is all arbitrary anyway. Russians do not have a Russian accent to other Russians, etc. Connery was otherwise perfect for the part, as is Scott Glen as the US sub commander and Sam Neil (Jurassic Park) as the Russian XO. It is one of those movies to just sit back and enjoy the flow you without picking at the details.

I will repeat the Duelists, which I just watched again last night. Simply amazing first big time film effort by Ridley Scott on a shoestring budget. The lighting, the costumes, the scenery and the atmosphere of the Napoleonic period are perfectly done and the dueling scenes between these two French Hussars are very realistic. Note for example this excerpt of the third duel with their cavalry sabers.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2wVT...4017682A6&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=3
Get the Special Collectors Edition since the interview with Scott is a treat. He notes that Keitel and Carradine were not his first choices but rather what he could afford but each did an excellent job with his respective part.

There is a BRD version of The Eagle has Landed that is supposed to be region free and a decided improvement on the previous dvd, which is poor. Here is a link to the BRD review
http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film2/DVDReviews43/the_eagle_has_landed_blu-ray.htm

This is what he was making before hand
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9dfAk3hxrSM

 

[Martin Tabony]

For a documentary go no fearther than The Great War. Made in 1964 by the BBC and narated by Micheal Redgrave. It has interviews with men who served on all sides.

Guns at Batasi. Richard Attenborgh as an RSM of an African regiment.

Oh What A Lovely War! If you like musicals you'll like this bit Aussies tacking the p@@s out of the Briitish Staff http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Pg3rmc243g

 

[Martin Tabony]

Two with boats!

Sand Pebbles

The Yangtse Incident. The true story of HMS Amathyst caught up in the Chinese civil war

Has anyone mention 55 Days At Peking.

 

[Martin Tabony]

A lot of The Great War seams to be on Youtube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHm7fNDDY9Y