Originally Posted by wiggy
T'would be interesting to see a remake using modern technology - but I hope the financial backers don't insist on too many Americans in leading roles and the use of B-17s instead of Lancs.....
And the Hamster wheel starts again.....this has already been beaten to death on another thread (couldn't find it readily, but it's there).
1) I, too, hope that IF the movie is re-made, that it's historically accurate.
2) Who would you cast in the various roles - Gibson, Barnes-Wallis, etc?
Watched a terrible movie ("Submarine X-1") the other night about the X-craft subs used against the Tirpitz. For some reason, James Caan played the boss. In addition to overly dramatic training scenarios, one classic bit had the Germans staging a commando raid on the sub base to thwart the raid.
Naturally, the crews turned out to man the base defenses, going man to man with the German paras. Caan took out the German leader in a one-to-one. Right, are submariners trained as well in the martial arts as we flyers?