Dambusters at the pictures, one night only

[JOE-FBS]

Tuesday 4th September, nationwide. See this link for participating cinemas:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/britishfilm/summer/cinemas/

[airborne_artist]

Those at the secret Oxon heli base can see it on 19th and 20th Sept at the Corn Exchange (http://www.cornexchange.org.uk/PublicPages/) in Wallingford

[Gainesy]

I read of this the other day. Apparently it's the original which has been "digitally cleaned" and restored so the quality is much better than seen since its release. And the mutt's name remains Nigger.

[Green Flash]

And the mutt's name remains Nigger

Good. At least some PC prat has not messed about with the facts.

[BEagle]

Only 4 Dambusters posts before that damn dog's name is dragged up yet again......:rolleyes:

[MarkD]

Up here in Soviet Canuckistan it was just shown on History channel, unaltered. Watched it on the digital video recorder this morning :ok:

Amazing on rewatching it how little of the film was taken up with the actual raid. If this was a Jerry Bruckheimer venture poor old Barnes Wallis would have gotten two minutes out of the movie's length. And the Humane Association people would have fed the dog iced tea or something rather than beer!

[Guernsey Girl II]

Not much on the box?
No Football on Sky?
Too cold for a BBQ?
You might consider a trip to the local Cinema
The Dambusters (http://www.myfilms.com/home.asp)
For one night only see the classic on a big screen near you:)

[charliegolf]

Remind me, what's the dog called?

CG

[Top Bunk Tester]

Bigger?
Digger?
Jigger?
Rigger?
Tigger?
Trigger?

Something like that anyway, is this a record two posts and we're on the dog again?:ugh:

[Flap62]

Shouldn't you children have gone back to school by now.

[Wizzard]

"Military discount on production of 1250?"


Not required, I've just booked on line at a cost of £2.50 and 55p booking fee!

Bargain:D

[skua]

Only 6 posts on the Dambusters before that damned dog's name posts! :)

[PPRuNe Pop]

I will be watching it tonight with adequate sound on a 24" wide angle tv, with a bag of Tyrell's a couple of tinny's and I look forward to hearing the controller say "Nigger, it's Nigger!" Then AVM "Cochrane" saying to "Barnes Wallis" you could "sell me a pink elephant!"

That is what was said and no-one can change it. Real history cannot be changed and the people who try are fooling only SOME of the people. But they are making themselves look VERY foolish.

Good film anyway.

[Chugalug2]

PPRune Pop, I think you will have to take your Tyrells (not so sure about the tinnies} to a participating cinema near you. The Beeb will be doing the Wooden Horse later if you don't manage to tunnel out of PPRune Towers in time!
http://www.myfilms.com/home.asp

[PPRuNe Pop]

The Wooden Horse was on this afternoon Chug. Dambusters is a classic and mine is a digitally re-mastered DVD which I will enjoy later. The doors close at 2115, NO interval and the phone will be off the hook - actually I just pull the plug :E

[Tiger_mate]

I went to see it this evening, enjoyed every minute. 60% full audience which surprised me a little, and an overt gasp when the dogs name was mentioned. Saw a Canberra and Lincoln bomber that I had never noticed before.

[charliegolf]

Only 4 Dambusters posts before that damn dog's name is dragged up yet again

Number Two, I believe, but it was removed!:bored:

CG

[Airborne Aircrew]

What dog are referring to?

The black one... :rolleyes:

You're a troll aren't you? If not you are doing a brilliant job of impersonating one...

[Al R]

Dear JOE-FBS,

Sitrep. Thanks for your post. I told a few people about this and all in all, 5 went along to various venues, all reported good turn outs. Thanks for the info.. perhaps this might be a commercially viable thing to do? Specialised screenings would appeal to a larger segment of the population I think, fed up with modern rubbish. One of them mentioned that for her, the best part was hearing the engines fill the space. She took along her fella (ex Matelot) as a birthday thing instead of twirling spaghetti, and they both loved it.

I wonder what other attendances were? Surely, if Showcase Cinemas are putting on F1 races in selected outlets at £20 a pop, there's a case for having themed days. Would the older part of the market have enough disposable wonga to want to fork out, say, £25-30 to watch 3 films on a Sunday, including buffet lunch? I bet the Legion would be able to send some folk along, and these are the people who don't normally go to the cinema. Slow commercial days are the ones to go for, which sadly maybe, aren't as important a consideration to the retired folk out there. I'd be pursuaded I think, to go along to a day which had perhaps, 633 Sqn, Reach for the Sky and a.n other and possibly a presentation about the Vulcan rebuild with some good accompanying footage, or perhaps something from the BBMF.

Extending that logic, why not a series of films from the 70s, appealing to a different sector than woul dpossibly like say, a Kenneth More day.

[Maple 01]

How about 'A Matter of Life and Death' for the next outing? Something for everyone, supernatural, romance, war, the struggle of good v evil, Anglo-American relationships, cinamatagraphic style etc

Oh and the dog's name caused some gasps in Norwich but seemed to be 'right'

[Al R]

Was it busy Mapes? At the risk of overlooking any irony, perhaps a mix would diffuse the appeal to an elder 'him and her'. Perhaps people 'of a certain age' have a reluctance to be dictated to in how they are censored?

[The Helpful Stacker]

Well Nottingham Cornerhouse, Scree 5 was pretty bust for the 2100 showing.

Being as Dambusters is probably one of my favourite war films it was good to see it on the big screen and the 'touching up' of the film stock by Studio Canal has really made a difference.

I had to push back the urge to run around the foyer with my arms out making airplane noises afterwards though.;)

[JOE-FBS]

A good few dozen people were in the very small art house cinema in Oxford, all sorts of ages and types. The shocked gasp from almost everyone there as the first aircraft exploded over the Mohne suggested a level of understanding from the audience.

My small boy (10) thought it was brilliant. There were several similarly aged boys in the audience (no girls, come on parents) so at least some of the new gneration is hearing these stories.

There was one gasp / giggle at "that name" but I think that was from the same idiot who seemed to think that Barnes Wallis was some sort of comedy act and giggled at him. Sorry but as I know I never had the right stuff to be Guy Gibson I have to fantasise that I might have been Barnes Wallis!

If there are any cinema bosses out there reading this, I would go to other showings like this as suggested by an earlier poster.

[Gainesy]

dog's name caused some gasps in Norwich

Being Norwich, they were probably gasping because it was a talkie.:E

[The Helpful Stacker]

Being Norwich, they were probably gasping because it was a talkie.

Apparently they find the latest Harold Lloyd films to their liking.

[ExGrunt]

Saw the film yesterday - excellent value at £2.50. It has benefitted from being cleaned up.

It was my impression that it was a bit longer than the TV version (and not just the dog). For instance I don't remember seeing the Lincoln Cathedral fly past before.

EG

[JOE-FBS]

Agreed, I kept seeing bits that seemed unfamiliar. I just put it down to a combination of clearer images and that I was paying closer attention than when it is on telly on a Sunday afternoon.

The blurb for this release ( http://www.myfilms.com/film.asp?id=247313 ) does not say that it is extended

[MarkD]

53 KIA in one night on one op - there'd be "bring the troops home" marches if that happened today, and hopefully that assertion will never be proven!

[Daft Wader]

The picture house in Creepy was pretty full too , mainly middle aged types , but quite noticably some very senior ones too.

Made a change not too have to listen to ankle biters talking all the way through a movie.

I agree that it appeared longer , and also there seemed to be more reference to the dogs name than I remember on the TV version.

It would certainly be of interest to see Cinema's have a "Nostalgia Night" with other movie classics, sometimes you just cant beat it on the big screen.

The sight of empty tables in the mess at the end of the film brings home the reality of the terrible sacrifices that some people pay in life .

Daft Wader

:ok:

[Maple 01]

Being Norwich, they were probably gasping because it was a talkie.

I'll ave u no we hav elekrik n all ere bouy

Apparently they find the latest Harold Lloyd films to their liking.

I dun hol wi dat magik lanen squit

[XV208 SNOOPY]

Very good night out in Lincoln, with the cinema 2/3 full and a mixed audience.

Took the Mrs, as she had never seen it, and it had quite an effect on her, as she had not realised what had actually happened. Good Core Ethos and Values stuff for when she starts at Sleaford Technical College later this year.

Coming into work this morning, appart from a few of the buildings now having pitched roofs, a plastic extention on the main guard room nothing much here has changed, except the main water tower is now pink, not green and black! Niggers Grave still well tended in front of Gibsons old office.

I must admit, I spent a lot of the time guessing what had been fimed at Scampton, and what at Hemmswell 6 miles up the A15. I think most of they flying sequences, including the Lincolns were done from there not here. Didn't spot the Canberra though.

The control (watch) tower, any one know if that was Hemswell, as I don't think it was here, unless build just for the film?

[Rush2112]

Sorry, civvie SLF invading this thread: it's not often I am envious of people stuck back in Blighty but to see one of the greatest films of all time (IMHO) about perhaps the most daringly and brilliantly conceived raids of WWII, in the cinema, big screen, proper sound, :{

I will have to dig out the DVD, send the mrs out for a haircut and wallow, very soon.

[Tiger_mate]

To see the Canberra follow this guideline:

After several failed attempts with the bomb launched from a Mosquito, Wallis is seen chatting in front of said Mosquito at an airfield before jumping into a car full of Air Ministry men. As he climbs into the car, chatting to the impatient occupents, over his shoulder can be seen a B2 Canberra complete with tip tanks. This is on the right side of the screen.

The Lincoln bomber is best identified by overly large white registration serial, but I cannot remember the exact point that it is seen. I think within minutes of the Canberra. (afterwards).

[buoy15]

The dogs name was NNNNigger - allegedly the Wg Cdr had a slight stutter - fortunately, the bomb aimers didn't:D

[rolling20]

Pity they never made it in colour! I remember seeing Cozens 'Night Bombers' on the BBC, what 25yrs ago or more and was fascinated by it. As one who was born after the war i could never 'get a feel' for what it must have been like in monochrome.
The actor that played Henry Maudsley is Richard Thorp in Emmerdale i believe! Maltby was played by George Baker aka Inspector Wexford. One of the Whitehall Mandarins was played by Colin Tapley, who himself was a pre-war actor but served in 1 Group Bomber Command as an ATC Officer at Wickenby. He features in Jack Curries book Lancaster Target.
Did you spot the guard who stood outside the briefing room door..Patrick McGoohan..aka The Prisoner.

[foxbat68]

A great update but I wonder what Peter Jackson (Dir of the LOTR trilogy) will make of it, if he goes ahead. Will it be in colour? Will it have the dog or a 'PC' eqivalent? How will the Lancs look in CGI, assuming he hasn't got a budget big enough to build new ones?!

[teeteringhead]

Pity they never made it in colour!...ah, but then they couldn't have used the brown boots ploy - which I have related once or twice on these fora already .........;)

[The Helpful Stacker]

After watching The Dambusters on Tuesday I thought I had had my fill of Merlin engined loveliness this week until the BBMF flew over my house in Nottingham at about 1400 today.

Lovely sound and sight.:ok: