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LOG IN Forgot Login? Register General Discussion • Trading Post • Non-Film Score Discussion  Profile • Preferences • Community Rules • Help/Contact • Search Board Search Terms:  Search Within:  topics posts since 2019 2018 posts 2017 posts 2016 posts 2015 posts 2014 posts 2013 posts 2012 posts 2011 posts 2010 posts 2009 posts 2008 posts 2007 posts 2006 posts 2005 posts 2004 posts 2003 posts 2002 posts 2001 posts 2000 posts users  search tips  You must log in or register to post.   Go to page:  1 2 3      Non-Film Score Discussion: WWII Films Set in the South Pacific    FIRST   PRIOR   1 2 3       Last Post   Posted:   May 30, 2016 - 9:38 AM     By:   Bill Carson, Earl of Poncey   (Member) Dp    Posted:   May 30, 2016 - 10:07 AM     By:   OnyaBirri   (Member) I think what the guys are saying onya is that people who "have an interest in ww2" have usually seen plenty of ww2 war movies over the years. Well, what can I say? I don't fall into this category.    Posted:   May 30, 2016 - 10:18 AM     By:   Rozsaphile   (Member) One might mention THEY WERE EXPENDABLE (1945), directed by John Ford and depicting the early exploits of PT boats in the Philippines. B&W of course - have we gotten over that hurdle? Speaking of PT boats, there's PT109 (1963), celebrating (how accurately?) the experience of the young John F. Kennedy, who rescued one of his men when his boat was rammed by a Japanese destroyer. This one's in color. For me the most moving tale of the Pacific war is LETTERS FROM IWO JIMA (2006), depicting the plight of the doomed Japanese defenders of the (North) Pacific island. Only an unfortunate musical score keeps this from being a complete masterpiece. Looking for something really offbeat? Try John Adams's opera NIXON IN CHINA, in which the title character sings nostalgically of grilling hamburgers for his men on some South Pacific island!    Posted:   May 30, 2016 - 7:17 PM     By:   Howard L   (Member) It was hard not to think of my Dad today (passed away in 2004) as well as last Friday during the President's visit to Hiroshima. He was stationed at Guam and Saipan in the Solomon Islands during the biggie. So I think The Thin Red Line would be appropriate vis-a-vis this thread's subject since it was filmed somewhere in the Solomons. Kinda freaky as I did an online image search on his outfit recently and he's an absolute dead ringer for one of these guys (unable to confirm identities):    Posted:   Jun 3, 2016 - 9:03 AM     By:   Grecchus   (Member) Storm Over The Pacific looks like it could be worth a look, Bob, with it's distinctive celluloid 'look' and bold use of miniatures - some look quite good while others are so-so. It bears a striking resemblance to the Japanese acted sequences from Tora, Tora, Tora.    Posted:   Jun 3, 2016 - 9:30 AM     By:   Rozsaphile   (Member) One might mention SO PROUDLY WE HAIL, with a Miklos Rozsa score just recovered (in part) and issued by Intrada with other Paramount film music. Women's role in the Pacific is also the subject of CRY HAVOC, about army nurses in the Philippines. More recently Bruce Beresford's PARADISE ROAD (1997) tells the true story of civilian women interned by the Japanese on Sumatra as enemy aliens. Under Glenn Close's musical direction they create a a vocal "orchestra" for musical performances. The story begins with the fall of Singapore and the sinking of an evacuation vessel.    Posted:   Jun 3, 2016 - 9:11 PM     By:   edwzoomom   (Member) One might mention THEY WERE EXPENDABLE (1945), directed by John Ford and depicting the early exploits of PT boats in the Philippines. B&W of course - have we gotten over that hurdle? Speaking of PT boats, there's PT109 (1963), celebrating (how accurately?) the experience of the young John F. Kennedy, who rescued one of his men when his boat was rammed by a Japanese destroyer. This one's in color. For me the most moving tale of the Pacific war is LETTERS FROM IWO JIMA (2006), depicting the plight of the doomed Japanese defenders of the (North) Pacific island. Only an unfortunate musical score keeps this from being a complete masterpiece. Looking for something really offbeat? Try John Adams's opera NIXON IN CHINA, in which the title character sings nostalgically of grilling hamburgers for his men on some South Pacific island! One of my greatest treasures is an early edition of William Lindsay White's "They Were Expendable". It sits proudly on my bookcase along with my music.    Posted:   Jun 4, 2016 - 6:00 PM     By:   Preston Neal Jones   (Member) Just to be thorough, I might add to the list HOME OF THE BRAVE, a black-and-white studio-bound film which offers no genuine South Pacific scenery, but which is dramatically one of the strongest WW II films of its era. *** Incidentally, there's a splendid new book, "Behind The Scenes of THEY WERE EXPENDABLE - A Pictorial History," by Lou Sabini, featuring a treasure trove of on-location photographs by one Nicholas Scutti. I recently picked up a copy, along with a Naval Instutute Press paperback reprint of Mr. White's original book. *** PS: Here's one, shot in color on location, I don't think anybody's mentioned yet: BEACHHEAD (1954), with Tony Curtis and Frank Lovejoy (who also starred in HOME OF THE BRAVE).    Posted:   Jun 6, 2016 - 6:34 AM     By:   Rozsaphile   (Member) Notice how almost all Pacific War movies are in color, even John Ford's early documentary Battle of Midway, whereas Atlantic War movies tend to be in black-and-white. Doubtless this is a result of the different climatic conditions of North Atlantic and most of the Pacific. Movies set in the South Atlantic opt for color: Pursuit of the Graf Spee, The Enemy Below.    Posted:   Jun 6, 2016 - 8:47 AM     By:   Ron Pulliam   (Member) "Hell in the Pacific" - a two-character movie starring Lee Marvin and Toshiro Mifune.    Posted:   Jun 6, 2016 - 8:48 AM     By:   Ron Pulliam   (Member) "Hell in the Pacific" - a two-character movie starring Lee Marvin and Toshiro Mifune. A title so nice, I said it twice!     Non-Film Score Discussion: WWII Films Set in the South Pacific    << < 1 2 3  >   Go to page:  1 2 3   First Post    General Discussion • Trading Post • Non-Film Score Discussion  Profile • Preferences • Community Rules • Help/Contact • Search Board You must log in or register to post.   Go to page:  1 2 3

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