💥NEW EPISODE!💥
We dish out a big helping of Macaroni Combat this week with the 1978 Euro War feature ‘The Inglorious Bastards’. This classic is part ‘Dirty Dozen‘ part ‘The Train‘, a relentless action film that never ceases to amaze.
Join us here -
Very saddened to hear of the passing of David McCallum, best known for his roles in ‘The Great Escape” & Kuryakin in “The Man from U.N.C.L.E.’
#DavidMcCullum
#FilmTwitter
Very saddened to hear of the passing of Carl Weathers aged 76. An actor perhaps best known for his role as Apollo Creed in the Rocky Franchise. Here at FoF we will always remember him for looking so cool in a Denison Smock in 1978s Force 10 from Navarone.
#CarlWeathers
#FilmX
📢Finally! Masters of the Air will premier in January 2024!
The series will start streaming on Apple TV Plus on Friday January 26th with a 2 episode premier. Subsequent episodes will drop every Friday, culminating in the finale on March 15th.
#Mastersoftheair
🚨GUEST ANNOUNCEMENT!🚨
We are very excited to announce we'll be joined by Dale Dye, who as a technical advisor has helped shape modern war movie filmmaking.
If you'd like to ask Dale a question then head over to our Patreon! 👉
#WarMovies
#guests
Saddened to hear of the passing of Mike Sadler, the last surviving member of the original ‘L Detachment’ SAS formed in 1941, at the age of 103.
During press for SAS Rogue Heroes the BBC shared an interesting interview with him. 👇
#RIP
✨First Look at SAS Rogue Heroes Season 2✨
Jack O’Connell, Connor Swindells, Sofia Boutella, and Dominic West return, with Gwilym Lee and Con O’Neill joining the cast!
Just look at those Smocks! 😌
Coming soon to BBC One and Iplayer!
#SASRogueHeroes
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🥳Happy 42nd birthday to Apocalypse Now!🥳
Coppola's Vietnam masterpiece was released on this day in 1979, after a troubled production the film has gone down as one of the greatest films of all time.
What do you think?
#OTD
#ApocalypseNow
#Coppola
#Vietnam
#warfilms
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Happy 94th Birthday to Gene Hackman who was born
#OTD
in 1930, The Oscar winning actor has appeared in some Great War movies down the years, including A Bridge Too Far, Bat21 & March or Die. One of the greats. 🥳
#GeneHackman
#HappyBirthday
Robert Shaw, a great Oscar-nominated actor who appeared in a number of classic war movies, born in Lancashire in 1927, he died on this day in 1978, at the age of just 51.
We are very sad to hear of the news of the passing of Donald Sutherland aged 88. Perhaps best known for his role as Oddball in 1970s ‘Kelly’s Heroes’. Rest in peace.
#DonaldSutherland
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We are very saddened to hear of the passing of Hardy Kruger. Best known for his appearances in many classic war films. Including ‘the one that got away’, ‘The wild geese’ & ‘A bridge too far’. Rest in peace.
#HardyKr
üger
#RIP
Very sad to hear of the passing of André Braugher, best known for his role as Capt. Holt on Brooklyn 99. But he also appeared in a couple of military roles including The Court-martial of Jackie Robinson and the Tuskegee Airmen.
#AndreBraugher
On June 15, 1977, “A Bridge Too Far” opened in theaters. With an ensemble cast, featuring Sean Connery, James Caan, Elliott Gould, Robert Redford among others, it would gross over $50 million.
#OTD
in 1963 the beloved classic ‘The Great Escape’ premiered in London! From the effortless cool of McQueen to Jackson fluffing his lines at the worst moment. The film remains one of the most memorable from that golden age of war films
#greatescape
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Before becoming a military advisor in the film industry, Dale Dye served as in the USMC as a combat correspondent in Vietnam in 1965, 67-70. Here he is some time in the late 60s during one of his Tours.
#VietnamWar
#FilmTwitter
#History
#USMC
Actor Michael Culver has died, his roles included Captain Needa in The Empire Strikes Back, the Vulcan pilot in Thunderball, Grp. Capt. Christie in Squadron and Major Brandt in Secret Army. He also appeared in the Professionals and The Bunker with Anthony Hopkins. He was 85.
#RIP
The first proper look at 'Masters of the Air' comes with a new 2 minute teaser!
Lots to see here. Let us know what you think, are you excited?
#MastersofTheAir
Lewis Collins, star of cult TV show The Professionals and 1982 film 'Who Dares Wins', on exercise with 10 PARA (Territorial Army).
Check out or episode on 'Who Dares Wins' -
Any Professionals fans out there?
This week we record our thoughts on SAS Rogue Heroes in a full series review. But it’s FoF Hypothetical time again!
You can recast the series leads of Stirling, Mayne and Lewes, but you can only use actors from the 50s and 60s war movie era!
Drop yours below!
#sasrogueheroes
Some interesting news this afternoon. Russell Crowe, Rami Malek and Michael Shannon will star in James Vanderbilt’s historical drama 'Nuremberg'. Crowe Wil play Goring and Malik will play psychiatrist Douglas Kelley. Filming starts in February.
#News
#Movies
#Warmovies
🚨During our review of episode 3 of Master's of the Air, Matt mentioned finding a great diagram of B-17 evacuation routes, we promised we'd share it so here it is!
Don't forget to listen to the review here:
#MastersoftheAir
#Review
#OTD
in 1910 Jack Hawkins was born, the legendary British actor is best remembered here at FoF for his role as Commander Ericson in 1953’s ‘The Cruel Sea’
#JackHawkins
#BritishActors
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This week we cover a classic for our 150th episode, with 1961s ‘The Guns of Navarone’! Get your one word reviews in below…
#FilmTwitter
#FilmX
#warfilms
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Very sad to hear the news of the passing of Jim Brown aged 87. He will be forever immortalised in ‘The Dirty Dozen’ along side his sporting achievements.
#jimbrown
#DirtyDozen
#RestInPeace
#OTD
in 1977 ‘A Bridge Too Far’ was released! The star studded epic brought us many memorable quotes, including ‘BRING UP THE PIAT!’ 🎬
#FilmTwitter
#ABridgeTooFar
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Sad to hear of the passing of Oscar-nominated, BAFTA-winning British actor Tom Wilkinson aged 75.
He appeared in
#WarMovies
including Valkyrie, The Patriot, SAS: Red Notice and The Gathering Storm.
#RIP
This week marks 70 years since the
#KoreanWar
armistice. It's about time we had another British war movie about the war.
It's 67 years since A Hill in Korea premiered. It's time some stories were told.
#Cinema
#History
We have our first images from the
@BBC
's upcoming SAS: Rogue Heroes 6 part series as well as some new casting announcements!
Let's take a look! First up with have a Chevrolet truck with a Mk1 Bren Gun - those trucks used by both the SAS and LRDG. Looking promising. 1/
#SAS
#BBC
Well, we are looking forward to hearing what you all thought of
#MastersOfTheAir
. Tomorrow we'll be calling for your thoughts on the show for the final episode of our special review series. It's been quite a ride.
In the meantime, what did you make of the finale?
✨ONE WORD REVIEW TIME✨
We return on the 24th, with our take on ‘The Green Berets’ (1968) always we want your word! Drop them below 👇
#FilmX
#warfilms
#JohnWayne
We’re saddened to hear of the passing of actor James Caan, aged 82. He will be best remembered by us here at FoF for his role as S.Sgt Dohun in 1977’s A Bridge Too Far.
#jamescaan
#RIP
Very sad to hear the passing of Alan Arkin, he will be remebered best here for his portrayal of Capt. Yossarian in 1970s ‘Catch 22’
#AlanArkin
#rip
#FilmTwitter
#Catch22
✨FoF Announcement!✨
We have been kindly given an advance look at
#MastersOfTheAir
from
@AppleTV
! We will be producing a series of smaller weekly review episodes on the series, starting on Jan 26th. A show and FoF eps you will not want to miss, stay tuned…
#MOA
#AppleTV
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As promised in this week's show, here's a breakdown of all the small arms used by 317 Platoon!
Let's start with the MAT-49 submachine gun, France's post-wsr 9x19mm submachine gun, intriguing for its folding magazine well! 1/
Tomorrow we drop our episode on ‘The Cruel Sea’ perhaps one of the most emotionally charged eps we have ever recorded. Thank you for sticking with us. Best, The FoF Team.
🚨We Want Your Thoughts!🚨
Our final review episode for
#MastersOfTheAir
will be out next week. We want you, our listeners, thoughts on the show as a whole.
Let us know in the replies and we'll share as many as we can on the show!
Sound off below 👇
David Niven tells the story of how he got the Iron Cross during
#WW2
, great illustration of how reluctant he was to talk about his war experience. You can see how uncomfortable he is.
What's your favourite scene from Where Eagles Dare?
We talked about our on our Christmas special with Geoff Dyer, listen here:
But now we want to know yours! Let us know in the replies 👇
Tonight I’m (Robbie) watching some episodes of season 1 of ‘Tour of Duty’ a Vietnam war CBS series from 1987. Any FoF fans seen the series? It’s pretty good if a bit hamfisted in places.
#tourofduty
#80sTV
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We had a great time recording our thoughts on ‘The Longest Day’ with
@WW2TV
! Followed by a production meeting where we dotted the I’s and crossed the T’s for
@WeHaveWaysPod
Fest in July. Time for a sit down like Todd.
#DDay80
#FilmX
#WeHaveWays
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🚡NEW EPISODE!🦅
Load your MP40s & zip up your parkas because we're thrilled to bring you our Christmas Special examining the iconic 'Where Eagles Dare' with none other than Geoff Dyer!
Join us here:
#Podcast
#Movies
#WhereEaglesDare
#warmovies
#Films
Sad to hear that Louis Gossett Jr. has passed away aged 87, he appeared as Col. Chappy Sinclair in the Iron Eagle series but more importantly he was the first black actor to win a Best Supporting Actor Academy Award for An Officer and a Gentleman (1982).
#RIP
I’m this weeks episode we looked back at the fantastic ‘Siege of Jadotville’ Jamie Dornan puts in a stoic turn as Commandant Pat Quinlan. Here is a side by side of the Real Quinlan and Dornans portrayal, A great likeness.
#SiegeofJadotville
#jamiedornan
Just watching the world's most audacious airborne operation.
Dropping into the sea... and you thought landing miles away from Arnhem was a bad idea.
#guessthefilm
🎬One Word Review🎬
This week we are back at it with 2008s ‘Tropic Thunder’! Leave your one word reviews below and we will feature some on this weeks show!
#tropicthunder
#FilmTwitter
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🥳Happy Birthday Band of Brothers thread!🦅
Today marks the 20th anniversary of the seminal HBO series which hit U.S screens
#OTD
in 2001! Check out this original release poster we found...
#BandOfBrothers
#HBO
#Brothers
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We are saddened to hear of the passing of renowned actor James Earl Jones aged 93. He appeared in many memorable roles including his first onscreen role in Dr Strangelove. As well as the Hunt for Red October, Clear and Present Danger and of course Star Wars.
#jamesearljones
Look who we bumped into,
@benwillbond
who plays ‘The Captain’ in the BBC comedy Ghosts! He kindly added his addition to our whwfest Winddown episode coming soon!
#ghosts
#warfilms
#FoF
🚡💥Achtung! Achtung!💥🎄
'Where Eagles Dare' is on in the UK at 3.50pm today on Channel 5.
Not to be missed.
And of course afterwards listen to our Christmas Special on the classic 👇
#Warmovies
#ChristmasTV
#WhereEaglesDare
Sad to hear of the passing of David Soul, best known for his role in Starsky and Hutch, but he also appeared in a couple of military roles. The Hanoi Hilton (1987) & WW3 (1982)
#DavidSoul
Came across this great aerial shot of the set of ‘Ramelle’ (or bumville or some place 😅) set from ‘Saving Private Ryan’ amazing to see it from the sky
#Film
#SavingPrivateRyan