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Let's see: World War II group, white-handled pistol, tough-guy rhetoric. Has to be Patton.
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Anyway, yep. From the movie of the same name. Fine film. They couldn't make a flick like that anymore, it would be to our communal shame to remind us of the values men like Patton had. Too bad the flick didn't really capture how he took over at Normandy. Do you recall if the 'mule' incident was portrayed?
No can't recall. My uncle served in the 3rd Infantry Div. from North Africa to Germany. He started out with Patton.
"When the rats are in control, call the exterminator. "
"Gee, I wonder what 'bitte bitte' means."
"How do you flush out a sniper? Send a man out in the open and see if he gets shot. They thought that one up at West Point. "
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"...I say we leave her for the mother-lovin' rats."
"Gentlemen, such a postponement is too bitter to contemplate. "
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Had to throw an easy one in there. But I figured "Charlie don't surf!" was TOO obvious. And, of course: "I love the smell of napalm in the morning..."
This one goes with 6 and 11: "Well, somebody is shootin' at somebody. Let's us go find this here war."
Another easy(?) one: "I've been with him since Kasserine Pass, and I don't have a clue."
Feliks wrote: "# 10 Sheen in AN, really easy"But actually, Chef said it, and Willard repeated it, in agreement.
All my previous quotes were war; here's an easy(?) spy quote:"Far be it from me to let a girl go off half-cocked."
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The spy quote is from Moore-era Bond?
As for 'Apocalypse Now' I actually shy away from the more famed lines and savor the obscurer dialog such as when Willard gets his orders...
"His methods became...unsound."Right you are, on both counts. The Longest Day is still probably my favorite war movie. I've watched it at least a dozen times.
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Hmm...Well, I dedicated a blog post to that very subject: http://www.virtualpulp.net/2014/06/17...
I believe The Longest Day is a perfect case study for how you take a great book and adapt it into an equally great movie.
However, as with most adaptations, you should watch the movie first, then read the book to get the details that couldn't be included in the script for running time's sake.
Oh yeah--there's a touch of espionage, too, as the Frence Underground played a role leading up to Overlord.
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that's from "Where Eagles Dare"
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My favorite ... "Any man that eloquent deserves to be saved." Name the movie, speaker, quote he was responding to, and person giving the original quote. [Feliks, you can't play right now. :)]
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