Re: [MV] New WW2 Movie coming

ROBERT GALLAGHER (hooterdog@worldnet.att.net)
Sun, 15 Mar 1998 10:38:31 -1000

German tanks played by German tanks. How novel. Spielberg couldn't find
the usual M47s which normally pull this duty?

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> From: Mbjeeper <Mbjeeper@aol.com>
> To: mil-veh@skylee.com
> Subject: [MV] New WW2 Movie coming
> Date: Sunday, March 15, 1998 4:01 AM
>
> A new movie about D Day is due out in late July of this year. It is
directed
> by Steven Spielberg and stars Tom Hanks and others.
> I have been telling my wife for years that I would like to see one more
big
> budget WW2 film, and this looks like it.
> Hanks reportedly said that playing a WW2 soldier has always been a dream
of
> his and as a result he supposedly did the movie for free. ( He is
supposed to
> get a cut of the gross, they say)
> Here's the part that is relavant to the list- Spielberg reportedly
contracted
> with Porsche to build two accurate and functional Tiger 1 tanks. Has
anyone
> else seen or heard anything like this? Spielberg also was to have
contacted
> the Saumor Tank museum in France and secured the use of its functional
Tiger
> 2.

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