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TCM Greatest Classic Films Collection: World War II – Battlefront Europe Movie Streaming.
Movie Title: TCM Greatest Classic Films Collection: World War II – Battlefront Europe TCM Greatest Classic Films Collection: World War II – Battlefront Europe is available for streaming or downloading. |
As I’ve mentioned before this TCM greatest classic film series is all about bringing classic film to the masses at an affordable effect. These four films are bare-bones releases of Warner Home Video’s WWII classics. Three of them can be found in the boxed state World War II Collection, Vol. 1 – Battlefront Europe (The Expansive Red One Two-Disc Special Edition / The Dirty Dozen / Battle of the Bulge / Battleground / Where Eagles Dare) . For some reason Kelly’s Heroes has not been upgraded since 2000. It is one of the vast offbeat wartime comedies, so I can’t imagine why it has been ignored. Thus in this particular case you are probably getting a better deal than those of us who beget the stand-alone DVD of this film. The Dirty Dozen now exists as a two disc special edition – The Dirty Dozen (Two-Disc Special Edition) for those who are fervent. Although “Dirty Dozen” is indeed one of the big war films, I consider my personal common is “Battleground”. Directed by William Wellman it is about the 101st airborne while it is being besieged by the Germans during the Christmas of 1944. I highly recommend this location for its economy and quality.
Warner’s TCM GREATEST CLASSIC FILMS COLLECTION is a series of over two dozen twin packs. The four titles in each place are dubbed one per side on two flip discs. Except for promo trailers there’s no bonus features, but what you –do– pick up are quality transfers of well-preserved ever-popular films, at one rude stamp.
My personal fave in “Battlefront Europe” is KELLY’S HEROES. Saw it twice in a row one Sunday afternoon in 1970 and the next day purchased a 45 of the title song, “Burning Bridges” by the Mike Curb Congregation (MGM) .
SYNOPSES–
BATTLEGROUND
Elements of this describe are evident in the “Bastogne” episode of HBO’s BAND OF BROTHERS (2001) . Both that mini-series chapter and “Battleground” are about men of the 101st Airborne and their cold ordeal during the “Bulge.” Surrounded, outnumbered, with minute food, warm clothes or ammo and under near-constant artillery barrage, about all that can be done is to hunker down and pray. Director William Wellman created here one of the most realistic of all war films.
THE DIRTY DOZEN
The best known in this dwelling is also the most “Hollywood” of them all. Robert Aldrich directed an all-star cast in Nunnally Johnson’s screenplay about an Army major who trains 12 hardened criminals for a suicide mission slack German lines. Their targets are enemy staff officers taking R&R at a well-guarded chateau.
KELLY’S HEROES
This grim WWII comedy was almost Donald Sutherland’s undoing, for he nearly died from hepatitis during the Yugoslavian shoot. After-effects of his illness are visible in final scenes, where Sutherland looks haggard, thin and has red circles under his eyes. The movie itself is about a itsy-bitsy group of American soldiers who go unhurried enemy lines to assume millions in gold ingots.
WHERE EAGLES DARE
Clint Eastwood’s first war narrate includes scenes of Alp scaling. A group of seven commandos is dropped late enemy lines. Their mission: to rescue an American general who’s being held and interrogated by the SS in a Bavarian mountaintop fortress.
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The perfect companion to this 4-pack is TCM’s BATTLEFRONT ASIA. Contents: “Destination Tokyo” (1943), “Bataan” (1943), “Attend to Bataan” (1945) and “The Green Berets” (1968) .
Parenthetical numbers preceding titles are 1 to 10 viewer poll ratings found at a film resource website.
(7.6) Battleground (1949) – Van Johnson/John Hodiak/Ricardo Montalban/George Murphy/Marshall Thompson/James Whitmore/Leon Ames/Herbert Anderson/Richard Jaeckel/James Arness/Scotty Beckett (uncredited: Dickie Jones/Jerry Paris)
(7.8) The Dirty Dozen (1967) – Lee Marvin/Ernest Borgnine/Charles Bronson/Jim Brown/John Cassavetes/Richard Jaeckel/George Kennedy/Trini López/Ralph Meeker/Robert Ryan/Telly Savalas/Donald Sutherland/Clint Walker
(7.5) Kelly’s Heroes (1970) – Clint Eastwood/Telly Savalas/Donald Sutherland/Don Rickles/Carroll O’Connor/Gavin MacLeod/Stuart Margolin/Harry Dean Stanton/Gene Collins (uncredited: John Landis, as a nun!)
(7.7) Where Eagles Dare (UK/USA-1968) – Richard Burton/Clint Eastwood/Mary Ure/Patrick Wymark/Michael Hordern/Donald Houston/Ferdy Mayne
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