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I posted the great song "sink the bismarck"on my player in honor of this movie while it NEVER is played on the movies soundtrack.I just like he song and movie so get over it.
Most WW11 war movies about sea battles are carrier themed and rightly so.The Battlewagon days were ended in this war.Even the mightily Bismarck was damaged by planes from a carrier strike that led to its inevitable distraction by surface ships.
Still the movie is well done and shot in black and white,thats why 1/2 star off,but it adds a 1940 feel to it even as it was released in 1960 and runs a tight 97 minutes.Any movie based on a factual happening will take liberties with the event and war movies more so because of "the fog of war"reality.That said this movie still is gripping and show the power these big ships once had.The story is short and to the point.The Germans have a ship that sink a convoy from 20 miles away and have already sunk the best warship the british had.If its not sunk,the war may be lost.Add to it a personnel story of the command naval group at home and you have classic war story interest.It's in my top 5 war movies of all time.Great acting by Kenneth More as Captain Jonathan Shepard and Dana Wynter as Anne Davis head a able cast.Trailer URL follows pix and also has the song even tho its not in the movie !!!!
http://www.imdb.com/video/screenplay/vi1067255321/
Most WW11 war movies about sea battles are carrier themed and rightly so.The Battlewagon days were ended in this war.Even the mightily Bismarck was damaged by planes from a carrier strike that led to its inevitable distraction by surface ships.
Still the movie is well done and shot in black and white,thats why 1/2 star off,but it adds a 1940 feel to it even as it was released in 1960 and runs a tight 97 minutes.Any movie based on a factual happening will take liberties with the event and war movies more so because of "the fog of war"reality.That said this movie still is gripping and show the power these big ships once had.The story is short and to the point.The Germans have a ship that sink a convoy from 20 miles away and have already sunk the best warship the british had.If its not sunk,the war may be lost.Add to it a personnel story of the command naval group at home and you have classic war story interest.It's in my top 5 war movies of all time.Great acting by Kenneth More as Captain Jonathan Shepard and Dana Wynter as Anne Davis head a able cast.Trailer URL follows pix and also has the song even tho its not in the movie !!!!
Sink the Bismark! is OK, but not great. There's little humanity in this story. Was any of this movie actually shot on the water? The special effects are not-so-special. There are much better war films worth watching, such as Twelve O'Clock High.
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