I had a "Dirty Dozen" birthday party for my 8th birthday
Added 12/17/2009
I love this movie. My Mon took me to see it along with 10 or so friends. I was 8 years old. Lots of violence, guns and explosions. Even the bad Americans are the good guys, the Nazis are the bad guys. All very politically incorrect stuff. The hanging scene, Marvin kicking Cassavetes ass, Telly Savalas perving out, Sutherland impersonating the general, Jim Brown dropping hand grenades onto evil gasoline soaked Nazi people trapped in a cellar, Brown's almost making it to the giant half track - and getting shot by a sniper using an INFRARED scope ... these are the coolest, best, funniest scenes in the history of film - at least for a 8 year old in 1967.
After the movie we went to the park and played Army. I had a steel toggle action full size toy cap-gun Luger. The thing would get a kid shot these days - it looked very real. I also had a plastic .45 caliber Thompson SMG like Tom Hanks used in "Saving Private Ryan." When you pulled the trigger it made a gun sound. (I liked it because the Sgt. in the TV show "Combat" used it. And if "Combat" was not a "QUINN-MARTIN PRODUCTION," well it should have been.)
At the park we ran up and down the side of a pine straw covered hill. Somehow in our imaginary battlefield, sliding down the hill on the pine straw made perfect sense.
And then hot dogs cooked over charcoal, and lots of cake and ice cream.
Perfect movie.
Perfect day.
Five stars for both.
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SuperSixties Classic, But...
Added 12/2/2009
The Dirty Dozen deserves all it's superlatives. It ran for weeks and weeks back when theaters had ONE screen. Lee Marvin was a big star before it, but this made him a SuperStar for years. Not having seen it for several years, I was impressed with Charles Bronson as he is virtually the second lead in the film. He had to turn down The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly for this, so all was most definitely not lost. He even gets the last line! My other favorite actor in the movie is Clint Walker, which brings up a problem with the script, editing, or whatever. What happens to him??? I watched carefully this time in the climactic battle and there's still no death scene! His picture and name shows up at the end with the roll call of those KIA, but where's the body? An explanation is in order! So, I guess I'll have to fill in the blanks: Posey is wounded and assumed dead by the remaining Dirty Dozen who under duress of fire leave the Chateau and make it back to friendly lines. At the time of their convalescence, Posey is still listed as KIA. Unknown to them, the friendly French staff of destroyed chateau has found him and hidden him with the French Resistance. As the Allies advance through France, he eventually rejoins the Army and restored to his former rank. Oh yeah, he also later marries the beautiful French girl who nursed him back to health!
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Movie for Father`s 89th Birthday
Added 10/21/2009
My Father-in-law has been looking for this movie "The Dirty Dozen" and hasn`t been able to find it anywhere so he mentioned it to us and I went right to Amazon.com and ordered it.A done deal. I`ll have to say we did go to Best Buy first but they didn`t have it. I promise next time I want something I`ll just go to Amazon first. He loves the movie and I bet he lets us watch it too.
Thank You
Sandra Merz
Phoenix, Arizona
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MUST OWN MOVIE!!!!!!!
Added 10/15/2009
This is a must own classic. Any Lee Marvin fan will HAVE to own this gem!
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HASN'T AGED WELL ...
Added 8/17/2009
I've been catching up on movies I missed when they first came out, and last night
finally watched THE DIRTY DOZEN. Sad to say, it appears to be showing its age. The
Dirty Dozen, for example, are basically pussycats, with the notable exception of Telly Savalas. There's a lot of wince-inducing dialogue (Ernest Borgnine: I've never
gone for all that "behind-the-lines" stuff. A soldier should wear a uniform!) And the film teeters awkwardly between Boys And Their Toys comedy, and Blast 'em To Bits
action. I'm reminded of FROM RUSSIA, WITH LOVE. When that first came out, the scene towards the end, where Bond releases barrels of gasoline from a boat and then blows them up in the water, had the audience SCREAMING with excitement. We'd never SEEN
anything like that before. Now it doesn't even raise an eyebrow. So watch this for a
pleasant way to pass the time, and a look at stars like Donald Sutherland when they were barely dry behind the ears. But don't expect a Classic For The Ages!
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I had a "Dirty Dozen" birthday party for my 8th birthday
Added 12/17/2009
I love this movie. My Mon took me to see it along with 10 or so friends. I was 8 years old. Lots of violence, guns and explosions. Even the bad Americans are the good guys, the Nazis are the bad guys. All very politically incorrect stuff. The hanging scene, Marvin kicking Cassavetes ass, Telly Savalas perving out, Sutherland impersonating the general, Jim Brown dropping hand grenades onto evil gasoline soaked Nazi people trapped in a cellar, Brown's almost making it to the giant half track - and getting shot by a sniper using an INFRARED scope ... these are the coolest, best, funniest scenes in the history of film - at least for a 8 year old in 1967.
After the movie we went to the park and played Army. I had a steel toggle action full size toy cap-gun Luger. The thing would get a kid shot these days - it looked very real. I also had a plastic .45 caliber Thompson SMG like Tom Hanks used in "Saving Private Ryan." When you pulled the trigger it made a gun sound. (I liked it because the Sgt. in the TV show "Combat" used it. And if "Combat" was not a "QUINN-MARTIN PRODUCTION," well it should have been.)
At the park we ran up and down the side of a pine straw covered hill. Somehow in our imaginary battlefield, sliding down the hill on the pine straw made perfect sense.
And then hot dogs cooked over charcoal, and lots of cake and ice cream.
Perfect movie.
Perfect day.
Five stars for both.
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SuperSixties Classic, But...
Added 12/2/2009
The Dirty Dozen deserves all it's superlatives. It ran for weeks and weeks back when theaters had ONE screen. Lee Marvin was a big star before it, but this made him a SuperStar for years. Not having seen it for several years, I was impressed with Charles Bronson as he is virtually the second lead in the film. He had to turn down The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly for this, so all was most definitely not lost. He even gets the last line! My other favorite actor in the movie is Clint Walker, which brings up a problem with the script, editing, or whatever. What happens to him??? I watched carefully this time in the climactic battle and there's still no death scene! His picture and name shows up at the end with the roll call of those KIA, but where's the body? An explanation is in order! So, I guess I'll have to fill in the blanks: Posey is wounded and assumed dead by the remaining Dirty Dozen who under duress of fire leave the Chateau and make it back to friendly lines. At the time of their convalescence, Posey is still listed as KIA. Unknown to them, the friendly French staff of destroyed chateau has found him and hidden him with the French Resistance. As the Allies advance through France, he eventually rejoins the Army and restored to his former rank. Oh yeah, he also later marries the beautiful French girl who nursed him back to health!
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Movie for Father`s 89th Birthday
Added 10/21/2009
My Father-in-law has been looking for this movie "The Dirty Dozen" and hasn`t been able to find it anywhere so he mentioned it to us and I went right to Amazon.com and ordered it.A done deal. I`ll have to say we did go to Best Buy first but they didn`t have it. I promise next time I want something I`ll just go to Amazon first. He loves the movie and I bet he lets us watch it too.
Thank You
Sandra Merz
Phoenix, Arizona
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