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23 hours ago · The film interpretations have pretty much mirrored the feelings of those on the home front. Where Hollywood celebs raised money, entertained troops, and opened canteens to mix with the WWII soldiers, many of those who served in subsequent conflicts returned to silence (Korea) or protests (Vietnam).
23 hours ago · He grew up listening to “war stories” told by his father, uncle, and other family members and friends who served in World War II. They were always amusing tales, he said, but they omitted any horrors those veterans had witnessed. The war films of the day — which he and his friends would reenact in backyards and on playgrounds — also whitewashed the true nature of battle.
23 hours ago · Michael Antonio Cimino ( / tʃɪˈmiːnoʊ / chim-EE-noh [3] Italian pronunciation: [anˈtɔːnjo tʃiˈmiːno]; February 3, 1939 – July 2, 2016) was an American film director, screenwriter, producer and author. Notorious for his obsessive attention to detail and determination for perfection, Cimino achieved fame with The Deer Hunter (1978), which won five Academy Awards, including Best ...
23 hours ago · Norman Mailer. Nachem Malech Mailer (January 31, 1923 – November 10, 2007), known by his pen name Norman Kingsley Mailer, was an American novelist, journalist, playwright, and filmmaker. In a career spanning more than six decades, Mailer had 11 best-selling books, at least one in each of the seven decades after World War II.
23 hours ago · World War II was exactly as it was billed, fought all over the world. World War II movies, of which there are many, are set across the world as well. Across Europe, Africa, and Asia, if there was fighting, there is probably a movie about it. Here is a list of some of those many movies -- some of which are among the best war movies of all time -- and where they took place.
23 hours ago · Bridge over Troubled Water is the fifth and final studio album by the American folk rock duo Simon & Garfunkel, released on January 26, 1970, by Columbia Records. Following the duo's soundtrack for The Graduate, Art Garfunkel took an acting role in the film Catch-22, while Paul Simon worked on the songs, writing all tracks except Felice and ...
23 hours ago · The Coens have written a number of films they did not direct, including Angelina Jolie 's biographical war drama Unbroken (2014), Steven Spielberg 's historical cold war film Bridge of Spies (2015), and lesser-known, commercially unsuccessful comedies such as Crimewave (1985), The Naked Man (1998), and Gambit (2012). Ethan is also a writer of short stories, theater, and poetry.
