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Oct 1, 1996 · The Real-Life Infant Behind Oz's Dorothy. Oct 1, 1996. Christopher Wills. AP. BLOOMINGTON, Ill. - The brave farmgirl who was carried to Oz by a Kansas tornado may have been born in the heartbreaking death of an infant in Illinois. Five-month-old Dorothy Gage died in 1898 as her uncle was writing "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz."
Oct 21, 2010 · We are a writing-and-performing comedy double act who have been working together for the past 10 years. This year we found ourselves in the unexpected position of playing the lead roles in a film ...
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Jul 1, 2010 · Having written up Skeletons as a short film, he decided to shoot it himself, in his Derbyshire home, that weekend. He called up Ed Gaughan and Andrew Buckley, a standup double act who are longtime ...
- When Did Desmond Doss Join The U.S. Army?
- Was Dorothy Really A Nurse?
- Did The Army Really Want to Send Desmond Doss to A Conscientious Objectors Camp?
- Did Jack Glover Try to Get Desmond Transferred Out of His Battalion?
- Did An Officer Threaten to Court-Martial Desmond For Not Touching A Rifle?
- Why Did The U.S. Invade Okinawa?
- How Dangerous Was The Maeda Escarpment, A.K.A. Hacksaw Ridge?
- Did They Really Use Cargo Nets to Ascend The Ridge?
- Were The Medics Prime Targets For The Japanese?
- Did A Japanese Soldier's Gun Keep Jamming When He Had Desmond in His Sights?
In researching the Hacksaw Ridge true story, we learned that Desmond Doss was drafted into the United States army in April 1942. He could have gotten a deferment because he worked as a ship joiner at a shipyard in Newport News, Virginia, but he wanted to serve his country. Electing not to bear arms, he made his way into the army medical corps. Duri...
Dorothy Schutte was not a nurse when she met Desmond. She didn't get her nursing degree until years later, after the war, when she needed to help support their family. Desmond's injuries and disabilities from the war left him unable to have a full-time job. -Hero of Hacksaw Ridge
Yes, but he tried to explain to the army that he still wanted to be in the military and do his part, just without having to kill. For this reason, he told them he wasn't a conscientious objector but rather a "conscientious cooperator." He believed that the war was justified but that killing was nevertheless wrong. Like in the Hacksaw Ridge movie, w...
Yes. "I went to my battalion commander, Colonel Gerald Cooney," recalled the real Jack Glover (portrayed by Sam Worthington in the movie), "and I suggested that, in my opinion, Doss should be transferred." It should be noted that after later fighting alongside Desmond, Jack Glover's opinion of him changed entirely. "He was one of the bravest person...
Yes, but things didn't escalate as far as they do in the movie. While training in the U.S., an officer by the name of Capt. Cunningham got into an argument with Desmond and told him only those men who participated in rifle training were allowed passes to go into town. After Desmond told him that he didn't have to touch a weapon and that it was stat...
A fact-check of the Hacksaw Ridge movie supports that the United States invaded the island of Okinawa in order to use the island as an air base for an invasion of mainland Japan, which is only 340 miles away. Japanese forces were deeply entrenched on the island, hammering American troops from caves and tunnels, in addition to setting booby traps. P...
Okinawa's Maeda Escarpment is an approximately 350-foot high ridge that runs across most of the island of Okinawa. "The Japanese had been there for years," said the real Desmond Doss. "They had that mountain honeycombed and camouflaged, it looked like natural terrain. That's what we had to face." The Japanese were hiding everywhere, in caves, tunne...
Yes, and medic Desmond Doss was one of the three men who volunteered to go up the ridge and hang the cargo nets (something not shown in the movie). They were the same cargo nets that the men had used to climb down from the army personnel carriers into the landing crafts that took them ashore. In the photo below, Desmond is seen standing on top of t...
Yes. The Japanese focused on taking out medics in order to demoralize their enemy. "They preferred to get us above anyone else," Desmond said. "They would let the infantry get by just to pick off a medic, because if they killed the medics, it broke down the moral of the men." Like in the movie, the medics removed any identifying symbols. -The Consc...
While lowering the men down the ridge, the Japanese had a clear shot at Desmond Doss. Though it's not depicted in the movie, one Japanese soldier recalled having Desmond in his sights, but every time he went to fire, his gun jammed. -The Conscientious Objector Documentary
Ed Gaughan. Nationality (legal) British. Occupation. Actor. Years active. 2004-present. Ed Gaughan is an English actor, director, [1] comedian, [2] voice actor and jazz musician. [3] He is best known for his starring role in the BAFTA-nominated 2010 film Skeletons and for voicing Baron von Greenback in Danger Mouse [4] and Q Pootle 5 in Q Pootle 5.
Sep 14, 2012 · Ed Gaughan and Andrew Buckley, the stars of Nick Whitfield's Skeletons, give us a glimpse into the film's mystical world of hidden secrets and deeply revealing closets
Ed Gaughan. Ed is a writer, actor, comedian, director and musician. He returns to Shakespeare’s Globe after composing the music for Hamlet (2022). He worked as a writer and starred in Nick Whitfield’s debut feature film Skeletons, which was nominated for a BAFTA, a BIFA and won The Michael Powell Award for Cinema at Edinburgh International ...
