[geeks] Re: [rescue] Boats?

[Eric Dittman]

> I rank that one really highly, as well as Midway.

I remember when Midway came out.  Great movie.  I found an
inexpensive copy on DVD, too.

> My favorite of all time WWII and probably of other movies as well is still
> the Battle of Britain (with Laurence Olivier, Michael Caine, Christopher
> Plummer, and others).  The most authentic and highest budget WWII movie
> I've seen.  13 million 1969 dollars.  The only limitations are that the
> 109's are Hispano Buchons so they have a funny nose.  The Heinkels are
> also Hispano engined (big air scoop), and of course the Stukas are RC
> models (since they couldn't find a restorable one in time for production),
> but the RC models worked great.

I remember reading that "Enemy at the Gates" use CGI Stukas as
there were no real Stukas in flying condition.  Is that true?
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Eric Dittman
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