Stoo
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Unsure of what forum to put this in. General IJ Discussion or Films?
"Raiders" is an adventure/fantasy film set during the pre-WW2 era. In the years leading up to it's release,
that war was very prominent in cinema and, after 1981, the subject seemed to have suddenly disappeared
until 1990 with "Memphis Belle". (Even so, MB wasn't very popular so I can't recall how long it was until
the next one came out). The past 10 years has seen a resurgnece in WW2 stories to the big screen but,
man, the '80s and early '90s were scant.
1975 Midway
1976 The Eagle Has Landed
1976 Baa Baa Black Sheep (TV series)
1977 A Bridge Too Far
1978 Force 10 From Navarone (w/H.Ford!)
1979 Hanover Street (w/H.Ford!)
1980 The Final Countdown
1980 The Big Red One (w/M.Hamill)
1981 Raiders of the Lost Ark (w/H.Ford!)
1990 Memphis Belle
What am I forgetting? I know "Raiders" isn't technically WW2 but the last half sometimes feels like one.
(Before ROTLA) The Final Countdown seems to be the only one with fantasy elements. Sci-fi became all the rage
after Star Wars but Apocalypse Now & Boys in Company C turned the focus of Hollywood war films on Vietnam.
(Not to mention that the genre had been milked enough, after 40 years.)
There might be more that are eluding me at the moment but I suppose my whole point is that "Raiders" and
"Crusade" may be the only 1980s Hollywood movies to feature World War II era Germans! What else is there?
"Raiders" is an adventure/fantasy film set during the pre-WW2 era. In the years leading up to it's release,
that war was very prominent in cinema and, after 1981, the subject seemed to have suddenly disappeared
until 1990 with "Memphis Belle". (Even so, MB wasn't very popular so I can't recall how long it was until
the next one came out). The past 10 years has seen a resurgnece in WW2 stories to the big screen but,
man, the '80s and early '90s were scant.
1975 Midway
1976 The Eagle Has Landed
1976 Baa Baa Black Sheep (TV series)
1977 A Bridge Too Far
1978 Force 10 From Navarone (w/H.Ford!)
1979 Hanover Street (w/H.Ford!)
1980 The Final Countdown
1980 The Big Red One (w/M.Hamill)
1981 Raiders of the Lost Ark (w/H.Ford!)
1990 Memphis Belle
What am I forgetting? I know "Raiders" isn't technically WW2 but the last half sometimes feels like one.
(Before ROTLA) The Final Countdown seems to be the only one with fantasy elements. Sci-fi became all the rage
after Star Wars but Apocalypse Now & Boys in Company C turned the focus of Hollywood war films on Vietnam.
(Not to mention that the genre had been milked enough, after 40 years.)
There might be more that are eluding me at the moment but I suppose my whole point is that "Raiders" and
"Crusade" may be the only 1980s Hollywood movies to feature World War II era Germans! What else is there?
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