Introduction Full Metal Jacket is a 1987 war film directed, co-written, and produced by Stanley Kubrick and starring Matthew Modine, R. Lee Ermey, Vincent D’Onofrio and Adam Baldwin. The screenplay by Kubrick, Michael Herr, and Gustav Hasford was based on Hasford’s novel The Short-Timers (1979). The storyline follows a platoon of US Marines through their… Read More
Introduction The Rift, also known as Endless Descent, is a 1990 film directed by Juan Piquer Simón and starring R. Lee Ermey. The story involves a submarine rescue that goes awry. It is also known as Endless Descent and Sirene I. Outline An experimental submarine, the “Siren II”, with an experienced NATO crew is sent… Read More
Introduction Virus is a 1996 bio-hazard thriller starring ex-Seattle Seahawks linebacker Brian Bosworth. It was directed by Allan A. Goldstein, best known for Death Wish V: The Face of Deat, and is also known as Acid Death (European title) and Spill (US cable TV title). Outline Bosworth stars as US Secret Service agent Ken Fairchild,… Read More
Introduction Waiting for Anya is a 2020 drama film directed by Ben Cookson. During the harrows of WWII, Jo, a young shepherd along with the help of the widow Horcada, helps to smuggle Jewish children across the border from southern France into Spain. Outline Adapted from the novel by the author of War Horse, Waiting… Read More
Introduction Walking with the Enemy is a 2013 American action drama film directed by Mark Schmidt, and scripted by Kenny Golde and Mark Schmidt. The film stars Jonas Armstrong, Ben Kingsley, Simon Kunz, Hannah Tointon, Simon Dutton, Burn Gorman, and Charles Hubbell. It is inspired by the true story of Pinchas Tibor Rosenbaum. Set in… Read More
Introduction Went the Day Well? is a 1942 British war film adapted from a story by Graham Greene and directed by Alberto Cavalcanti. It was produced by Michael Balcon of Ealing Studios and served as unofficial propaganda for the war effort. It tells of how an English village is taken over by German paratroopers. It… Read More
Introduction Uprising is a 2001 war/drama television miniseries about the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. The film was directed by Jon Avnet and written by Avnet and Paul Brickman. This miniseries was first aired on the NBC television network over two consecutive nights in November 2001. The French title for the film is 1943, l’ultime révolte, the… Read More
Introduction Immortal Sergeant is a 1943 American war film directed by John M. Stahl for 20th Century Fox. Set in the North African desert during World War II, it stars Henry Fonda as a corporal lacking in confidence in both love and war, Maureen O’Hara as his girlfriend, and Thomas Mitchell as the title character.… Read More
Introduction Fixed Bayonets! is a 1951 American war film written and directed by Samuel Fuller and produced by Twentieth Century-Fox during the Korean War. The story of a platoon during the Korean War. One by one Corporal Denno’s superiors are killed until it comes to the point where he must try to take command responsibility.… Read More
Introduction Verboten! is a 1959 American drama war film written, produced and directed by Samuel Fuller and starring James Best, Susan Cummings, Tom Pittman, and Harold Daye. Outline Near the end of World War II in Europe, American soldier Sergeant David Brent (James Best) loses two men and is himself wounded while hunting down and… Read More
