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Stanley Kubrick; Kirk Douglas</div> <div> <A HREF="http://us.imdb.com/Title?0050825" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://us.imdb.com/Title?0050825"><U><U>http://us.imdb.com/Title?0050825</U></U></A></div> <div> An outstanding film; pure Kubrick suspense which is often a little formal, but it grabs you and won't let go.  OK, it's black and white, but that only heightens the starkness of the plot and the movie's theme.  As much about the misuse of authority as it is about the harshness of trench warfare.  One of the best anti-war films of all-time.</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <I>Gallipoli</I>, 1981, dir. Peter Weir; Mel Gibson, Mark Lee</div> <div> <A HREF="http://us.imdb.com/Title?0082432" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://us.imdb.com/Title?0082432"><U><U>http://us.imdb.com/Title?0082432</U></U></A></div> <div> Well, it's got Mel, what else do you want?  Australian troops recruited to defend the Dardanelles from the Turks, who are allied with the Central Powers against Great Britain; but, do the Aussies want to die fighting for the British?  Great story about two friends, runners, who get caught up in the conflict.</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <I>All Quiet on the Western Front</I>, 1930, dir. Lewis Milestone, based on  book by Erich Maria   </div> <div>             Remarque</div> <div>  OK, so it's from 1930, deal with it.  People don't act for the camera the same way they do now.  Pay attention to the story, instead.  About a group of German students who head off to war with joy, ready to fight for their country.  The reality is not what they expected.  It's a classic; not to be missed.</div> <div> <A HREF="http://us.imdb.com/Title?0020629" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://us.imdb.com/Title?0020629"><U><U>http://us.imdb.com/Title?0020629</U></U></A></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <I>All Quiet on the Western Front</I>, 1979, Delbert Mann; Richard Thomas, Ernest Borgnine.</div> <div> <A HREF="http://us.imdb.com/Title?0078753" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://us.imdb.com/Title?0078753"><U><U>http://us.imdb.com/Title?0078753</U></U></A></div> <div> (A TV movie, not nearly as good as the 1930 version.  Color film doesn't make a movie better!)</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <I>Lawrence of Arabia</I>, 1962, dir. David Lean; Peter O'Toole, Alec Guinness, Anthony Quinn, Jack Hawkins, Omar Sharif, Jose Ferrer, Claude Rains.</div> <div> <A HREF="http://us.imdb.com/Title?0056172" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://us.imdb.com/Title?0056172"><U><U>http://us.imdb.com/Title?0056172</U></U></A></div> <div> Stunning visuals - an inspiration for Star Wars, no doubt!.  Based on a true person, Lawrence is at once accepting of other cultures and expressive of his Anglo-Saxon ethnocentrism.  It's long, but you only have to watch the first half for the ALO.</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>U.S. emphasis</b></div> <div> <I>Sergeant York</I>, 1941, dir. Howard Hawks; Gary Cooper.</div> <div> <A HREF="http://us.imdb.com/Title?0034167" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://us.imdb.com/Title?0034167"><U><U>http://us.imdb.com/Title?0034167</U></U></A></div> <div> A backwoods American pacifist decides it's OK to fight if it's for your country.  Turkey-shooting skills come in handy against Germans on the front line.  It may say more about patriotism (and propaganda?) during WWII than about the realities of WWI.</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>