This critical text offers a behind-the-scenes look at fifteen of the most important American war films of the last 60 years. Based on original interviews and archival research and featuring rare photographs, this book covers films considered unusually realistic for the genre. The original edition (1981) covered war films through World War II, while the present, expanded edition includes seven new chapters covering the Civil War, the American gunboat presence in China in the 1920s, the Korean War, the Vietnam War, the fighting in Mogadishu in 1993 and the war in Iraq.
This critical text offers a behind-the-scenes look at fifteen of the most important American war films of the last 60 years. Based on original interviews and archival research and featuring rare photographs, this book covers films considered unusually realistic for the genre. The original edition (1981) covered war films through World War II, while the present, expanded edition includes seven new chapters covering the Civil War, the American gunboat presence in China in the 1920s, the Korean War, the Vietnam War, the fighting in Mogadishu in 1993 and the war in Iraq.
Steven Jay Rubin, the author of several books about film, is a motion picture producer based in Los Angeles.
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Table of Contents Acknowledgments Introduction SECTION I : FILMING HISTORY, NOT HEROICS 1. A Walk in the Sun (20th Century-Fox, 1946) 2. Battleground (MGM, 1949) 3. Twelve O'Clock High (20th Century-Fox, 1949) 4. The Bridge on the River Kwai (Columbia Pictures, 1957) SECTION II : THE THIN RED LINE 5. Pork Chop Hill (United Artists, 1959) 6. The Longest Day (20th Century-Fox, 1962) 7. Hell Is for Heroes (Paramount Pictures, 1962) 8. The Great Escape (United Artists, 1963) SECTION III : THE NEW HEROES 9. The Sand Pebbles (20th Century-Fox, 1966) 10. Patton (20th Century-Fox, 1970) 11. Platoon (Orion Pictures, 1986) 12. Gettysburg (New Line Cinema, 1993) SECTION IV : WAR FILMS IN THE 21ST CENTURY 13. Saving Private Ryan (Paramount Pictures, 1998) 14. Black Hawk Down (Sony Pictures, 2001) 15. The Hurt Locker (Summit Entertainment, 2009) Chapter Notes Bibliography Index
Table of Contents Acknowledgments Introduction SECTION I : FILMING HISTORY, NOT HEROICS 1. A Walk in the Sun (20th Century-Fox, 1946) 2. Battleground (MGM, 1949) 3. Twelve O'Clock High (20th Century-Fox, 1949) 4. The Bridge on the River Kwai (Columbia Pictures, 1957) SECTION II : THE THIN RED LINE 5. Pork Chop Hill (United Artists, 1959) 6. The Longest Day (20th Century-Fox, 1962) 7. Hell Is for Heroes (Paramount Pictures, 1962) 8. The Great Escape (United Artists, 1963) SECTION III : THE NEW HEROES 9. The Sand Pebbles (20th Century-Fox, 1966) 10. Patton (20th Century-Fox, 1970) 11. Platoon (Orion Pictures, 1986) 12. Gettysburg (New Line Cinema, 1993) SECTION IV : WAR FILMS IN THE 21ST CENTURY 13. Saving Private Ryan (Paramount Pictures, 1998) 14. Black Hawk Down (Sony Pictures, 2001) 15. The Hurt Locker (Summit Entertainment, 2009) Chapter Notes Bibliography Index
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