Movie Things I learnt from and movie trivia

[Shell]

Even tho i missed a bit of it, I did see the end, which is the main thing.

Exceptional film- good to see a dramatization from the Nazi's POV, im assuming there is not as many movies made like that, compared to films from the Jews POV I mean.




Now... we go back to Home Alone. Good timing for some comedic relief after Hitlers last days in the bunker.

 

[Shell]

Tonight 8.30pm on Seven.

 

[Kram]

What, what happened?

I kinda zoned out a bit.. like 15 mins. Tired.

Nah just carries on like a pork chop when Hitler is about to go off and shoot himself. Devil woman Goebbels completely out does here moments later though!

 

[Kram]

Tonight 8.30pm on Seven.

Sure thing ya filthy animal!

 

[Shell]

Nah just carries on like a pork chop when Hitler is about to go off and shoot himself. Devil woman Goebbels completely out does here moments later though!

Oooh that was her. Still gotta read up on it.

Lots and lots of characters/roles in this film.

 

[Shell]

The poor older kid, who could work it out what they were doing

 

[Shell]

In the opening scene of the film, where Traudl is being interviewed for the position of Hitler's secretary in late 1942, she introduces herself to him as Traudl Humps. However, in all scenes in the bunker in April 1945, she is referred to as Frau Junge. In June 1943, Traudl, with Hitler's approval, married Waffen-SS officer Hans Hermann Junge, who was subsequently killed in action in France in August 1944. Because the film jumps directly from 1942 to 1945, these events are not depicted. However, her name change is correct.

This did confuse me a bit- at the very beginning it said 1942, i was like wth..

 

[Shell]

Most of the outdoor city scenes for the movie were filmed in Saint Petersburg, Russia. This was for two reasons: one, the architecture of the city has many Germanic aspects, and two, there are plenty of streets with little or no modern advertisements and other commercial aspects.

Many of Adolf Hitler's lines are historically accurate, based on accounts from Albert Speer and Traudl Junge. Most of them, however, are from earlier dates.

Also helping Bruno Ganz in preparing for the role was the unique, only known recording of Adolf Hitler when he held a private conversation with Field Marshal Gustaf Mannerheim of Finland; at that time, he was a World War II ally of Germany against the Soviet Union. Hitler unexpectedly showed up to congratulate Mannerheim on his 75th birthday on June 4, 1942. Finnish intelligence agents secretly made the recording in a train wagon, as Hitler did not allow recordings nor photographs to be taken in private. Some eleven minutes of the recording feature relaxed, normal-tone talk in which Hitler generally describe his views about the war. One of two copies of the tape was discovered in 1992 and has since been studied by scientists and historians.

The button that Adolf Hitler removes from his jacket and gives to Magda Goebbels is the Gold Nazi Party badge, awarded to high-ranking party members who had constant membership from 1925. Hitler gave himself Badge No. 1 when he authorized it in 1933, even though he was not the first party member. The Soviets found the badge in the bunker and it was stored in a vault at the Lubyanka, the KGB headquarters. In 1996 the FSB, the Russian Federation successor to the Soviet KGB, revealed that it had the badge and in 2005 put it on display. In November that year, it was stolen in a brazen smash-and-grab raid. The burglar escaped even though he triggered the display alarms. So far, it has not yet been recovered.

 

[Shell]

Of the thirty-seven named real-life people featured as characters in the film, Rochus Misch was the only one who was still alive when the film was released. He died on September 5, 2013 at the age of 96.

During the premiere in Germany, a large part of the audience broke down in tears at the end. Every person remained seated until the last of the credits were shown and the lights remained dimmed.




Um... crying in what context i'd like to know

 

[Shell]

During the war, a majority of the cyanide capsules produced were made in the concentration camps, which made sabotage a real problem. This is one of the reasons why many Germans who committed suicide by cyanide also shot themselves to make sure they would die. This is also the reason why Adolf Hitler's beloved dog, Blondi, was poisoned; he wanted to make sure his batch of cyanide was not fake.

Corinna Harfouch stated that she nearly broke down when filming the scene in which Magda Goebbels gives her children their "medicine" to put them to sleep before poisoning them. Bruno Ganz felt similarly when he held the girl playing one of the Goebbels' children in his lap as they sang, because he knew that these children were soon to be murdered by their parents.

 

[Catfish Alley]

Sounds like crying was justified. Pretty horrible all round. I saw this when it first came out and it had some good performances.

 

[Shell]

Sounds like crying was justified. Pretty horrible all round. I saw this when it first came out and it had some good performances.

Unless they were crying because Hitler died?


Sorry im very cynical.

 

[Shell]

Okalie dokalie- its xmas time and with that its time to forget your child.

 

[Shell]

I remember seeing this movie back in 1990 when I was 10,; it was ******* bananas.

That, Mrs Doubtfire and Jurassic Park are 3 movies from when I was a kid that stick out for me.. just huge at the time.

 

[Shell]

Eight-year-old Kevin is accidentally left behind when his family leaves for France. At first, he is happy to be in charge, but when thieves try to break into his home, he tries to put up a fight.

Release date: 13 December 1990 (Australia)
Director: Chris Columbus
Music composed by: John Williams
Box office: 476.7 million USD
Featured song: Somewhere in My Memory

 

[Shell]

Harry: Where did he go?
Marv: Maybe he committed suicide.

Kevin McCallister: Down here you big horse's ass, come and get me before I call the police.

 

[Shell]

Megan McCallister: You're not at all worried that something might happen to Kevin?

Buzz McCallister: No, for three reasons: A, I'm not that lucky. Two, we use smoke detectors and D, we live on the most boring street in the whole United States of America, where nothing even remotely dangerous will ever happen. Period.

 

[Shell]

The picture Kevin finds of Buzz's girlfriend was a picture of a boy made up to look like a girl, because director Chris Columbus thought it would be too cruel to make fun of a girl like that. The boy that was used in the photo was art director Dan Webster's son.


Hahah that was actually a nice thing to do.

 

[Catfish Alley]

 

[Geelong_Sicko]

Is it just 'movie magic' we're seeing or did Catherine's eye colour REALLY REALLY fade?

 

[Shell]

Another piece of (nice) trivia- John Candy appeared in this movie for something like $300.

 

[Shell]

John Candy. Gone too soon.

 

[Shell]

Yo Kram we should do The Blues Brothers.

 

[Catfish Alley]

Is it just 'movie magic' we're seeing or did Catherine's eye colour REALLY REALLY fade?

Lighting and camera filters I imagine.

 

[Catfish Alley]

Another piece of (nice) trivia- John Candy appeared in this movie for something like $300.

Was a favour I think. Did all his scenes in one day too.

The interrogation scene from Uncle Buck is actually what gave Columbus the idea for this movie.