Poll Rate it: The Duellists (1977)

Trivia : Ridley Scott said that after having directed anywhere from 1500 to 2000 TV commercials he realized no one was going to approach him about directing a film so he'd have to take the lead. Since his funds were limited he used a public domain source for the story and commissioned the script for this movie on his own. -- derralf

Poll Rate it: War Horse (2011)

Trivia : Fourteen horses played Joey during the movie. The "main" acting horse in the film, Finder, also portrayed Seabiscuit (2003) in the movie about the famous racehorse. - Jeremy Irvine (Albert Naracott) contracted trench foot when filming the war scenes of the movie. -- derralf

Poll Rate it: Coriolanus (2011)

Trivia : First ever theatrical movie version of William Shakespeare's play 'Coriolanus'. The play is the last of his Tragedies that Shakespeare wrote and is famous for being one of the least-produced, on stage, of Shakespeare's plays. -- derralf

Poll Rate it: Inglourious Basterds (2009)

Trivia : When asked how he got into the violent, baseball bat-wielding mindset of "The Bear Jew", Eli Roth partially attributed his performance to the historically accurate costumes: "Being in wool underwear will make you want to kill anything." He also stated (in a separate interview) that his girlfriend had secretly added some Hannah Montana ( Read more... )

Poll Rate it: Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970)

Trivia : When Japanese characters in the film refer to the date of the attack, they are actually saying "December 8," which is technically correct, as Japan is a day ahead of the U.S.; however, it is translated as "December 7" in the subtitles to avoid confusing U.S. audiences. -- derralf

Poll Rate it: The Boy in the Striped Pajamas (2008)

Trivia : In regards to shooting the final scene, director Mark Herman remarked "it was a nightmare on many levels. We probably had more lawyers than filmmakers. We had all of the legalities of kids in amongst grown-up naked people." -- derralf

Poll Rate it: Love and Death (1975)

Trivia : The shots of the lion statues edited into the love scene between Boris and the Countess, and the shot of the soldier being shot in the eye through his glasses are parodies of similar statues in Battleship Potemkin, shown during the Odessa Steps massacre scene. -- derralf

Poll Rate it: The Lucky Ones (2008)

Trivia : After seeing a rough cut of the film in September 2007, Lions Gate Entertainment executives considered rushing it into theaters in order to qualify for Academy Award consideration. But when the similarly war-themed films In the Valley of Elah, Rendition, and Lions for Lambs opened and failed to generate much box office revenue, the ( Read more... )

Poll Rate it: Casualties of War (1989)

Trivia : Michael J. Fox would often buy gifts for the snake beaters who would beat the cobras out of the set. -- derralf

Poll Rate it: The Dirty Dozen (1967)

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