Miracle at St. Anna

[C. Lee]

Yep....the movie wasn't a very good interpretation of the books. The books are more serious....less campy.

 

[SolidSnakeMGS]

You don't to teach me. I understood him. What I meant is that one of the greatest (not the greatest, but one of them) battles during WWII was the Great Patriotic War, without this victory German would have won in WWII war. And I am confused, because how could anybody say it was just Russi's conflicts with Germans! Millions of people died to be remembered as just soldiers, who didn't do anything for the world, in which we live now

Yeah, you're just misunderstanding me. I am not trying to teach you anything, just clarify. What I meant was that the term "Great Patriotic War" is a Russian term, and refers to their own conflict with the Germans from 41-45, beginning with Operation Barbarossa. Is this not correct? Its sort of like how we Americans refer to the Pacific Theater as our conflict with the Japanese.

 

[Cinemaman]

Yep....the movie wasn't a very good interpretation of the books. The books are more serious....less campy.

Well, I hope someday somebody will make a worthy movie (if Spielberg started working on Tintin, why they won't think about potential of Doc Savage?)

 

[Cinemaman]

Yeah, you're just misunderstanding me. I am not trying to teach you anything, just clarify. What I meant was that the term "Great Patriotic War" is a Russian term, and refers to their own conflict with the Germans from 41-45, beginning with Operation Barbarossa. Is this not correct? Its sort of like how we Americans refer to the Pacific Theater as our conflict with the Japanese.

I see it now, I just thought he meant world's history. BTW, was Japan in union with Germany?

 

[C. Lee]

I see it now, I just thought he meant world's history. BTW, was Japan in union with Germany?

They signed something like a mutual non aggresion treaty with each other and had their represenataives meet over things....but Germany stayed in Europe and Africa while Japan stayed in the Pacific.

 

[Cinemaman]

^^^

Thanks

 

[Hunter Rider]

http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=37588

Italian Cast for Spike Lee's Miracle
Source: The Hollywood Reporter
September 21, 2007


The production team behind Spike Lee's wartime drama Miracle at St. Anna on Friday announced the Italian-language cast for the film and said that work on the project will begin Oct. 15, says The Hollywood Reporter.

The film, which will be shot mostly on location in Tuscany, tells the story of a group of black U.S. soldiers who get involved in a Tuscan village's efforts to weed out a traitor.

The cast will include Pierfrancesco Favino (Romanzo Criminale), Omero Antonutti (La Ragazza del Lago), Valentina Cervi (War and Peace), Lydia Biondi (HBO-BBC's "Rome") and Italian TV actor Sergio Albelli.

Producers have not yet announced the films English- and German-speaking cast.

 

[Hunter Rider]

http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=37903

Luke Replaces Snipes in Spike Lee's Anna
Source: Variety
October 2, 2007


Derek Luke has replaced Wesley Snipes in a lead role in Miracle at St. Anna, the WWII drama that Spike Lee is directing in Italy. Touchstone is in talks for domestic distribution rights on the independently financed film.

Snipes withdrew because it became too difficult for him to leave the U.S. and shoot in Italy while he fights federal tax-fraud charges.

Luke, who plays an Army Ranger in Afghanistan in the Robert Redford-directed Lions for Lambs, is re-enlisting in the Army, circa WWII, and joins an ensemble that includes John Turturro, James Gandolfini, Michael Ealy, Omar Benson and Tory Kittles.

Luke will play one of four members of the U.S. Army's all-black 92nd Division who get separated from their squad behind enemy lines. The soldiers, bitter about racism and the feeling that their own government treats its enemy better than it does them, finds humanity in the small Tuscan village of St. Anna. James McBride wrote the script.

I had no idea Snipes had even gotten a role, It's a shame, id like to have seen him back on the big screen and away from these crappy DTDVD films he's now doing

 

[Cinemaman]

Snipes' career goes down, it's just as simple as what DeNiro is doing now with comedy genre (pirate-gay? And this guy played a young Godfather, what a shame!)

 

[Hunter Rider]

http://uk.movies.ign.com/articles/833/833342p1.html

Soldiers Attack Spike Lee
Italian veterans unhappy with new Lee flick Miracle at St. Anna.
by Chris Tilly, IGN UK


UK, November 7, 2007 - Spike Lee has had his fair share of controversy in the past, so it's no surprise to hear his new film is stirring up trouble before it's even finished production.

Based on the book by James McBride, Miracle at St. Anna has been shooting on location in Tuscany since the middle of October, but today a group of former Italian soldiers attacked the production for perceived historical inaccuracy.

The film, about four African-American soldiers who become separated from their squad while behind enemy lines and confront a group of partisans (Italian soldiers who fought the Fascists and the Nazis), has been slammed for changing history to fit the film.

"It is a false cinematic reconstruction of events that ignores the real story and will leave an inaccurate impression" the three men claimed in a statement today. "The term 'cinematic licence' should not mean that the truth can be ignored."

The ex-soldiers have demanded that the offending plot elements be changed or removed, but Lee, despite The Hollywood Reporter contacting his office earlier today, has not responded to the statement.

 

[Hunter Rider]

http://www.latinoreview.com/news/washington-replaces-campbell-in-st-anna-3636

Washington Replaces Campbell in St. Anna


Date: January 11, 2008

By: Ryan 'The Rican with the Irish name' McLelland
Source: BlackFilm

According to Blackfilm, Naomi Campbell has pulled out of his latest film, 'Miracle at St. Anna' and will be replaced by Kerry Washington.

The film follows four African-American Buffalo soldiers of the 92nd Infantry Division who get trapped in a a small tuscan village on the Gothic Line during the Italian Campaign of World War II. The film deals with the massacre of Sant'Anna di Stazzema perpetrated by the Nazis in retaliation to Italian partisan activity.

 

[QueerMike]

I'm sick of World War II movies...

They should be coming to end soon. Just like the WWI
movies ran their course by the 1970's, these will have ran their course by about 2010.

Next - the Vietnam war. All the vets are getting ready to retire and ready to tell some of their stories. I suspect we'll be seeing some real good Vietnam movies from now
until about 2025.

 

[QueerMike]

At least the Vietnam era movies will have kick-ass soundtracks.

 

[terry78]

The Korean War is just overlooked.

 

[tzarinna]

I wonder why the replacement.

 

[Stryder]

I agree that other wars have been overlooked, especially the Civil War, American Revoultion, 30 years War, and the Crusades, not to mention the Roman Wars. A retelling of Hanibals defeat would be awesome!
But never the less there have been some really great WW2 movies as of late, including Enemy at the Gates, Downfall (Untergang), & Black Book. Also if you are looking for black heroism check out Flyboys. Although it is set in WW1.

 

[tzarinna]

I loved Flyboys. t:

 

[Hunter Rider]

 

[Catman]

Cool pictures

 

[Figs]

The actor on the left, of the bottom pic. What has he been in before? He looks damn familiar.

 

[tzarinna]

Lol, they don't look like they've seen a day of battle.

 

[Hunter Rider]

 

[Hunter Rider]

 

[SurfDUI]

They should be coming to end soon. Just like the WWI
movies ran their course by the 1970's, these will have ran their course by about 2010.

Next - the Vietnam war. All the vets are getting ready to retire and ready to tell some of their stories. I suspect we'll be seeing some real good Vietnam movies from now
until about 2025.

After WWII the wars fought by the U.S. tended to be on the more un substantiated side of conflict unfortuantly. You will have great tales of heroism in any war, but the reasons for getting in the conflict initially are more scrutinized in the latter part of the century.

Tales of black soldiers are still underrepresented, but the disparage is greatly lessened after WWII.

 

[SurfDUI]

The actor on the left, of the bottom pic. What has he been in before? He looks damn familiar.

He plays the fat dude supporting character in most things...all things.
8 mile, Transformers etc.