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caddymanI see that Peter Jackson is to film a remake of the Dambusters.
Jackson said it would be "as authentic as possible and as close to the spirit of the original as possible".
Well, it will be interesting to see how he does it. Let's hope that a) 617 Squadron is still an RAF unit, b) that Barnes Wallis is British and that Wing Commander Guy Gibson doesn't suffer a nationality change. Of equal interest will be whether or not Gibson's pet dog is renamed. It would be fair enough of them not to refer to it by name in the film, except that as it was run down and killed just before the mission, the dog's name became the call-sign for the successful destruction of the dams...
It seems that at one point Mel Gibson had the rights to the story and was set to remake the movie. I think we can guess how that would have turned out, can't we?
Thank God for small mercies.
Jackson said it would be "as authentic as possible and as close to the spirit of the original as possible".
Well, it will be interesting to see how he does it. Let's hope that a) 617 Squadron is still an RAF unit, b) that Barnes Wallis is British and that Wing Commander Guy Gibson doesn't suffer a nationality change. Of equal interest will be whether or not Gibson's pet dog is renamed. It would be fair enough of them not to refer to it by name in the film, except that as it was run down and killed just before the mission, the dog's name became the call-sign for the successful destruction of the dams...
It seems that at one point Mel Gibson had the rights to the story and was set to remake the movie. I think we can guess how that would have turned out, can't we?
Thank God for small mercies.
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Date: 2006-09-01 12:15 am (UTC)There would have been a British spy in the camp who revealed all to the Japanese who surprised and shot down the bombers, but Mel would have managed to get away just long enough to hit the dam (made of paper and lacquered wood). He would then have crash landed and single-handedly fought his way into the Imperial Palace before succumbing heroically to overwhelming numbers.
Other than that I should think it would fiollow history quite closely.