When Eagles Dared: The Filmgoers' History of World War II - Hardcover

Hughes, Howard

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1848856504 ISBN 13: 9781848856509

Publisher: I.B.Tauris, 2012

Synopsis

When Eagles Dared: The Filmgoers' History of World War II looks at the global conflict as depicted on cinema screens in the all-time great war movies.

Illustrated with rare posters and stills, When Eagles Dared features war films from all over the world.  It includes such movie classics as "The Longest Day", "The Great Escape", "The Bridge on the River Kwai", "Patton", "A Bridge Too Far", "Downfall", ""Tora! Tora! Tora!", "Kelly's Heroes", "The Eagles Has Landed", "Battle of the Bulge" and "Saving Private Ryan". Chapters discuss various theatres of war, from the Russian Front ("Stalingrad" and "Cross of Iron"), the Pacific War ("The Thin Red Line", "Sands of Iwo Jima" and "Letters from Iwo Jima"), to Italy ("Anzio" and "Von Ryan's Express") and the North African desert ("Ice Cold in Alex", "The Battle of El Alamein" and "Tobruk"). Also featured are films depicting the war in the air ("Battle of Britain", "Reach for the Sky" and "The Dam Busters"), the war at sea ("Sink the Bismarck!", "Das Boot" and "The Cruel Sea") and the many heroic "men-on-a-mission" movies, including "Where Eagles Dare", "Inglourious Basterds", "The Dirty Dozen" and "The Guns of Navarone". Featuring over 150 war films, When Eagles Dared is the essential film guide for fans of World War II cinema.

About this title

About the Author:

Howard Hughes is the author of Aim for the Heart: The Films of Clint Eastwood, Cinema Italiano: The Complete Guide from Classics to Cult and of the Filmgoers' Guides: Stagecoach to Tombstone: The Filmgoers' Guide to the Great Westerns; Crime Wave: The Filmgoers' Guide to the Great Crime Movies and Once Upon a Time in the Italian West: The Filmgoers' Guide to Spaghetti Westerns. He is also a contributor to The James Bond Archives and is a regular columnist on film magazine Cinema Retro.

Review:

*Hughes is a fan and his enthusiasm, as well as his research, shines through.* -- Keith Richmond, Tribune Magazine (UK) Praise for Stagecoach to Tombstone:  *Written with panache and fresh insight . . . buy it!* --Dave Worrall, Cinema Retro *A deftly written collection of essays, full of fascinating insight, this will be a must for fellow travellers on the sagebrush trail.* --Howard Maxford, Film Review *Hold your horses for next month's release of Stagecoach to Tombstone: The Filmgoer's Guide to Great Westerns, author Howard Hughes' detailed tome on 27 classic films.* --Newsday.com

About this edition

• Publisher: I.B.Tauris
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1848856504
• ISBN 13: 9781848856509
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 320