Peter Jackson's "Dambusters"

Geedee · Jan 22, 2008

GD you are a nasty nasty man! Don't ever terrify the crap out of me like that again!
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Rats....guess thats me off the x-mas card list then !:bolt:

They should leave the film as is and not try and improve on it....whatever next...a 633 sqn revamp...12 O'clock High part 2.

Beats me why they dont have a go at covering a riad that hasn't been done before, like the Amiens Jail break, Ploesti, sinking of the Tripitz. Because all the time, you will always be comparing any new film with the original, which ruins the effect I reckon.

Still reckon it sounded funny tho....teeheee

PS...the dress WAS a bit uncomfortable !

Antipodean Andy · Jan 22, 2008

I like how the sentry drops the first one in the water. Didn't Upkeep have depth triggers? Silly bu*ger, must have been drunk...

Kyt · Feb 21, 2008

The Life of Wylie: Stephen Fry: Dambusters

Here’s what Stephen had to say in full about Dam Busters, old and new:

“The Dam Busters is one of the best war films ever made – in its own way, perfect. And we will never unmake it by making ours.

“There are things that we can bring to the screenplay that were not available for the Mike Anderson version.

“They were either still secret, for example the actual nature of the bomb itself.

“There was an element to it, the fact that it had to revolve at 500 revolutions per minute, backwards – a back-spin, infact. Some of the other details of its technology were still government secrets.

“And also the nature of the danger and the death, the appalling destruction of so many lives during the raid.

“It was too close. It was only 10 years after the raid that they made the film.

“There were too many sons and daughters, widows and brothers and sisters and parents of young men who had died in horrible ways, to show how they died.

“It’s not that one wants to be gory about it, but I think part of the heroism and the courage of those bomber crews needs to be told properly for us to understand their astounding sacrifice and their extraordinary skill.

“Having met some of the survivors who are still with us – there are not many left, as you can imagine – and having been in a Lancaster bomber and tried to move around in one, my admiration for these people just cannot be overstated.

“And that’s true of Peter Jackson and everyone at WingNut, his production company, who are trying to make this film.

“It starts with an unreserved and schoolboy, if you like, adoration and admiration for these extraordinary people.

“There are things we can do. We can really make people feel they’re in the air far more.

“We can make them live the nature of the raid itself, that May evening in 1943 which was extraordinary. Everything you learn about it makes it more remarkable.

“Also the great achievement of Barnes Wallis, the fights he had. Again, there was a bit more tact in the Anderson film about some of the pig-headedness of the original leaders of Bomber Command who were convinced it wasn’t going to work.

“We can just be more honest about the kind of opposition he met, without making pointless assaults on the character of noble Air Marshals.

“So there is a lot going for it. It’s 54 / 55 years since that first film was made.

“So I think there is justification for it, although of course it is always a risk.

“It’s worth knowing that if you say to America ‘Dam Busters’, no-one knows what you’re talking about. It’s only in Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Great Britain that it’s probably one of the best known films ever made.

“Though I think a lot of fans of George Lucas know that he used the final reel, as it were, of Dambusters, almost shot for shot in the attack on the Death Star in the original Star Wars movie. IE The fourth Star Wars movie, if you want to be pedantic about them.

“Where they go down into the canyon and release the mine – it’s based on entirely on Dam Busters, and he’s been quite honest about that.”
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Kitty · Feb 21, 2008

*starts to get thoroughly overexcited*

spidge · Feb 21, 2008

Dangerous for me to get over excited these days, but I am!

Without altering the movie, it seems that it will have quite a lot more "meat" and hopefully "home truths" that wouldn't have been cricket in the 50's.

Antipodean Andy · Feb 21, 2008

Yes, this is looking promising.

Kitty · Feb 22, 2008

Can i fangirl squeeee yet?!

spidge · Feb 23, 2008

Kitty said: ↑

Can i fangirl squeeee yet?!
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Wouldn't I love to see that!

Kitty · Feb 23, 2008

Is that permission?

Antipodean Andy · Feb 25, 2008

Look out, she might hug one of us!

Kitty · Feb 25, 2008

Mwahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :>

Kyt · Mar 14, 2008

Fry resumes work on Dambusters screenplay - New Zealand's source for entertainment news, gossip & music, movie & book reviews on Stuff.co.nz

British writer and comedian Stephen Fry is back at work on a third draft of his screenplay for Peter Jackson's remake of The Dambusters after being delayed by the United States writers' strike.

Fry also had interviewed squadron members of the famous raid and production staff had visited locations in Britain and Germany where the World War 2 events took place.

Jackson is producing the remake of the classic war movie, to be directed by special effects expert Christian Rivers, and has commissioned Fry to write the script.

Fry revealed details of his scriptwriting on his internet blog and podcast.

He said he spent time last year "zooming around England meeting old survivors of the original raid and people connected with survivors" as research for a second draft of the script.

The British raid on German dams in 1943, using a specially developed "bouncing bomb", was portrayed in the original film.

Fry told a British newspaper that the remake would be able to tell more about the raids because state secrets had been revealed since the 1954 film was made.

"There were things that we can bring to the screenplay that were not available for the original version ... for example, the actual nature of the bomb itself.

"And also the nature of the danger and the death, the appalling destruction of so many lives during the raid. It was too close. It was only 10 years after the raid that they made the film," he said.

"Having met some of the survivors who are still with us - there are not many left, as you can imagine - and having been in a Lancaster bomber and tried to move around in one, my admiration for these people just cannot be overstated."
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spidge · Mar 14, 2008

I am really looking forward to this!

Kyt · Jul 1, 2008

Filming to start on Dambusters remake in 2009

Filming to start on Dambusters remake in 2009 - Horncastle News

SHOOTING is likely to start early next year on a blockbuster remake of the classic 1955 Dambusters movie.
A spokesperson for Peter Jackson, the hugely successful director of the Lord of the Rings films, told a New Zealand newspaper that filming was likely to start early next year.

Plans for Mr Jackson’s film about the famous World War Two bombing raid were announced in September 2006 and it was thought shooting would start in April this year.

Mr Jackson is producing the film with Sir David Frost and the script has been written by Stephen Fry but no cast members have yet been revealed although James McAvoy has been tipped to play Wing Commander Guy Gibson.

Last year Mr Jackson, Sir David, Mr Fry and King Kong director Christian Rivers visited the area while scouting locations for the project.
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spidge · Jul 1, 2008

I don't know about eveyone else but I can't wait.

Pathfinder · Jul 1, 2008

I can't wait either

Hopefully it will be a good film AND will be accurate!!

Kyt · Jul 11, 2008

For people concerned with whether Jackson will get the details correct......

Moon gives light to Peter Jackson film - Entertainment news, gossip & music, movie & book reviews on Stuff.co.nz

With a trademark eye for detail, film-maker Peter Jackson has hired an astronomer to ensure the moon's position in his movie Dambusters is spot-on.

A full moon was key to the May 1943 Dambusters raids, in which Allied planes bombed German dams at night.

Former Carter Observatory senior astronomer Brian Carter, not related to the founding Carter family, was asked to research the moon's position over Germany at the time.

"Somebody just rang up. I didn't realise it was for Peter Jackson until later."

Mr Carter has since been made redundant from the observatory and has set up a paid service providing information about celestial events.

Computer software allows him to find where the moon was at any time, anywhere on the globe.

"We can see its position, how bright it was, that sort of thing."

He was impressed by the lengths Jackson had gone to.

"I think these days film-makers like to get things as right as possible. In the past there have been a few bloopers."

The attack took place on May 16, 1943, a date chosen for the full moon, and because the dams' water levels were high.

The moon's dim glow gave just enough light for flight crews to perform the precise task of dropping unique bouncing bombs on the dams, but also exposed them to anti-aircraft fire, meaning they had to hug the ground. A deadly mix of German guns and accidents from low-level flying meant that of the 19 Lancaster bombers and 133 crew taking part, eight planes and 56 men were lost.

Jackson is known as a director who likes to put the stamp of authenticity on his films. For his remake of King Kong he created a mini 1930s New York set in the Lower Hutt suburb of Seaview.

A spokesman for Jackson said Dambusters was still in pre-production. Filming was expected to start next year.
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Antipodean Andy · Jul 13, 2008

Now that's what we like to hear! Well done, Peter Jackson!

Kyt · Oct 1, 2008

Aaaarrrrggghhh

Dambuster's dog gets new name for film remake

Film producers in America have axed the real name of a controversial character in the remake of The Dam Busters movie.

The name of Wing Commander Guy Gibson's pet labrador, Nigger, has been branded as "unacceptable" by Hollywood's money men.

Instead, the filmmakers are being forced to stray from historical accuracy and settle for the more politically correct Nidge.

Sir David Frost, who owns the rights to the film, said it will cause a huge problem.

He said: "We've been told that the word is simply unacceptable in America nowadays.

"This causes a huge problem because we want the film to be as historically correct as possible."

It was suggested that scriptwriters name the dog Digger, but Sir David said that wouldn't happen.

"I think we have reached a compromise in which we'll call him Nidge.

"Gibson did sometimes call his dog this, so there would be a historical precedent."

The film is to be directed by Peter Jackson of Lord of the Rings fame, with scriptwriter Stephen Fry providing the words.

It will depict the lives of the men of 617 Squadron, based at RAF Scampton, near Lincoln, in particular its leader Gibson.

The squadron carried out an attack on the Ruhr dams in Germany during the Second World War in an attempt to hit the Nazi war effort
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Kitty · Oct 1, 2008

*Bangs head against wall repeatedly*

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