European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 27, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse John Stanford above in a full Metal jacket below right Donald Sutherland left and Eliot Gould in pm below Center Lew Ayres in a fall Quinton the Western front a and Bottom left Sally Field in a not without my gis go Hollywood will surely Follo Bob Thomas associated press in their infancy. Tearing Down the Spanish Flag was a hit of 1898, capitalizing on the nations Fervour for the Span ish american War. The movie world has gone into Battle Ever since depicting every american War and Many others As Well. But done to expect any spectacles about the War in the persian Gulf to reach screens anytime soon. Historically meaningful films have emerged years sometimes decades after the last shot has been fired. Paths of glory Stanley Kubrick a stirring film about world War i came out in 1957 the Academy award winning platoon Oliver stones moving account of the Vietnam War came out in 1986. Studio executives interviewed last week said the War would not inspire an immediate rash of persian Gulf War movies although a variety of Low budget action films Are already being linked to the War Hollywood a fascination with things military was once expressed by the late Robert Aldrich director of the dirty dozen and other films. A War maybe Bell a he said Quot but it Sells at the Box it wins fit oscars too. War oriented won h Best picture oscars. With the Advent of world War i the film Industry was Well developed and producers contributed to the War spirit with such propaganda films As the beast of Berlin. Not until seven years after the armistice did the first important Moyies War appear. King Vidor a the big Parade captured the bravado and the horror of Trench warfare. Lewis milestones All quiet on the Western front viewed the tragedy of War from the Gorman Side. Hollywood followed the same pattern in world. War ii recruitment and morale posters during the conflict greater realism afterwards. And studios. A poured Money and stars into films that treated the War from every possible Angle. The a police action korean War failed to ignite the imaginations of filmmakers except for a handful of Battle pictures including pork chop Hill and the Bridges at Toko i. Most americans know the War from Robert Altman a satirical a a so and the hit television series that followed. The Long bitter War in Vietnam received virtually no major attention from Hollywood during its duration except for John Wayne a Flag waving the Green berets in 1968. Although about 50 Vietnam. Related movies have been released since 1964 when a yank in Vietnam was released most w Ere Low budget and poorly made. The postwar years have brought a flood of notable films most negatively depicting american in then Lith for solve Majit. Platoon was quickly followed by full Metal jacket Good morning Vietnam and several others television series like tour of duty followed promptly a a a. Two movies just out appear to be drawing More people at the Box office because of the Gulf War. Hirlu of the intruder concerns Navy pilots Silkni Dafoe Brad Johnson in Vietnam and while one reviewer called it a a rout indy bad War movie Quot its doing Well a possibly because of All the . A-6 intruders the same planes figuring prominently in real War now. A second film. Not without my daughter i the real life Story of an american woman t rapped whether iranian husband decides to turn a two week vacation in Tehran into a Post Revou b tonary Iran. The he Rumen a Sally Fields grueling trek across the desert seems like Laminar Itira to. That tse watching co Era go of the War Here i. A it Ime concern though that the films chill gov la eur i v depiction of Iran could also strike some As a port out of Iraq As Well. January 1991. Sunday to plus c
