Combat films
Subtitle: American realism, 1945-2010
By: Steven Jay Rubin
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: McFarland
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Jefferson, N.C; London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 302
ISBN-13: 9780786458929
Subjects: Motion pictures; War films; History and criticism; History
Description: "Based on original interviews, archival research and featuring rare photographs, this book offers a behind-the-scenes look at films considered unusually realistic for combat films. This updated version covers World War II, and includes seven new chapters on the Civil War, 1920s China, the Korean War, the Vietnam War, Mogadishu in 1993 and Iraq"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Filming history, not heroics. A walk in the sun (20th Century-Fox, 1946); title: Battleground (MGM, 1949); title: Twelve o'clock high (20th Century-Fox, 1949); title: The bridge on the River Kwai (Columbia Pictures, 1957); title: The thin red line. Pork Chop Hill (united artists, 1959); title: The longest day (20th Century-Fox, 1962); title: Hell is for heroes (Paramount Pictures, 1962); title: The great escape (United Artists, 1963); title: The new heroes. The sand pebbles (20th Century-Fox, 1966); title: Patton (20th Century-Fox, 1970); title: Platoon (Orion Pictures, 1986); title: Gettysburg (New Line Cinema, 1993); title: War films in the 21st century. Saving Private Ryan (Paramount Pictures, 1998); title: Black hawk down (Sony Entertainment, 2001); title: The hurt locker (Summit Entertainment, 2009).