If this is the 1970's movie where Alec Guiness does a god-AWFUL portrayal of Hitler, then it is out on video. However, your time would be better spent watching THE BUNKER, a made-for-TV film in which Anthony Hopkins gives a MUCH, MUCH superior performance as Hitler.
In <1992Dec9.213314.10...@b8.b8.ingr.com> anth...@panzer.b17b.ingr.com (Anthony Shipman) writes:
>If this is the 1970's movie where Alec Guiness does a god-AWFUL portrayal of >Hitler, then it is out on video. However, your time would be better spent >watching THE BUNKER, a made-for-TV film in which Anthony Hopkins gives a >MUCH, MUCH superior performance as Hitler. >Anthony
Does either of these films have something to do with the book "Die Katakombe - Das Ende in der Reichskanzlei" or "The Bunker - The last days of Adolf Hitler" (freely translated from finnish to english) by Uwe Bahnsen and James P. O'Donnell
I haven't read the book yet, but the beginning of it looked quite interesting.
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In article <1992Dec9.213314.10...@b8.b8.ingr.com> anth...@panzer.b17b.ingr.com (Anthony Shipman) writes:
>If this is the 1970's movie where Alec Guiness does a god-AWFUL portrayal of >Hitler, then it is out on video. However, your time would be better spent >watching THE BUNKER, a made-for-TV film in which Anthony Hopkins gives a >MUCH, MUCH superior performance as Hitler.
>Anthony
You have no idea what a god-awful performance as Hitler is, until you watch Richard Basehart <yup, from "Voyage To the bottom Of the Sea>, essay the role in "Hitler!". Pretty damn funny if you ask me. Pax --Judex--
In article <1992Dec10.185648.12...@news2.cis.umn.edu> donn...@manowar.micro.umn.edu (BogusMan) writes: >You have no idea what a god-awful performance as Hitler is, until you >watch Richard Basehart <yup, from "Voyage To the bottom Of the Sea>, essay >the role in "Hitler!". >Pretty damn funny if you ask me. >Pax > --Judex--
In article <umn.edu>, donn...@manowar.micro.umn.edu (BogusMan) writes:
> In article <1992Dec9.213314.10...@b8.b8.ingr.com> anth...@panzer.b17b.ingr.com (Anthony Shipman) writes: > >If this is the 1970's movie where Alec Guiness does a god-AWFUL portrayal of > >Hitler, then it is out on video. However, your time would be better spent > >watching THE BUNKER, a made-for-TV film in which Anthony Hopkins gives a > >MUCH, MUCH superior performance as Hitler.
> >Anthony
> You have no idea what a god-awful performance as Hitler is, until you > watch Richard Basehart <yup, from "Voyage To the bottom Of the Sea>, essay > the role in "Hitler!". > Pretty damn funny if you ask me. > Pax > --Judex--
I've seen this one and it is beyond bad. I think that even MST3K's Gypsy would be embarrassed by the mis-casting.
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>>You have no idea what a god-awful performance as Hitler is, until you >>watch Richard Basehart <yup, from "Voyage To the bottom Of the Sea>, essay >>the role in "Hitler!". >>Pretty damn funny if you ask me. >>Pax >> --Judex--
>But Gypsy liked it!
For the uninformed, Gypsy is one of the Robots on "Mystery Science Theatre 3000", and she has a massive crush on Mr. Basehart.
I think she would faint from shock if she ever saw Richard screaming "You Filthy Slut!" at Eva Braun, in a terrible german accent. Maltin claims that Basehart brings a freudian interpretaition to the role, but I think that says more about Maltin than this hilarious film.
TNT showed it a few weeks back on 100% Weird, part of "Weird Nazis" night, I guess. I thought it was tasteless. Pax --Judex--
donn...@manowar.micro.umn.edu (BogusMan) writes: > You have no idea what a god-awful performance as Hitler is, until you > watch Richard Basehart <yup, from "Voyage To the bottom Of the Sea>, essay > the role in "Hitler!".
>> You have no idea what a god-awful performance as Hitler is, until you >> watch Richard Basehart <yup, from "Voyage To the bottom Of the Sea>, essay >> the role in "Hitler!".
>Better or worse than that guy in "The Producers"?
Definately worse, since LSD <Dick Shawn> was supposed to be terrible. And he was consistently funny. <"Love Power"!>
Basehart is pretty amusing, but it is kinda slow, and I think he is trying to be serious. The whole thing is, but like many of these trashy epics, they educate no one, and do a real disservice to the whole time period, whitewashing history. But Basehart does get some choice lines.
In article <1992Dec10.185648.12...@news2.cis.umn.edu> donn...@manowar.micro.umn.edu (BogusMan) writes:
>You have no idea what a god-awful performance as Hitler is, until you >watch Richard Basehart <yup, from "Voyage To the bottom Of the Sea>, essay >the role in "Hitler!". >Pretty damn funny if you ask me. >Pax > --Judex--
Yes, Basehart showed us the warm, sympathetic side of der Fuhrer. He was just misundertood (`You slut!'). And he does a mean Bogey impression!
In all fairness to history, the only simularity between Basehart's portrayal and reality was that there was actually a person named Hitler who ruled Germany and started a war, other than that...
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In article <1992Dec14.135552.2...@shearson.com> scarr...@shearson.com writes: >you can't compare a bad movie with "The Producers". >now how many shares of the play did you want to buy?
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