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08-05-04, 03:54 PM

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American Movies Distort History?

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Posted By Flave

So why did they change the nationality?

So why did they change the nationality?

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08-05-04, 03:52 PM

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American Movies Distort History?

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Posted By Flave

No, the Poles got the ball rolling and cracked...

No, the Poles got the ball rolling and cracked the Enigma concept (an early prototype). It was Turing's genius and his friends at Bletchley that cracked the far more sophisticated machines used...

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08-05-04, 03:51 PM

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American Movies Distort History?

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Posted By Flave

So Americans will only watch a movie with...

So Americans will only watch a movie with American heroes?

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08-05-04, 03:49 PM

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American Movies Distort History?

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Posted By Flave

I don't understand. What if the movie was kept...

I don't understand. What if the movie was kept exactly the same in all respects except that they changed the crew's nationality. Would they not have sold as many tickets?

Forum: Movie Talk

08-05-04, 03:41 PM

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American Movies Distort History?

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Posted By Flave

But it's not a work a fiction -- there really was...

But it's not a work a fiction -- there really was a crew that captured an Enigma machine off a U-Boat. But that crew was British, not American.

The question remains: Why did the studio feel the...

Forum: Movie Talk

08-05-04, 03:20 PM

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American Movies Distort History?

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Posted By Flave

American Movies Distort History?

Interesting article in the Independent this week:

http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/this_britain/story.jsp?story=546798

As mentioned in the article, I found U-571 and The Patriot to be the most...

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