| Description |
1 online resource (x, 302 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Introduction -- Filming history, not heroics. A walk in the sun (20th Century-Fox, 1946) -- Battleground (MGM, 1949) -- Twelve o'clock high (20th Century-Fox, 1949) -- The bridge on the River Kwai (Columbia Pictures, 1957) -- The thin red line. Pork Chop Hill (united artists, 1959) -- The longest day (20th Century-Fox, 1962) -- Hell is for heroes (Paramount Pictures, 1962) -- The great escape (United Artists, 1963) -- The new heroes. The sand pebbles (20th Century-Fox, 1966) -- Patton (20th Century-Fox, 1970) -- Platoon (Orion Pictures, 1986) -- Gettysburg (New Line Cinema, 1993) -- War films in the 21st century. Saving Private Ryan (Paramount Pictures, 1998) -- Black hawk down (Sony Entertainment, 2001) -- The hurt locker (Summit Entertainment, 2009) |
| Summary |
Combat films have long been a staple in American cinema. This critical text offers a behind-the-scenes look at fifteen of the most important American war films of the last 60 years. Based on original interviews and archival research and featuring rare photographs, this book covers films considered unusually realistic for the genre. The original edition (1981) covered war films through World War II, while the present expanded edition includes seven new chapters covering the Civil War, the American gunboat presence in China in the 1920s, the Korean War, the Vietnam War, the fighting in Mogadishu |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Motion pictures -- United States -- History -- 20th century
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War films -- History and criticism
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ART -- Film & Video.
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PERFORMING ARTS -- Film & Video -- Reference.
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Motion pictures
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War films
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United States
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780786486137 |
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0786486139 |
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