The perfect choice for Remembrance Sunday. The Dirty Eight: Tom Hanks, Tom Sizemore, Edward Burns, Barry Pepper, Adam Goldberg, Vin Diesel, Giovanni Ribisi, Jeremy Davies. With Matt Damon, Paul Giamatti, Ted Danson, Dennis Farina... and, Kathleen Byron!
Janusz Kaminski's photography is marvellous and the decision to shoot hand held absolutely the right one. For the record the camera operators are Seamus Corcoran, Mitch Dubin and Chris Haarhof.
Written by Robert Rodat, inspired by four brothers killed in the American Civil War.
The first 25 minutes are certainly visceral, filmed in Southern Ireland.
It was funny to see that some of Steven's home movies are little war films. This stands as a correction to the types of John Wayne gung ho war films like Back to Bataan that he had grown up with, and it's a tribute to his Dad, who served.
Michael Khan edited it on a Moviola and won the Oscar as did John Williams and the director (also Sound). Hanks was nominated.
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