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A Movie A Day: Quint on SANDS OF IWO JIMA (1949)
You know, my natural dislike for you is turning into a great hatred.

And by the way by Quint	Jul 7th, 2008 09:39:40 PM
Why does it look like Wayne is making a "I just got kicked in the dick" face on the original poster art?
great movie quint by ddog	Jul 7th, 2008 09:40:14 PM
love this film......FIRST....your whole scheme of using actors ,directors,etc has worked out good for you. you got some great flick to choose from. love this
and by the way by ddog	Jul 7th, 2008 09:42:39 PM
i think he did get just kicked in the nuts . we all know wayne gots the biggest ones ever. a god among men. dudes an icon. searchers was fantastic film of his too.
Great Film by picardsucks	Jul 7th, 2008 09:46:47 PM
Ask the Chinese what they think of Letters of Iwo Jima ans the Japanese portral as sympathitc noble souls that despise was as much as the rest of humanity does. The Japanese conduct during the invasion of Manchuria and throughout the war would make the most hard core Nazi jealous. Read up on the rape of Nanking where babies where tossed like baseballs onto bayonetes and Japanese soldiers threw mothers and their children into burning pyers. This new revisionist softtouch history from hollywood with everyone but the Germans is quite disgusting
GIVE ME THE AMULET, YOU BITCH!!!! by DRACULA_WANTS_THE_AMULET	Jul 7th, 2008 09:48:35 PM
Comparing it to Private Ryan :/ Nice.... It came out first. Pork Chop Island, Baby. You've haven't seen Strange Invaders. Good God Man, WTF!!!! Let me guess you haven't seen Spaced Invaders either! Oh yeah, The Amulet... Show the fucking thing already will ya!
Upside Down Johnson by ddog	Jul 7th, 2008 09:52:58 PM
kinda been wonderin the same for a while now. how someone as busy as quint to still watch "a movie a day" it seems like a alot of work..fun..but time consuming. not sayin dont love the column just dont see how can be done.you got skills there man
Maybe he built a surplus.. by Gwai Lo	Jul 7th, 2008 09:56:24 PM
I wonder the same thing myself. I can only guess that he has built a surplus of reviews (he would still need to watch the movies in order, since he scheduled them) by reviewing more than one movie a day whenever he can. Because it would be really hard to watch and review one movie a day no matter what, that's like four hours of every day dedicated right there.
Answer= No Chick in his life, or by DRACULA_WANTS_THE_AMULET	Jul 7th, 2008 09:59:11 PM
He has a Chick, but she doesn't have a fucking spine or sense of self importance and walks all over her ass. That and the fact that he doesnt work a 9-5 job like us on 9-5 hours were he better be up to something productive for every second in those hours (minus lunch break) or he's fired. All of this equal lots of time for him to do shit like this!
DRACULA_WANTS_THE_AMULET by ddog	Jul 7th, 2008 10:00:44 PM
dude thats uncalled for. what his chick got to do with anything. this topic got weird and angry quick. lets go back to the actual movie and not bashing on the man yeah ?
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Sorry, I got sauced up real good tonight by DRACULA_WANTS_THE_AMULET	Jul 7th, 2008 10:04:18 PM
My Sincerest Apologies Quint. I was Drinking to too many Legs tonight. Now give me the Amulet, you Bitch!!!! (Just a glimpse- does "Please" work????)
Quint, have you seen "The Americanization of Emily"? by Big Jim	Jul 7th, 2008 10:34:42 PM
If not, it would be a good addition to your list. First it has your best girl, Julie Andrews. It's a WWII film, but a comedy, also with James Garner & James Coburn. I was reminded of it during the extras on my dvd that mentioned (as you did) how the Marines wanted Sands of Iwo Jima made as a way of boosting the image of the Marines. In The Americanization of Emily the Navy is concerned their branch of the service will be absorbed by the army and want to distinguish themselves on D-Day. If you haven't seen it I suggest you give it a look - I think you'll like it. As for Sands of Iwo Jima, I too was a bit put off that they didn't get to the island until 90 minutes into the film. But enjoyable nonetheless. The use of archival footage was well done. I think a lot of it was also used for War & Remembrance. Was it just me or did anyone else chuckle every time someone said "Stryker"? I can't hear the name without being reminded of Airplane.
Nice review by Doc_Hudson	Jul 7th, 2008 10:44:47 PM
as always,.....love your views on most films... There are alot of flicks I've seen,but prob three times as many that I've only glanced at while on cable(this is one of them). I finally netflixed "On the beach" after seeing pieces on TCM,....quite easy to make a thumbs up or down if you've just seen parts,...but taken in as a whole,...alot of these films are better than the sum of the parts. Cheers!
"even if it never did fulfill the wonderful promise" by grungies	Jul 7th, 2008 10:51:22 PM
Screw that. Letters from Iwo Jima was better than Das Boot. That was how potently it fulfilled its "wonderful promise."
Excellent... by bdhthx1138	Jul 7th, 2008 11:05:33 PM
Reviews here...and I agree I love this movie. It shows 'Hollywood' and WW2 Propaganda movie making at its best... yet in a very entertaining way. Also for us Texans on this site...if anyone wants to see where the "Alamo" (John Wayne's) was filmed you should head down to Brackettville, Texas...I was awestruck of the scale ...not that large... of the original Alamo. The site has been used and redressed many times since 1960 for other pictures and commercials but it is still a working movie site. Look it up online...its a lot of fun for a different kind of trip.
das boot by Quint	Jul 7th, 2008 11:09:53 PM
Is a masterpiece, my friend. It's a war film that makes you root for the fucking nazis to escape the Americans. How crazy good does a movie have to be to make a good ol' USandA boy think that? As far as how I do a movie a day, I did start out with a surplus, but that was because I did a lot of traveling when the column first launched, but I've been on the day or one movie ahead for the last 3 weeks. I won't lie, though... over the next couple of weeks I plan on getting a week ahead so when Comic-Con comes by, the week I spend away won't cause a stop in the column. You guys are right, it is about a 4 hour commitment per day, but when you love what you do it doesn't feel like work. I'm still doing interviews (I have nine lined up just this week, 8 in person and 1 phoner) and have some set reports that are just waiting for an embargo to lift. And I still post to the day to day news, but thankfully between Beaks and Merrick, I have enough free time to do this column. PS I just this weekend planned out the list for the next 6 months. I had about 3 weeks left on what I had scheduled out so far, but had already added about 130 titles to the stack, so I incorporated those and just played connect the dots for about 8 hours and planned out everything up through January '09. We'll see if I can keep up the regiment, but I'm not flagging yet.
Wayne by MediaNerd	Jul 7th, 2008 11:26:33 PM
All these movies you hold in such high esteem. Sigh, I may actually have to go back and re-evaluate J Wayne. I'll be the first to admit I never gave him a fair shake, his persona always just rubbed me wrong and the few movies I saw of his seemed so black/white in morals. I'll try to give him another shot and try to check my bias at the door. After seeing his films, what beyond Rio Bravo do you feel have been his best (or his best re-entry point for a guy like me)
Wayne by Quint	Jul 8th, 2008 12:54:26 AM
I haven't seen a whole bunch, but definitely Rio Bravo and The Cowboys are my favorites... of the series. My favorite Wayne film is still The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, but by the time I'm through all these DVDs maybe that will change. McQ and Brannigan are also fun if you want to watch Wayne out of the Old West or wartime flicks. Bacci, we get it. You don't like the dude. He seems to have been a douche, I understand. I still like his screen persona and respect the level of fame and success he reached. He's what? 30+ years in the grave? Who cares what he was like? It's over and done with. You can still enjoy the good he left behind.
Cowboys by MediaNerd	Jul 8th, 2008 01:08:35 AM
Thanks, i'll go back to this one then. I have Rio, which I like, but didn't feel it was Wayne's presence that I enjoyed. Haven't rewatched that in a year or so though, so i'll give that one a 2nd try first. Thanks for the recommendations!
The Quiet Man and The Searchers by cabronazo	Jul 8th, 2008 04:52:39 AM
The best movies ever done.
idiot by bdhthx1138	Jul 8th, 2008 06:42:53 AM
Hey bacci40... maybe you need to read up on Wayne and how he wanted and tried several times to get into the service....how he felt bad about not getting in and how the honchos at the studios helped to keep him out of the service by having him make movies to help the moral of the boys over there and families here. Racist? He was married a couple of times to Hispanic women....so...he could not be all that racist?
DBT by Buffalo500	Jul 8th, 2008 07:21:52 AM
as the Drive By Truckers sang : When I was just a kid I spent every weekend On the farm that he grew up on so I guess so did I And we'd stay up watching movies on the black and white TV We watched "The Sands of Iwo Jima" starring John Wayne Every year in June George A. goes to a reunion Of the men that he served with and their wives and kids and grandkids My Great Uncle used to take me and I'd watch them recollect about some things I couldn't comprehend And I thought about that movie, asked if it was that way He just shook his head and smiled at me in such a loving way As he thought about some friends he will never see again He said "I never saw John Wayne on the sands of Iwo Jima"
Waynes greatest movies... by couchtrip105	Jul 8th, 2008 07:37:32 AM

Waynes greatest movies... by couchtrip105	Jul 8th, 2008 07:39:46 AM
I've beena huge fan for years, You can't get any better than: The Searchers and True Grit. Amazing Wayne performances and great stories.
Red River by Rustle	Jul 8th, 2008 08:29:08 AM
If you're looking for a great Wayne movie, I also recomment checking out Red River. If you think his films are all "black and white", this will cure of that notion.. It plays with his ushual persona, but turns it on it's head. So character traits that one would admire about Wayne in some of his films become character flaws.. It's also seems to be a precurser to Lonesome Dove, centered around two friends running a cattle drive.. Check it out..
Original Flag Raisers (those that survived) by holyguacamole	Jul 8th, 2008 09:19:33 AM
Quint - Rene Gagnon, Ira Hayes (the american indian), and John Bradley all make a cameo appearance in the film. They play 3 of the flag raisers. (The other 3 in the famous photograph did not survive the war). Wayne gives them the flag and the camera lingers on them for a moment. Cool stuff.
Red River by Big Jim	Jul 8th, 2008 09:48:48 AM
I liked it for the most part but felt a bit ripped-off by the ending. Kind of like Hitchcock's Suspicion - a lot of buildup that doesn't payoff. But I still enjoyed it. Watching The Cowboys I saw it as a good follow up to Red River. Similar character who has mellowed (a bit) with age.
Big Jim by hst666	Jul 8th, 2008 10:39:55 AM
Thanks for reminding me about the horrible ending to Suspicion. Although I believe that was due to the morals rules in Hollywood at the time than any decision by Hitch. According to TCM, the original ending (of the book, I believe) was a bit darker.
Fuckin love this fuckin column. by Knuckleduster	Jul 8th, 2008 10:44:32 AM
Quint, if you burn out and die doing this, it will still be worth it. Actually, no. Take a break if you have to.
Such small feet and hands by Beard of Zeus	Jul 8th, 2008 11:15:04 AM
I was in L.A. a few years ago and being curious about such things, I went over to see the hand and foot prints. I had to find Douglas Fairbanks' prints and they were indeed small. That being said, I found John Wayne's prints as well, and was surprised how small the Duke's feet were. I believe he was around 6'4", yet my feet were bigger. Perhaps shinkage was involved.
Another Recommendation by wilbur gray	Jul 8th, 2008 11:33:13 AM
Quint,I know you've already got a lot of movies to see,but here's another suggestion.The Long Voyage Home is another Wayne film and was directed by John Ford.A lot of the actors from other Ford films show up in supporting roles,with the standout being Thomas Mitchell.Great acting by all involved,including Wayne with a Swedish accent.
She Wore A Yellow Ribbon is my favorite Wayne flick by Tacom	Jul 8th, 2008 12:15:36 PM
People underrate him as an actor but he's one of the few ones I know who can convincingly play older without a lot of makeup. I also love HATARI! directed by Howard Hawks.
Sons of Katie Elder... by TylerDurden3395	Jul 8th, 2008 02:02:05 PM
Terrific underrated Wayne oater. El Dorado is another good one...
another vote for The Quiet Man by ArcadianDS	Jul 8th, 2008 02:05:26 PM
Not simply one of the best John Wayne movies, but one of the best movies - period. Its got a fight scene that has never been topped, being equal parts awesome and comedy at the same time.
Memories-Of-Murder by cabronazo	Jul 9th, 2008 04:31:32 AM
Print the legend, man. Wayne was an asshole...so what? He was in the best movies ever done by the human race. He did a great job, and, as movie fans, that´s the important thing.
With all of the problems in the world... by vezner2007	Jul 9th, 2008 07:05:25 AM
bacci is still pissed off at a guy who's been dead since 1979. That makes me lol!
Savagery and hatred by TCSailor	Aug 14th, 2008 10:19:50 AM
Was exhibited on both sides during the Pacific theater in WW2. It makes folks a bit squeamish when attempting to portray that time. A good account of this is the excellent book by E.B. Sledge called "With the Old Breed At Pelilieu and Okinawa". It is an education in the brutality exhibited by both the US and Japanese forces there...something that is lacking from our experiences in Europe, at least to the same degree. It may help clarify the murkiness WW2 Pacific movies sometimes exhibit in reference to the Japanese.

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