A nicely done tribute to Ernie Pyle, Well-cast w/ Burgess Meredith playing the great reporter. Clearly Spielberg has seen this-one look at Private Ryan and you'll see why I say this. They threw in some pretty accurate detail here-rubble, shrapnel, mud, beards, Willie and Joe types all around, chaos, waiting, etc. It just rings true by and large.
I thought Mitchum was fine here, he played his role steadily and low-keyed, my fave scene of his was where he talked about how he was a writer, too--and begins listing the names of those who've fallen.
Of course, he winds up amongst those names at the end, which is a shame but hardly a surprise.
Check it out, the Monte Cassino part of the Italy campaign is the centerpiece and nicely done too.
*** outta ****
I thought Mitchum was fine here, he played his role steadily and low-keyed, my fave scene of his was where he talked about how he was a writer, too--and begins listing the names of those who've fallen.
Of course, he winds up amongst those names at the end, which is a shame but hardly a surprise.
Check it out, the Monte Cassino part of the Italy campaign is the centerpiece and nicely done too.
*** outta ****