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They Were Expendable DVD

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UPC
0012569659087
Format
DVD
Release Year
2006
Actor
Robert Montgomery
Rating
NR
Director
SEAN Aloysius O'feeney, John Ford
Genre
Action & Adventure
Movie/TV Title
They Were Expendable

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John Ford's poetic adaptation of William White's book about a PT boat squadron in the South Pacific during World War II may be the best feature film on the war in that theater and is considered by some scholars, including British director Lindsay Anderson, as Ford's greatest work. Just before the outbreak of the war, Lt. John Brickley (Robert Montgomery) is assigned to take his Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron to Manila Bay to defend against a possible Japanese attack in the Philippines. Once there, he finds that the top brass, amused by the idea that the small crafts can be of use in combat, relegates the PT boat to messenger duty. Angered by that reaction, Brickley and his crew must wait for the war to begin to show what they can do. When it does, they shoot down three Japanese planes during an attack on their base, but when the base is closed Brick's squadron is reassigned to Bataan, where they once again are ordered to run messages, and Brickley's fiery executive officer, Lt. Rusty Ryan (John Wayne), fed up with such meaningless duty, asks to be transferred to a destroyer. The embodiment of Milton's tag that "they also serve who stand and wait," Ford's elegiac film pays tribute to all who donned a uniform during the war, whatever their role. Montgomery, who shared in the film's direction, gives the best noncomic performance of his career as the evenhanded CO. But in a visually arresting film that could provide a formidable emotional impact even without the use of sound, it's the eloquent compositions of director of photography Joseph H. August that resonate most powerfully.

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0012569659087
eBay Product ID (ePID)
52768108

Product Key Features

Actor
Robert Montgomery
Director
SEAN Aloysius O'feeney, John Ford
Rating
NR
Format
DVD
Release Year
2006
Movie/TV Title
They Were Expendable
Genre
Action & Adventure

Additional Product Features

Number of Discs
1
Country/Region of Manufacture
USA
LeafCats
617
Film Country
USA
Signal Standard
Dvd
Leading Role
Robert Montgomery
Release Date
20060606

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  • Top favorable review

    Vintage Film

    It's now history. The film is a vintage classic. It's a good film for those that appreciate history. The film is ahead of it's time. We had a good generation of people back when.

    Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-Owned

  • Fairly realistic PT boat action with John Wayne.

    This is perhaps John Ford's finest WW2 movie. It is the moving story of the loss of the Philippine Islands to the all-conquering Japanese in the grim early days of the war in the Pacific. John Ford served in the US Navy during WW2, and I think this movie is his tribute to all the ordinary fighting men and women of World War 2. John Wayne and Robert Montgomery both give top-notch performances as PT boat commanders, as does Donna Reed as an Army Nurse. There is not much glory here, just true heroism in the performance of duty. Beautiful cinematography, and a good script, based loosely on real events. I just wish Wayne's character would have disobeyed orders at the end, and gave up his seat on the last plane out. After you watch the movie, you'll understand why.

  • Title was appropriate.

    This movie is unusual because Hollywood actually stuck to the FACTS as far as I know. If younger generations do not see it, they will miss an important part of U. S. history.

    Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-OwnedSold by: eflipstuff

  • 👍

    Saw this movie years ago. Like WW2 Stuff so when I came across this I bought it. Looks good, plays good.

    Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-OwnedSold by: pete-t1969

  • great deal ,thanks

    great deal thanks

    Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-OwnedSold by: bigrl5758