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Originally Posted by prologos
(Are you around here Mr Spielberg?) 
Interesting book about the men serving in a convoy, and how they felt is HMS Ulysses by Alistair McLean. His first book. |
Funnily enough Mr Spielberg/Dreamworks did actually purchase the rights to Adm Fluckey's book "Thunder Below" a few years ago (about 5) and a movie script was indeed developed from it, but not yet shot, so that it's actually quite possible- especially with teh success of "Letters" & "Flags"!
from Yahoo movies on writer Shane Salerno...
"Schmidt was also pitching a submarine story, "Thunder Below" which Salerno convinced Schmidt to let him write. Both projects were ultimately stalled, but not before "A Season in Hell" was bought for mid-six figures and
"Thunder Below" was greenlighted by Steven Spielberg for DreamWorks. "
I've read "HMS Ulysees" too, a very fine book, in may ways similar to "The Cruel Sea" both authors having served in convoy duty in the Royal Navy, their books were very authentic.