Watched Das boot DVD today.

[ABBAFAN]

Haha, I'd forgotten the scene were Thomsen is in the bogs at the Uboat base at the beginning of the film pissed up and says ;I am not in a postioin to ****!'.

I wonder why the filmmakers had him say that in english.

[Gerald]

Originally Posted by ABBAFAN

Haha, I'd forgotten the scene were Thomsen is in the bogs at the Uboat base at the beginning of the film pissed up and says ;I am not in a postioin to ****!'.

I wonder why the filmmakers had him say that in english.

Perhaps because it would be a little more clearly ... too many,

[danasan]

perhaps because of his sooner speech about Churchill ?

[Jimbuna]

I'd have liked to see Thomsen play a more prominent part in the film but it wasn't to be.

[Sailor Steve]

Which version was it?

Originally Posted by jimbuna

I'd have liked to see Thomsen play a more prominent part in the film but it wasn't to be.

I don't recall him playing a bigger part in the book, either.

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

Which version was it?


I don't recall him playing a bigger part in the book, either.

Your right but I thought his character role in the film was superb....he almost made the early nightclub scene his own.

[Sailor Steve]

Originally Posted by jimbuna

Your right but I thought his character role in the film was superb....he almost made the early nightclub scene his own.

Oh, I agree completely. In fact one of the saddest parts of the movie for me is when he doesn't report in. Sometimes not knowing is worse than knowing.

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

Oh, I agree completely. In fact one of the saddest parts of the movie for me is when he doesn't report in. Sometimes not knowing is worse than knowing.

Rgr that Steve

[Matador.es]

Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

Which version was it?


I don't recall him playing a bigger part in the book, either.

He did not play any significant role in the book. The storm did... Took some efforts to pass the storm..... Literally...

[frau kaleun]

Originally Posted by ABBAFAN

I wonder why the filmmakers had him say that in english.

They probably felt it had a certain sort of... how do I put this... je ne sais quoi.

[gimpy117]

you watched this??

[Sailor Steve]

Originally Posted by Matador.es

He did not play any significant role in the book. The storm did... Took some efforts to pass the storm..... Literally...

Two chapters of Storm, two chapters of "Frigging Around". I'd say the full-length version got it pretty close.




@ Gimpy117: I've seen it but had forgotten it. Thanks for bringing it back.

I'm thinking I'll order me one of those. "I have ze Gherman aggsent, zo of course I love beer."

[ABBAFAN]

The subtitles are a hell of a lot different in the DVD to the 6 episodes I had taped off the TV. They don't even match the English dubbing, which, I have to say is dreadful in most places. Almost as bad as the 2 hour dubbed version I saw in '93. There are a few dirty jokes in this version that surprised me. The cork in the bum hole springs to mind. It's subtitled but not dubbed, in the English audio something else is said. Amusing though.

I did wonder why the destroyer attack during the storm does not feature the use of ASDIC.

[Oberon]

In regards to Thomson, I do believe Otto Sander was actually drunk during the filming of the bar scene.

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by Oberon

In regards to Thomson, I do believe Otto Sander was actually drunk during the filming of the bar scene.

I do believe that was in fact the case:

In the scene at La Rochelle harbor near the beginning, actor Otto Sander, playing a drunk Phillip Thomsen really was drunk. Originally another actor was slated to play that part, but he was fired before filming began...ironically enough, because he was too drunk all the time.

http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/DasBoot