Tom Hanks' new convoy war movie: Greyhound

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Originally Posted by nikimcbee

ditto.


I wish they would do October Fury as a movie, about the Cuban Missile Crisis.

I'll always go back to The Missiles Of October.
Or, as I sometimes call it, The Revenge Of The Character Actors.

Sure, William Devane had to learn to talk like JFK and he deserved top billing, but (a young) Martin Sheen delivers as Bobby and that guy, what's his name?, he always played the high school principal.., well, you get the idea.

While shot for TV in a TV studio (I think it was Lorimar?) on a TV budget, Missiles still holds up. Khrushchev comes off as almost campy in the Three Minute Egg scene and this is the closest I've seen to the REAL Gen. LeMay.

(To paraphrase-)

"Mr. President, just give the order and SAC will reply in full.."
"Against Cuber? Wouldn't that be over kill?"
"Nooo.. Not against Cuba.."




So, great performances across the board AND done on a fairly low budget.