Memphis Belle (1/10) Movie CLIP - Poetry (1990) HD

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CLIP DESCRIPTION:
Danny (Eric Stoltz) recites a poem for his fellow crew members.

FILM DESCRIPTION:
Unabashedly sentimental, this war film was produced by David Putnam in partnership with Catherine Wyler, whose father William Wyler directed an acclaimed documentary about the real-life events depicted in the film. The ensemble cast is composed of ten young actors portraying the crew of the World War II B-17 bomber "Memphis Belle," anticipating their 25th and last mission before they will be able to go home. Having won fame with their exemplary war record and amazing lack of casualties, they expect their final assignment to be a cakewalk, but instead they are ordered to bomb Bremen, a heavily defended German city that will mean almost certain loss of life. Led by their experienced captain, Dennis Dearborn (Matthew Modine), the crew shoulders its responsibility despite mounting fears, while their commanding officer (David Strathairn) and a public relations specialist (John Lithgow) wait anxiously for their return. Aboard the bomber, there's friction between Dearborn and his disgruntled co-pilot Luke Sinclair (Tate Donovan), and between medical officer Val Kozlowski (Billy Zane) and the rest of the crew when it's learned that Val lied about his qualifications. Despite impressive technical credits and a popular Generation-X cast, Memphis Belle (1990) was a box-office disappointment, its enthusiastic patriotism considered a throwback to a bygone era of filmmaking.

CREDITS:
TM & © Warner Bros. (1990)
Cast: Sean Astin, Harry Connick Jr., Reed Diamond, Tate Donovan, Courtney Gains, Neil Giuntoli, Matthew Modine, Eric Stoltz, D.B. Sweeney, Billy Zane
Director: Michael Caton-Jones
Producers: David Puttnam, Eric Rattray, Catherine Wyler
Screenwriter: Monte Merrick

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Wow, this was a hell of a movie. It's mix of a true story and fiction and some humor and the depiction of war in the sky, This is a movie never to be forgotten.

mikeytrains

“I know that I shall meet my fate somewhere among the clouds above, those that I fight I do not hate, those that I guard i do not love”

HBeezy

Theres something about this movie that makes it so unique and special.

lukeatkinson

In my English class in my junior year, my teacher got on the subject of W.B. Yeats and his work and I was sitting there pondering the name as I knew I heard his name from somewhere and then she started reading the first part of the poem ‘An Irish Airman Foresees His Death’ that it clicked and I said "I've heard this poem before". She asked where I heard it and I explained about the movie Memphis Belle and how one of the crew was being teased about writing poetry and was asked by the crew to read some and he recited this one and later admitted that he didn't write it himself. Listening to this poem really does get you to stop and think about the pilots and bomber crews and wonder how they feel about going into the air wondering if they'll be coming back.

Sigma

Oh gosh I love Eric's voice it's so calm

tecacristiny

There is something about watching this movie all of these years later, watching these young men playing even younger men that risked their lives for all of us that hits differently now that I'm twice their age. It makes the Yeats poem more impactful on me.

KevinSchmitt

I love when a poet's words silence an audience. It's pure and good.

turdferguson

"Captain! You're going up! Start engines in 5 minutes! 5 minutes!"

This Poem from WB Yeats always moves me. Memphis Belle is my favorite WWII Movie. Greetings from India

samnigam

One of my most favorite movies of all time

Abet

"An Irish Airman Forsees His Death, 1918"

Original poem by
WILLI/\M BUTLER YE/\TS

I know that I shall meet my fate
Somewhere among the clouds above;
Those that I fight I do not hate
Those that I guard I do not love;

My country is Kiltartan Cross,
] This part is out
My countrymen Kiltartan’s poor, ]

No likely end could bring them loss ]
Or leave them happier than before. ]

Nor law, nor duty bade me fight,
Nor public man, nor cheering crowds,
A lonely impulse of delight
Drove to this tumult in the clouds;

I balanced all, brought all to mind,
The years to come seemed waste of breath,
A waste of breath the years behind
In balance with this life, this death.

Alex Rossimartin,
Sete (7L) Lagoas,
MIN/\S GER🔺ES,
Dyst(r)opic Braz(s)illness,
in FEVERuary 05, 2020.

alexrossimartin

Interestingly, the poem was only half-finished in the book, with the last phrase being 'those that I guard i do not love.'
The words that followed came from deep within him; it was only then, at that time, that he could finish that poem.
Imagine being a poet and a deep thinker, but the only way to complete your work was to go to war?
Imagine being the other members of the crew, knowing that the only way you make it home safely was not about the flight worthiness of the aircraft or how many enemy aircraft were in the area of operations, but by having this poet as part of your crew.
Amazing story writing.

God is a comedian.

Dude_Man_

“i know that i shall meet my fate
somewhere among the clouds above
those that i fight, i do not hate
those that i guard i do not love.
nor law nor duty had me fight
or public men and cheering crowds
but a lonely impulse of delight
drove to this tumult in the clouds.
i balanced all
brought all to mine
the years to come seemed a waste of breath
a waste of breath the years behind
_in balance with this life_
_is death”_

thinkablebaileylim

I lived on camp at raf binbrook where this was filmed until the age of 6. I can still remember the 3 minute warning siren they would test every week.

jamesl