The Commander: Decoding John Ford | The Plot Thickens (S5 E3) | TCM
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- Опубликовано: 26 июн 2024
- Episode 3 - The Commander
Ford is finally in the military and his first assignment is… to make a sex ed film for soldiers! Soon he sees real combat and is injured while filming The Battle of Midway. He’s nursed back to health with the help of John Wayne, while his Midway movie wins an Oscar and becomes a favorite of President Roosevelt. Ford then recuts December 7th, a movie directed by his friend and colleague Gregg Toland, to make it less racist. It wins him yet another Oscar. The brass recruit Ford for the assignment of his career: to cover the largest invasion in history. Ford goes to Normandy Beach to film D-Day, but his film detailing the invasion goes missing.
00:00 - Military Aspirations
05:39 - Sex Hygiene
08:10 - Field Photo
16:33 - Pearl Harbor
20:57 - The Battle of Midway
26:42 - Recovering with John Wayne
29:38 - Editing in Secret
37:00 - Assignment: D-Day
He made John Wayne cry.
He placed a real baby in front of galloping horses.
He was a commander at D-Day, a union leader, and a tyrant.
Meet John Ford, the curmudgeon with an eye patch who just happened to be the greatest filmmaker of the 20th century. Ford was a bully and a drunk who ruled Hollywood for five decades, making dozens of seminal movies - though he was incredibly hard to pin down. His behavior swung wildly from loyalty to cruelty, without notice. He won more Oscars than any director in history, but never showed up to accept an award. And he rewrote American history, painting the country with images so beautiful that people wished they were real. John Ford defined the attitudes of his time, ideas about masculinity and heroism that we're still grappling with today. This season on The Plot Thickens, TCM brings you Decoding John Ford, a seven-part podcast about cinema's most mysterious auteur.
Part of that mystery is his classified - and missing - WWII film. In 1944, the U.S. military recruited Ford for the assignment of his career: to cover the largest invasion in history. He went to Normandy Beach to film D-Day and created an on-the-ground film detailing the invasion, but the film goes missing. Host Ben Mankiewicz travels to Europe to trace the mystery of whether the D-Day movie exists.
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Great detailed accounts of John Ford's war experience. His skills as a director definitely proved invaluable.
Very informative episode, TCM. Well done.
So you got Scott Eyman to participate in this. Smart.
A look back at this recap from TCM starts with the next set, It read on RUclips, Ford was a director and filmmaker by the numbers. Sending all their tough guys and leading women first as a Military Inspiration, using hygienes, film several of western, doing the harbor and lost of Midway scenes and all others. The Plot Thickens with Ben Mankiewicz spotlight John Ford anytime we go to TCM Podcast but only on youtube.com/watch. Next to a biography on the man who started it all in 1995 and above....
Five Came Back great documentary
No Donald Sutherland tribute video, TCM?
Really Wonderful! Thanks again Ben!
Looking forward to the what's said about Ford and DDAY ... little has been known for certain.
Tcm can broadcast China Beach program due to the fact that it is a Warner Bros production. The show was shot cinamatically.
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China Beach was set during the Vietnam War. The theme was through the eyes of the Army Nurses. Some don't like it due to its ant war message.
China Beach is a show that resonates with many people.
Tcm should play some of its episode's. TCM plays classic Tv Shows.
#MasterofCinema
Another fantastic episode. Compelled me to rewatch The Battle of Midway, and seek out December 7th (in spite of it's apparent racism). Can't wait to find out nrext week if y'all found the Normandy footage
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Yet John Wayne , Mr. Gung-ho, dodged the war. That hypocrisy still bothers me
LIE. John acted for the troops just like many other actors did back then for moral of the war campaign. Know the facts before you spout lies. I know you were probably brainwashed by the left liberal DEMONCRATS though.
Lew Ayers was vilified for his pacifist stance. Ayers, who became a war hero as a Medic in the Philippines never regained his career. Wayne, the draft dodger was rewarded due to his personal contacts
The Industry never Apologized to Ayres.
Terrific two more clowns that don't know what words mean. If he had in fact "dodged the draft" that would be a crime. If you're interested in facts:
Wayne was exempted from service due to his age (34 at the time of Pearl Harbor) and family status (classified as 3-A - family deferment). Wayne repeatedly wrote to John Ford saying he wanted to enlist, on one occasion inquiring whether he could get into Ford's military unit. Wayne did not attempt to prevent his reclassification as 1-A (draft eligible), but Republic Studios was emphatically resistant to losing him, since he was their only A-list actor under contract. Herbert J. Yates, president of Republic, threatened Wayne with a lawsuit if he walked away from his contract, and Republic Pictures intervened in the Selective Service process, requesting Wayne's further deferment.
U.S. National Archives records indicate that Wayne, in fact, did make an application to serve in the Office of Strategic Services (OSS), precursor to the modern CIA, but his bid was ultimately unsuccessful.
@@Rubi-ll8ss Oh yeah, like his starring in _Johnny Belinda_ in 1948 where he was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor. He was most famous for playing Dr Kildare in the movie franchise until 1942. After the war it's not like he could go back to playing Young Dr Kildare anymore.
Just curious what your military career consisted of?
Lew Ayers was a genuine War Hero. He and three other medics were awarded for their heroism at Layterel. You are mocking his heroism, Shame on you.
So you think his characrisation of Kildare. Is to be mocked So what. Lew was a very intelligent man with deep principles.
Wayne was no brainiac. He. Had to be one of most stupid people who worked in Hollywood.
Needs a new host. Anyone.
Why not a Southerland Tribute. They do tributes for marginal entertainers.However, there is radio silence for actors like Southerland.
John Wayne is one of the most overrated actors in cinema history.
Finally, he had no real talent.
John Ford sure knew HT use him. If you haven't seen Wayne in a Ford western on the big screen, do so.
Small minds cannot separate politics and the acting profession.
80 years later we're still talking about John Wayne and watching his movies... that's pretty amazing for an "overrated actor with no real talent" (as you put it).