Horatio Hornblower: The Fire Ships (Pt. 10)
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- Опубликовано: 28 авг 2024
- In the dark days of the Napoleonic War, Horatio Hornblower and the crew of the Indefatigable are put on half rations. But Hornblower is distracted from his hunger by the prospect of a commission, for Captain Pellew has nominated the young sailor for the lieutenants exams.
The Indefatigable soon sails to the African Coast to buy provisions. While ashore, Hornblower and his men are exposed to the Black Plague. Hornblower proposes that they serve their three-week quarantine by sailing another ship back to Gibraltar to rendezvous with the fleet. The mission proves that the real test of a sailors worth comes at sea, not in the examination hall.
Starring Ioan Gruffud as Hornblower. Based on the novels by C.S. Forester. All rights reserved to A&E--I own nothing. Description taken from the back of the DVDs.
Robert Lyndsey played that character superbly. Always skirting around his affection for Hornblower, never to show it overtly though. A masterclass in acting throughout the series.
It is often rumored that Patrick O'Brian modeled his character of "Lucky" Jack Aubrey after Sir Edward Pellew who is portrayed in the Hornblower series by Robert Lyndsey.
"I congratulate you on your perspicacity, sir!" LOVE that line
I use that line all the time.
Robert Lindsey is a national treasure. One of most watchable actors of my generation.
“POWER TO THE PEOPLE !”
Shouldn't that read "Powa to the Peepo!" :-)
The scene at the end in Captain Pellew’s cabin is one of the best scenes in the entire series. Absolutely stupendous acting in that scene by Robert Lindsay.
I love the fight between Hammond and Foster. Hornblower's face is priceless. ahaha Love it.
Not for long it would seem
"Would you care to withdraw your statement WITH an apology??" is right there with Dokter Schultz's "My good man, are you simply getting carried away with your dramatic gesture or are you pointing your gun at me with lethal intention?"
I so hope to use these phrases in my life...
Wow. This takes me back. I watched all these when they were new on A & E (late 90s). I was a little kid who loved history and adventure stories, so I was all over this series.
Me 2. I showed them to my wife and stepson. The sucky thing, the A&E version is slightly different than the british version. scenes were cut.
"That particular examination board may never reassemble, I fancy."
Funniest line in the whole series.
"three captains who could not agree on the colour of an orange" is also up there.
Don't Forget Captain Foster's role. Great actor as well.
This was an incredible series of movies. I purchased the whole set of the movies. Another great movie of this time period was Master and Commander on the far side of the world.
A wonderful sea story.
Love the men and the ships.
Gregory Peck played Hornblower in a 1950s movie , would love to find it.
Several times the captain of the Indie has been completely surprised by young Hornblower. It’s always good to have people who believe in your best.
great series. always a pleasure to revisit these scenes.
The funniest scene was Hornblower's look on the rowboat just after the duel between Hammond and Foster was consummated. The overdub of Pellew's voice in the main cabin of Indefatigable was priceless.
Captain Pellew is such a boss
"She's answering the helm sir!" Just for a second i thought were on the bridge of the Enterprise 1701!
Hornblower looks like a kid in the back seat of the car watching his mom and dad fight over directions to grandmother's house.
If the fireship is within a touching distance, the fire will catch, those days the ships were tar immersed. Still a great series to watch, suberb casting...
The timing as Pellew pours those glasses and at the same time makes his speech is impeccable.
Can you imagine just how hot that fireship was, even up on the dridge steering it away from his friends?
it was so hot the sails and ropes didn't burn but warped.
I would like to see him on board of a 74 gun ship of the line! This was, no IS a fantastic series!
That would have to be CGI of course...HMS Implacable was the last and they blew her up in the fifties... 🙄
@@tommiatkins3443 Hehe or we take the HMS Victory ... ok then we habe 104 guns
Blowing away Yankee frigates. That would be worth seeing.
I plan on watching this Series end to end with my granddaughter before I die
And point out the subtler points of Bosuns pipes !!
2 British officers and 2 “Rock Scorpions” managed to rescue a third of what the Titanic’s lifeboats and 250 so crew rescued
Oh girl! Thank you for posting these clips
These two men were thebest of friends., Hornblower and Pellow.
I just realize Captain Foster is Wedge Antillies from Star Wars
I loe Captain Foster, but Captain Pellew is awesome too.
drinking game: take a sip everytime someone says "sir"
Dommage que nous n'ayons pas l'équivalent en français, voir traduit en français. C'est super ce film.
Too easy! Take a sip if you hear the words Port & Starboard!
Oooooh, ahm wull pished
I love the Ship decanter they are using. With a wide base to keep it stable aboard ship.
"That particular examination board may never reassemble I fancy"
Because Dreadnought Foster gets killed the next morning.
Or at least I presume because the other Captain, name escapes me, does.
On of my favorite/funniest scenes when the two captains took the piss out of Hornblower :D
Were they joking about the duel?
Now I can place this scene in the series of novels, read during the last century. It's the chapter in _Mr Midshipman Hornblower_ called "The Examination for Lieutenant", at the end of the book I believe. The examination board is on a ship in Gibraltar, and Hornblower is struggling with an oral exam problem when the whole proceeding is interrupted by fireships.
The major difference is that Hornblower and Foster are rescued (ironically) by the crew of the fire ship. Foster is angry with another captain (presumably Hammond, but we do not know) who had a boat but didn't leave shore
I'd love a tot of Rhum myself right now
Wedge Antilles does not suffer fools lightly.
the only man to attack two Death Stars and live.
Looks to me like Mr Bracegirdle has had a couple of tots already xD
Amazing series. Absolutely amazing
Now. Let's have some rum
a celebratory tot of bourbon will do just fine sir.
Loved this series when it was on the air ❤
"I'm Senior, here!!"
Gives the same command 😂
"Well I led the attack on the Death Star."
I wouldn’t have the courage to serve in military. But I admire those who do in any country.
Foster "Well I blew up the Death Star..."
An incredible scene.
Great series’s need more like it
Hornblower was very brave.
No preconceptions of youth I.e. no fear
Great thanks for the movie
I love that music.
Funniest scene in Hornblower.
hell of an exam
Because of courage and honor Foster owes Hornblower. Much later when his appointment finally comes through I wondered how they managed it when Hornblower is finally allowed to take his lieutants exam.I feel that Captain Fosters character was lacking. It badly affected his behavior as an officer. Hornblower who at first admired the man struggled to accept his short coming as captain of the Carolina. Captain Pellegew did not want to criticize others.
In the book chapter The Duchess and the Devil we are told that Hornblower is promoted directly by the Admiralty, so he either found somewhere else to sit his exam (unlikely) or that the Duchess, a British spy he helped return to England, spoke of him to the Admiralty and his promotion is not reliant on the exam.
Both Foster and Hornblower are based on the real life Thomas Cochrane, who was 100x crazier than both of them.
@Justlov4 i love the polite words coupled with the impolite tones.
Fire was a sailer's worst fear, the rigging was coated in tar and a ship would have gone up like a bomb
He was a sweet peach when he was younger
It's been an honor zu serve with you.... Lieblingsszene
Very good series!
Internet arguments before the Internet!
CANT...STOP.. WATCHING O_O
Wonderful
Great scene
Pride can be deadly
finally after 9 parts the fire ships show up
"I congratulate you on your perspicacity!"
Is it wrong that I find that hilarious? I guess I truly am a super-nerd. After all, I do use the word 'behoove' in everyday conversation.
My friend and I used to rewind the VHS and listen to that exchange repeatedly whilst laughing. The level of politeness in their dispute is only humorous because we live in an age where such conduct is considered soft and not at all the mark of a leader. In those times, sir, our might was intellect and our resolve was civility.
I always refer to Captain Foster as Bananas Foster
it's too bad they can't complete the series. we never get to see hornblower as captain where he came into his own.
Seeing as Hammond comes back in a later season and we never see Foster again, I guess it's safe to assume Hammond won that duel.
It'a more because Denis Lawson was slated to appear in that episode only.
@@SantomPh Red 2 could only stand by so long.
I remember when this came out on pbs in 1998
It is ashame that the BBC would not make the rest of the books into film.
Wonderful series. Too bad they were not allowed to makeore.
Podría ver todos los capítulos muchas gracias saludos.😊
Incase you're wondering they changed larboured(left) to port because larboured and starboured where to confusing.
Ah! I always wondered why it was different in swedish when we still use -board for both
It's 'lar-board', just as it is 'star-board'.
larboard and starboard are still used when speaking of direction relative to the bow of the ship, aka another ship coming off the larboard side. Port side came into use when ships had to dock with the left side exclusively for the men and the starboard side used for hauling supplies from supply boats.
Lovely
You notice that he was clueless on the examination but he studied well from how he followed captain foster's orders.
The examination was mostly theory and silly problem based learning. Who wants to know about a rhumb line when he should steer a burning ship away from a friendly ship?
@Songsmirth The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea, put out by the Oxford University press, and edited by Peter Kemp, is the book you need.
@songsmirth any captain who looses his ship would have to run the gauntlet of a court martial but unless found guilty a death sentence would have been if the captain was found to have been totally guilty of not doing his utmost in cases of cowardice. Most usually it would be a repremand that would just wreck their career. but if the worst had happened I doubt pellew would have been found guilty in this case
@Songsmirth Not to sure. It was the late 1700's when they began to change it.
Wash towels
No problem.
Réaliser les aventures. De gilles Belmonte serait également valable, fabien clauw nous décrit un hornblower français, nom d'une pipe, et je vous garantis qu'il est aussi sympathique.
A celebratory tot of rum…
I like the part where Perspicacity
oh thanks, ive always wondered what larboured meant.
7:18!!!!!!!!!! LMAO!
Forget the Calypso!
Black eyed peas
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Where can this soundtrack be found? Any of it.
7:30 I SHALL SEND A MAN TO WEE ON YOU
HE WILL BE MOST WELCOME!!
it's a joke !
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