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I got some crazy spam /malware forwarding off that site
 
The trailer can also be found on youtube if you want to avoid the malware on that site.

It looks great, and I hope I can get a chance to see it.
 
Ive enjoyed other things he's done, and this looks awesome.
 
It’s playing 12.17 and 12.27 at a couple places in Charlotte. I’m definitely going to see this.
 
It’s playing 12.17 and 12.27 at a couple places in Charlotte. I’m definitely going to see this.
Where did you check? I only looked at the two AMC theaters near me.

Concord Mills: 3D only
12/17: 4p & 7p
12/27: 1p & 4p

Northlake: none

Not really interested in 3D...but maybe that's going to be the only option(s)?
 
Philips Place at Southpark is the nearest to me
 
Found it online last night and watched it. Its an amazing film. I think I'll see it in theaters when it comes out.
 
I went to see it last night in Winston at the AMC12 in 3D and from what I've heard every show was sold out. There is nothing on a small screen to compare it to. Don't care a bit about anything out of Hoooollywould these days.

Peter Jackson did this for no fee at the behest of the BBC and the War Dept. He reviewed hours and hours of footage and audio from actual vets who were there. His problem is how to condense this down to a manageable size. The use of computer wizardry put correct colors on everything, set the 3D aspect and even corrected the frame rates from hand cranked cameras to what we are used to seeing today at 24fps. The net effect was to make the old footage look like it was shot very recently. Sound was taken from original guns and real artillery to overlay on the video. Forensic lip readers were able to reconstruct what was being said and Jackson got actors from the same area as the troops to do the voice overs so the accents would be correct. Two scenes really stood out to me, first was an officer reading a pre-battle speech to his troop prior to the Somme. Second was the Lancaster Fusiliers in a sunken road just prior to attacking the Germans. Nearly every one in that road was killed or wounded in that attack that happened not 30min after the film was shot. The looks on their faces told it all.

One incident related by a vet in the film was of the German and England national rugby teams having a team dinner together. They were interrupted by an announcement that war had been declared. They were trying to decide whether to fight right then and there, but decided instead to have a good dinner together and start hostilities the next day.

Another incident that I've read about and the movie mentioned, and since I'm a soccer official, was the Irish dribbling soccer balls across No Man's land in an attack. Yes, it really happened, and one of the soccer balls is in a museum. As an official, I've wondered what would be considered a foul and what was a fair challenge. Yellow card for shooting people in the legs or arms and Red card for head shots?

The Truce of 1914 was only mentioned but there is so much material, Jackson had to be very selective. There is a great movie about the truce and it's supposed to be pretty accurate as the general facts about it-

Joyeux Noel
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0424205/
 
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It did so well in limited release, they will offer it to wider release soon. @Dave951 summed it up wonderfully; this was the best documentary I’ve seen in years. I’d like to see the other WWI footage given this treatment. Peter Jackson gave some wonderful additional info at the end, so there’s other material out there (naval footage, early aircraft, etc).

He let the WWI vets speak for themselves, no historical analysis subject to any modern day “filters” from the academic left was utilized. I was at the showing on 12/27; you could hear a pin drop. Everyone in the theater seemed captivated by the events on the screen.
 
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