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Michael Luciano Film Editor. William Hutchinson Art Direction. Ernest Gasser Makeup Artist. Wally Schneiderman Makeup Artist.

Julian Mackintosh Unit Production Manager. Bert Batt Assistant Director. View All Critic Reviews Feb 25, A dream scenario for boy soldiers everywhere: train some social rejects to kill and then let 'em loose on the enemy. We never enter reality in this story. It's more like a video game where you choose your character and your favorite idiosyncrasy, and then go killing. What did your granddad dream about before videogames?

And like a good videogame, eminently rewatchable. Kevin M. W Super Reviewer. Jul 05, I understand that Lee Marvin was supposed to be one heck of a Marine in really life, but it's hard to see Lee Marvin and not think of westerns, especially when he's paired up with an ensemble that features Ernest Borgnine. Even the looks of the stars in this film are nitty and gritty, so you know that there is going to be some dirty fighting in this flick, and plenty of it.

Hey, there better be, if this film is going to run two-and-a-half hours, which is a lot of time spent towards one mission in one film. That barely worked in "The Guns of Navarone", although I might just be mentioning that because as often as this has been ripped off, I can't believe that there is an older film for it to rip off. I'm kidding, because it's not fair to call this a rip-off if it is better than "The Guns of Navarone", which was still good, despite issues that aren't completely washed away this time around.

The film is fairly well-known for its audacious originality in quite a few areas as a Hollywood war film of the time, but the uniqueness is a little subtle, and yet prominent enough to make it all the more glaring when the film does fall into formula, whose reinforcement of predictability is problematic enough.

The ambition to have an edge which is ultimately limited in the long run also makes it a little difficult to embrace the grime of the characters, all of whom are intentionally thoroughly flawed in a manner that is forgivable for only so long, before your investment begins to become a little loosened because of the characters' being, in a way, a touch obnoxious and occasionally limited in dimension.

Perhaps there would be more consistency to a sense of humanity in this film if the story itself had more depth, because no matter how entertaining, this "drama" is more action-oriented than anything, and you can do only so much to flesh out an "epic" of that type. Really, the issues discussed up to this point, as far as being serious enough to hold the film back, pale in comparison to mere natural shortcomings that go stressed by an ambition to flesh out this film, with a series of somewhat episodic segments who shifts feel a smidge jarring, due to each segment being fleshed out for way more than a smidge too long.

I've already touched upon how there's not much in the way of conceptual dramatic consequence to this film, yet the final product still comes out clocking in at a whopping two-and-a-half hours, on the dot, and it doesn't get there as organically as it probably should, meandering along with a lot of fat around the edges that doesn't really add as much to this narrative as it wants to.

Again, there's little to really complain heavily about, with even the bloating not being as excessive as it could have been, but the film's reward value is still threatened by those subtle hiccups and prominent natural shortcomings, in addition to limitation in the quantity of things to praise. Of course, what there is to praise is all but worth lauding in its crafting a thoroughly entertaining war flick of solid intrigue, even in concept.

Under the weight of natural dramatic limitations which are stressed by a hint of conventionalism, overly grimy characterization, unevenness and fat around the narrative edges, the final product ultimately comes to the brink of underwhelmingness, ultimately overcome by an intriguing story's being done enough justice by sharp writing, lively direction, tense action and, most of all, sparkling charisma and chemistry throughout a solid ensemble cast to make Robert Aldrich's "The Dirty Dozen" an ultimately rewardingly entertaining war thriller.

Cameron J Super Reviewer. Mar 23, It takes close to two hours for "The Dirty Dozen" to reach its explosive, awe-inspiring climax, and in all of that time it doesn't bore for a single second.

Much of this can be attributed to excellent pacing and Robert Aldrich's direction, but the cast is also held chiefly responsible; celebrated actors like Lee Marvin, Jim Brown, Charles Bronson, John Cassavetes, George Kennedy and Donald Sutherland all have tremendous chemistry with one another.

Stephen E Super Reviewer. Oct 12, In the 's and 's so many action films have grace the big screen, providing some truly classic and thrilling moments for the viewer. With an all star cast, director Robert Aldrich crafts a thrilling and exciting action picture that delivers some stunning performances, thrills, humor and memorable action that not even today's action flicks can top.

The cast here is brilliant and each brings something to the screen that makes this such a great film. As an action film, The Dirty Dozen ranks as a classic of the genre. The pacing of the film is good and lets the action steadily build up to a killer climax.

As far as classic action films are concerned, you have got to see The Dirty Dozen. This is a fun, entertaining film that should please either action fans or war film fans, even though this is not a straight forward war film. Richard Aldrich directs a solid piece of cinematic intensity that will certainly appeal to die hard action fans.

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The pesticide report found that 97 percent of conventional spinach samples contain pesticide residues. Everett Dasher Breed. Robert Aldrich. More like this. Watch options. Storyline Edit. A Major with an attitude problem and a history of getting things done is told to interview military prisoners with death sentences or long terms for a dangerous mission; To parachute behind enemy lines and cause havoc for the German Generals at a rest house on the eve of D-Day.

Not Rated. Did you know Edit. Trivia Lee Marvin referred to this movie as "crap" and "just a dummy moneymaker", although he enjoyed the film. The movie has nothing to do with war, he stressed, and he was very pleased that he got to do The Big Red One , which mirrored his own wartime experiences.

Marvin also said many of the actors in this film were too old to play soldiers. Goofs at around 1h 35 mins During WWII no Black man could have attained the rank of major in an all white outfit so he would not have fooled the doctor or ambulance driver.

Someone else should have been chosen as the leader of that unit for it to work. Quotes Pinkley : [impersonating a General] Where are you from, son? Soldier : Madison City, Missouri, sir!

Crazy credits The opening credits don't occur until 10 minutes into the film. While it is common nowadays for films to have a pre-credits sequence, it was considered innovative in Alternate versions In Germany, in the German-language dubbed version, audiences saw only Jim Brown throwing hand grenades into the airshafts at the chateau.

The scenes showing grenades being dumped into, and gasoline being poured into, the airshafts were cut. User reviews Review. Top review. Acclaimed director Robert Aldrich also famous to war film buffs for his rule-breaking drama, "Attack" twists the familiar 'unit picture' into a famous story of unexpected heroism in the midst of World War II. Nectarines — imported nectarines have been found to have many more pesticides than domestic Grapes — again imported grapes can have more than 30 pesticides on them.

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