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Offline Wayne Jude

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WHAT is your favorite Jewish related movie?
« on: October 21, 2007, 04:51:18 PM »
One of my favorites is Escape from Sobibor O0

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Re: WHAT is your favorite Jewish related movie?
« Reply #1 on: October 21, 2007, 04:55:53 PM »
The 10 Commandments with Charlton Heston.

The dialogue is legendary and they turned it into one of the most beautiful movies ever.

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Re: WHAT is your favorite Jewish related movie?
« Reply #2 on: October 21, 2007, 04:56:31 PM »
Cast a Giant Shadow! greatest movie ever!
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Re: WHAT is your favorite Jewish related movie?
« Reply #3 on: October 21, 2007, 05:00:54 PM »
What is cast about?

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Re: WHAT is your favorite Jewish related movie?
« Reply #4 on: October 21, 2007, 05:13:21 PM »
Yeh some of the facts were twisted but its still beautiful !!!
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Re: WHAT is your favorite Jewish related movie?
« Reply #5 on: October 21, 2007, 05:29:45 PM »
What is cast about?
The 1948 war and Mickie Marcus who was the general of the Israeli army at the time....
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Re: WHAT is your favorite Jewish related movie?
« Reply #6 on: October 21, 2007, 05:31:28 PM »
The Frisco Kid
Entebbe


and if they create a movie based on the novel by Leon Uris, The Haj...i'm sure it'll be awesome.
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Re: WHAT is your favorite Jewish related movie?
« Reply #7 on: October 21, 2007, 06:34:17 PM »
A gentleman agreement

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« Reply #8 on: October 21, 2007, 06:41:12 PM »
The Delta Force

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Re: WHAT is your favorite Jewish related movie?
« Reply #9 on: October 21, 2007, 06:51:28 PM »
School Ties was okay.

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Re: WHAT is your favorite Jewish related movie?
« Reply #10 on: October 21, 2007, 07:07:08 PM »
Just remembered.  Casino by Scorsese which featured DeNiro playing a Jewish guy and probably the best was Once Upon A Time In America, the last film by Sergio Leone.  It featured DeNiro and Joe Pesci playing Jewish gangsters.  It's a long movie, but worth it.

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Re: WHAT is your favorite Jewish related movie?
« Reply #11 on: October 21, 2007, 07:09:53 PM »
I like the movie about heavyweight Jewish boxer, Max Bear, who killed a guy in the ring

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« Reply #12 on: October 21, 2007, 07:29:45 PM »
I like the adaptation of Leon Uris's book, "Exodus".  You're right dannycookie, it would be so amazing if a movie was made based on "The Haj" but it would be extremely difficult to capture the magic of the book.  I think it would absolutely have to be filmed in Israel as well if it were made. 
"The Jews will eventually have to face up to what you're dealing with here.  The arabs will never love you for what good you've brought them.  They don't know how to really love.  But hate!  Oh, G-d, can they hate!  And they have a deep, deep, deep resentment because you have jolted them from their delusions of grandeur and shown them for what they are-a decadent, savage people controlled by a religion that has stripped them of all human ambition . . . except for the few cruel enough and arrogant enough to command them as one commands a mob of sheep.  You are dealing with a mad society and you'd better learn how to control it."

-Excerpt from The Haj by Leon Uris

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Re: WHAT is your favorite Jewish related movie?
« Reply #13 on: October 21, 2007, 08:02:49 PM »
  the Hebrew hammer ?? ;D

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Re: WHAT is your favorite Jewish related movie?
« Reply #14 on: October 21, 2007, 08:35:59 PM »
The Ten Commandments, Exodus, Fiddler on the Roof

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Re: WHAT is your favorite Jewish related movie?
« Reply #15 on: October 21, 2007, 09:11:23 PM »
There are so many...but I mainly enjoyed "Exodus", "The Chosen", "The Boys from Brazil", and a little known film called "A Day in October", which portrays the heroic steps taken by the Danes to help save Danish Jews from Hitler's slaughter, while the rest of Europe handed them over without questions.
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« Reply #16 on: October 21, 2007, 09:13:41 PM »
  the Hebrew hammer ?? ;D

That movie is retarded.  The "ultimate Jewish weapon" ie "guilt" was the stupidest and most self-hating thing ever. 
"The Jews will eventually have to face up to what you're dealing with here.  The arabs will never love you for what good you've brought them.  They don't know how to really love.  But hate!  Oh, G-d, can they hate!  And they have a deep, deep, deep resentment because you have jolted them from their delusions of grandeur and shown them for what they are-a decadent, savage people controlled by a religion that has stripped them of all human ambition . . . except for the few cruel enough and arrogant enough to command them as one commands a mob of sheep.  You are dealing with a mad society and you'd better learn how to control it."

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Re: WHAT is your favorite Jewish related movie?
« Reply #17 on: October 21, 2007, 09:18:59 PM »
I like the adaptation of Leon Uris's book, "Exodus".  You're right dannycookie, it would be so amazing if a movie was made based on "The Haj" but it would be extremely difficult to capture the magic of the book.  I think it would absolutely have to be filmed in Israel as well if it were made. 
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Re: WHAT is your favorite Jewish related movie?
« Reply #18 on: October 21, 2007, 09:30:00 PM »
Brighton Beach Memoirs. It's absolutely hysterical!

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« Reply #19 on: October 21, 2007, 09:31:21 PM »
  the Hebrew hammer ?? ;D

That movie is retarded.  The "ultimate Jewish weapon" ie "guilt" was the stupidest and most self-hating thing ever. 

I didn't think it was self hating, just self parodying. It's nothing to be taken seriously. Just something to have a good laugh over.

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Re: WHAT is your favorite Jewish related movie?
« Reply #20 on: October 21, 2007, 09:37:33 PM »
Just remembered.  Casino by Scorsese which featured DeNiro playing a Jewish guy and probably the best was Once Upon A Time In America, the last film by Sergio Leone.  It featured DeNiro and Joe Pesci playing Jewish gangsters.  It's a long movie, but worth it.

I have to agree with Once Upon a Time in America, but Joe Pesci wasn't supposed to be Jewish in that movie.
Also, Raid on Entebbe, Bugsy, The Godfather Part II with Hyman Roth as a main character and Lepke with Tony Curtis. I just can't live without those Jewish gangster films!!! :)

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« Reply #21 on: October 21, 2007, 09:45:41 PM »
Just remembered.  Casino by Scorsese which featured DeNiro playing a Jewish guy and probably the best was Once Upon A Time In America, the last film by Sergio Leone.  It featured DeNiro and Joe Pesci playing Jewish gangsters.  It's a long movie, but worth it.

I have to agree with Once Upon a Time in America, but Joe Pesci wasn't supposed to be Jewish in that movie.
Also, Raid on Entebbe, Bugsy, The Godfather Part II with Hyman Roth as a main character and Lepke with Tony Curtis. I just can't live without those Jewish gangster films!!! :)

I thought certain parts of Once Upon a Time in America were good, especially when they were kids. But I thought the movie was a bit too long, plus I really didn't like the rape scenes.

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Re: WHAT is your favorite Jewish related movie?
« Reply #22 on: October 21, 2007, 09:58:52 PM »
Just remembered.  Casino by Scorsese which featured DeNiro playing a Jewish guy and probably the best was Once Upon A Time In America, the last film by Sergio Leone.  It featured DeNiro and Joe Pesci playing Jewish gangsters.  It's a long movie, but worth it.

I have to agree with Once Upon a Time in America, but Joe Pesci wasn't supposed to be Jewish in that movie.
Also, Raid on Entebbe, Bugsy, The Godfather Part II with Hyman Roth as a main character and Lepke with Tony Curtis. I just can't live without those Jewish gangster films!!! :)

I thought certain parts of Once Upon a Time in America were good, especially when they were kids. But I thought the movie was a bit too long, plus I really didn't like the rape scenes.


Personally, I think the rape scenes and running time are irrelevant, only because Jewish gangsters are often neglected in movies.

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Re: WHAT is your favorite Jewish related movie?
« Reply #23 on: October 21, 2007, 10:01:33 PM »
Just remembered.  Casino by Scorsese which featured DeNiro playing a Jewish guy and probably the best was Once Upon A Time In America, the last film by Sergio Leone.  It featured DeNiro and Joe Pesci playing Jewish gangsters.  It's a long movie, but worth it.

I have to agree with Once Upon a Time in America, but Joe Pesci wasn't supposed to be Jewish in that movie.
Also, Raid on Entebbe, Bugsy, The Godfather Part II with Hyman Roth as a main character and Lepke with Tony Curtis. I just can't live without those Jewish gangster films!!! :)

I thought certain parts of Once Upon a Time in America were good, especially when they were kids. But I thought the movie was a bit too long, plus I really didn't like the rape scenes.


Personally, I think the rape scenes and running time are irrelevant, only because Jewish gangsters are often neglected in movies.

Rape scenes are anything but irrelevant to me. I had a girlfriend who was raped, so this is something that hits close to home for me. Plus, I don't think I'd like them anyway.

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Re: WHAT is your favorite Jewish related movie?
« Reply #24 on: October 22, 2007, 05:39:09 AM »
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"The Boys from Brazil"

Excellent choice
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