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The New London, Texas school explosion (natural gas) in 1937. The explosion killed 295 students and teachers and was the deadliest school disaster in US history. Of the more than 600 people in the school, only about 130 escaped without serious injury.
The New London, Texas school explosion (natural gas) in 1937. The explosion killed 295 students and teachers and was the deadliest school disaster in US history. Of the more than 600 people in the school, only about 130 escaped without serious injury.
The New London, Texas school explosion (natural gas) in 1937. The explosion killed 295 students and teachers and was the deadliest school disaster in US history. Of the more than 600 people in the school, only about 130 escaped without serious injury.
Sounds like that could be the feel good school explosion film of the year.
I'd like to see a sophisticated treatment of the Lewis and Clark expedition. It is a fantastic story without any embellishments and deserves better than the god awful 1955 "Far Horizons" with Charlton Heston and Fred MacMurray which got turned into a shoot em up with a romance thrown in between Sacagawea and Clark (Heston). Sacagawea was played by the white bread actress, Donna Reed. The film ignores the fact that Toussaint Charbonneau, Sacagawea's husband, was a member of the expedition.
I'd like to see a sophisticated treatment of the Lewis and Clark expedition.
As I have commented on in previous threads, this soaring saga has long been my top choice also. It should have been done in 2004, the bicentennial year of the departure of the expedition. If done with historical accuracy and reality without the usual Hollywood hokum and silly subplots, the film might require an R rating or PG-13 for sure. The relationships of the men with the tribal women, the violence of the fights with grizzlies, and the fight with the young Piegan Blackfeet warriors are adult themes.
The sinking of the White Ship (1120)
The loss of this ship in the English Channel claimed the life of the heir to the English crown and lead to a prolonged civil war. The film I imagine would tell two stories - both that of the doomed voyage and that of Henry I in the immediate time both before and after. White Ship - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The voyage of the whaleship Essex (1820)
Sunk in the middle of the Pacific by a ticked-off whale, the crew took to three lifeboats. Some survived and some did not, and some simply disappeared. There was cannibalism, and at one point they drew lots to see who would be killed and eaten. Herman Melville was inspired by the sinking of the whale to write Moby-Dick. Essex (whaleship) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)
The seige of Leningrad (1941-44)
Not just any film about the topic (it's been done numerous times already), but the epic film Sergio Leone never got around to making before he died - Leningrad: the 900 Days, or Once Upon A Time In Russia, as it is sometimes known (Leone never actually got around to deciding on a title). http://cinetropolis.net/the-great-un...nes-leningrad/
While it's not full-length or comprehensive by any means -- the Lewis and Clark movie shown in the National Park Service center near the Saint Louis Gateway Arch, is quite breathtaking -- with close-up, dramatic shots of grizzly bear attacks, close-ups of their hair-raising trip over whitewater rapids, etc.
There have been scores of westerns treating Billy the Kid and Jesse James, but never a major motion picture about the guy who truly was the most dangerous man in the west, John Wesley Hardin. An accurate biography would not require embellishments because Harding actually did do stuff like attacking, killing and driving off entire posses sent to catch him.
And they wouldn't have to present him as some mindless killer, Harding was a highly intelligent man who became a lawyer after he was released from prison.
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