Re: [OT] Enemy at the Gates - March 16 in US

This must be on topic, I saw the trailer during Babylon 5 last night.
Which you
can see here:

http://www.apple.com/trailers/paramount/enemy_at_the_gates/

>From the very brief sketches of plot and character I saw, it looks to
be the
sniper duel (and romance) recounted in "War of the Rats" (good novel).
Which
strikes me as a bit funny, because I read War of the Rats recently and
was
thinking it'd make a good movie. For once Hollywood agreed.

--- jfoster@kansas.net wrote:
> A film of possible interest to wargaming buffs: Enemy at the Gates is
> scheduled 
> to be released in the US on March 16. Many may recognize the title
from
> William 
> Craig's excellent historical narrative of the seige of Stalingrad (the
book
> was 
> one of the sources for the original Squad Leader.) The movie is set in
the
> midst 
> of that bloody campaign, but apparently focuses almost entirely on the
sniper
> 
> duel recounted in the book. 
> 
> Production values look excellent (shot entirely in Germany, $95M
budget), 
> casting also high caliber (Ed Harris, Jude Law, and Bob Hoskins as
Nikita 
> Kruschev)... however initial reviews have been mixed following the
film's 
> premiere at the Berlin Film Festival.
> 
> I'm looking forward to it all the same. Have any of the European
GZGers had a
> 
> chance to see this?
> 
> 
> 
> 

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