Talk:The Dam Busters (film)

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[edit] Flying Fortress

IMDb says the flying fortress was added by Warner Bros for the US market. Is this true or not? - Nommo

It says this in my book of cult films too. Mintguy

[edit] Morse code

In my "Rough guide to cult films" (and on IMDB) it says that the word "nigger" was over-dubbed for the US with the word "trigger", but that the morse code received in the ops room still said "nigger". However I found this page "MORSE GOES TO THE MOVIES" which says that the morse code said "goner". Now does this mean that this was the original morse code or that this may have been over-dubbed again. Anyone have the right answer to this? Mintguy

There were a number of different morse signals, 'goner' was bomb successfully away and 'nigger' was for the dam being breached. ²¹²

[edit] Page move

OK, I'll bite. Why was the page moved? Is the one-word title the correct title? If so, why does the text use two words? Tannin 12:42 16 May 2003 (UTC)

I moved it because I belive it is the correct title, I've fixed it in the text too. There is the chance I'm wrong, it seems to be quite arbitary whether it is one or two words - although the BBC agrees [1]. ²¹²
Amazon.co.uk calls it The Dambusters, but with an image of a DVD box saying The Dam Busters [2]. IMDb (not necessarily a reliable source) calls it The Dam Busters [3]. --rbrwr
The 1951 book by Paul Brickhill is The Dam Busters

According to IMDB [4] the correct original title is The Dam Busters and in the US it was titled The Dambusters

Halliwell's calls it The Dam Busters, too. --rbrwr
Moved it back. Halliwells is pretty definitive, The film is inexplicably not listed in the Virgin Film Guide (a Christmas pressie), I already have 2001 Halliwells. Mintguy 12:50 17 May 2003 (UTC)

[edit] Similar & Based On

The Americans are at it again. Here we find some nutcase sees a similarity between this movie and the Yavin Battle in Star Wars IV. Then at the page for Yavin one sees George Lucas in essence based his battle scenario on this movie. Which is not only conjecture but downright ridiculous.

It's time to ban Americans from Wiki.

[edit] Dialogue

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Dialogue from "The Dam Busters":
Gibson: "How many guns do you think there are, Trevor?"
Trevor-Roper: "I'd say there are about ten guns - some in the field, and some in the tower."
Dialogue from "Star Wars: A New Hope":
Gold Leader: "How many guns do you think Gold Five?"
Gold Five: "I'd say 20 guns. Some on the surface, some on the tower."
Yeah, it's "downright ridiculous" to suggest that there are any similarities between "The Dam Busters" and "Star Wars: ANH". It's just a coincidence that George Lucas used almost the EXACT SAME DIALOGUE in his film as in this one...
Would you like some other "coincidences"?
The Dam Busters (DB): Planes attack in threes (not the usual twos or fours).
Star Wars (SW): X-Wing and Y-Wing fighters attack in threes.
DB: Aircraft fly at low level through a valley to the target.
SW: X/Y-Wings fly at low level through a trench to the target.
DB: Aircraft use a special weapon which must be dropped with great precision.
SW: X/Y-Wings use a special weapon which must be fired with great precision.
Add to that, the fact that George Lucas used clips from "The Dam Busters" while doing the rough edit for "Star Wars" (ie: before the special effects were complete), and the argument really starts to fall apart...
And, for the record, I am not American.
--Insley 02:12, 18 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] wrong scenerie

i've seen this film different times, and always when they attack the Ederdam the waldeck castle is on the wrong side, why ? WB should have used original foto's of the landscape. UP A 3/11 ACR

[edit] citations

I think the information regarding the TV broadcasts in the UK needs citing. "last showing..." when was that? I would hazard a guess it's been shown since this was put in the article, and perhaps by the BBC. Jooler 01:06, 22 March 2006 (UTC)

Shown on CHannel 4 in 2003 and 2005 at least. A quick check of rabid discussion on Usenet shows ITV screenings in 1999 and 2001, both noted as being cut, which the C4 broadcasts weren't. Nick Cooper 22:15, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Trivia

This article once had a trivia section, which I thought was useful for a film article. I think trivia sections are valid content for an encyclopoedia if labelled so and we should re-install the one for this page. Comments? DocEss 17:37, 12 September 2006 (UTC)

It's called Production Notes but is just trivia

[edit] Music Man Link?

I fail to see why there should be a link to the music man on this page, can someone please delete that? 82.5.75.13 19:31, 11 March 2007 (UTC)

Try looking at the The Music Man (song) page. Granted, it is a bit tenuous, but there is a link. Nick Cooper 20:29, 11 March 2007 (UTC)
Fair enough, but theres no mention of the song on this page... 82.5.75.13 19:12, 12 March 2007 (UTC)
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