Re: [Paddlewise] Paddling on the silver screen

From: Mark Zen <canoeist_at_netbox.com>
Date: Thu, 8 Apr 1999 14:19:57 -0600 (MDT)
On Thu, 8 Apr 1999, Philip Torrens wrote:

> >"Cockleshell Heroes" (1956, British) Dir: Jose Ferrer
> >
> >Jose Ferrer, Trevor Howard, Anthony Newley ; Saga of commandoes
> >training...excitement never gells.
> >
> >They are both listed as being available on videotape.

> 
> The movie may be bad - I've never seen it - but the book is quite
> stirring and interesting. Of twelve boaters who set out to attach limpet
> mines to German shipping, only four (if you count the two who never
> leave the submarine mother-ship due to a torn boat) live to see the end
> of the war. Along the way, they run several huge tide-races (at night!).
> The boats that survive this have to take the decision to abandon the
> swimmers from the sunken boats (and we think we have to make tough group
> dynamic calls!). No GPSs, no VHFs, no Gore-Tex drysuits, no
> paddle-floats - just guts and determination. The book is long out of
> print but you may find it at your library or used-book dealer. Well
> worth reading. 

the parts i saw were amusing in someways, and pretty deep, as they were
training. real life is never as exciting as the movies ;-) so... i'd
watch it again, from start to finish, if i could. i saw it on the history
channel, which lways had a disclaimer "not available in canada"  -- we
wondered if your history isn't the same as ours ;-)

mark


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