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Salopian 
"Four ever European"
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 Posted - 11/30/2006 : 15:06:35
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Choco/GHcool/anyone, could you please tell me what the best film about the history of Israel is (for a review, not to watch)? Israel in the sense of the Jewish state, not the general geographical area. A history of the Jewish people would do if need be. Thanks!  |
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ChocolateLady
"500 Chocolate Delights"
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Posted - 11/30/2006 : 17:11:34
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Actually, the best one probably wouldn't be considered for this site. Its called Pillar of Fire (or "Amud Ha'Esh") and is a mini series.
I can't vouch for the A&E documentary Israel: Birth of a Nation since I've never seen it, but it would be accepted here.
There's also A Woman Called Golda which is actually a very good made for TV movie, and would be accepted here (even if it is a bit inaccurate).
Of course, the easyest answer would be the Hollywood classics, Exodus (with my adorable Paul Newman and includes a friend of mine in the cast - Zipora Peled), and Cast a Giant Shadow with Kirk Douglas.
That should hold you for now, I'm sure.
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Salopian
"Four ever European"
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Posted - 11/30/2006 : 17:22:41
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| It has to sound quite general, i.e. not be based on specific characters, so I'll check out the A&E one - thanks. |
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ChocolateLady
"500 Chocolate Delights"
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Posted - 11/30/2006 : 17:28:15
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Originally posted by Salopian
It has to sound quite general, i.e. not be based on specific characters, so I'll check out the A&E one - thanks.
Yes, well... don't bother reading the comment for that on IMDb, because it has nothing to do with the movie whatsoever.
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GHcool 
"Forever a curious character."
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Posted - 11/30/2006 : 19:54:47
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| Yeah, I haven't seen all of Chocolate Lady's suggestions, so I couldn't tell you how good or bad they are as films, but I have heard of them all and (to the best of my knowledge) they are all about the history of the modern State of Israel. |
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Sean
"Necrosphenisciform anthropophagist."
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Posted - 11/30/2006 : 22:21:49
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I thought the A&E's aren't valid for fwfr (i.e., not movies).
I haven't seen Exodus but have read the book (I didn't like it BTW, the writer Leon Uris came across as a very unpleasant Jewish-supremacist racist bigot, hopefully this wasn't apparent in the movie). It's specifically about the formation of the state of Israel, so would fit the requirements nicely. |
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duh 
"catpurrs"
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Posted - 11/30/2006 : 23:54:03
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Originally posted by Se�n
I thought the A&E's aren't valid for fwfr (i.e., not movies).
I haven't seen Exodus but have read the book (I didn't like it BTW, the writer Leon Uris came across as a very unpleasant Jewish-supremacist racist bigot, hopefully this wasn't apparent in the movie). It's specifically about the formation of the state of Israel, so would fit the requirements nicely.
The film had really great theme music. |
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Sean
"Necrosphenisciform anthropophagist."
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Posted - 12/01/2006 : 01:50:27
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Originally posted by duh
The film had really great theme music.
Yep, sounds good. 
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Salopian
"Four ever European"
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Posted - 12/01/2006 : 17:28:51
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O.K., I'll go for Exodus for now. Thanks very much everyone.
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ChocolateLady
"500 Chocolate Delights"
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Posted - 12/02/2006 : 09:13:32
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quote:
Originally posted by Se�n
I thought the A&E's aren't valid for fwfr (i.e., not movies).
I haven't seen Exodus but have read the book (I didn't like it BTW, the writer Leon Uris came across as a very unpleasant Jewish-supremacist racist bigot, hopefully this wasn't apparent in the movie). It's specifically about the formation of the state of Israel, so would fit the requirements nicely.
One thing about making a movie from a book is that a good deal of the narration cannot be translated onto the screen - and this was the case with Exodus, thankfully. It really is a very good film (and I'm not just saying that because I adore Paul Newman and he's especially hot in this movie), and I'd say you should make the effort to see it.
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