Valkyrie Scandal

[MauserKar98k]

Apparently, couch-jumping moron Tom Cruise's up-coming movie Valkyrie is swirling even further down the toilet in a new development that he his being sued for $11 million by 12 extras who were injured during the filming.

Between actually staring Tom Cruise (whose acting in the trailer looks atrocious), almost being shut down by the German government, historical inaccuracy, cheezy writing, and Brits playing Germans (a pet-peeve of mine), this movie doesn't seem to have much more going for it.

I would be thrilled if this movie turned out to be a great WWII movie, in the same class as Band of Brothers, Das Boot, or der Untergang, but I highly doubt it. We're probably going to have to wait until "The Forgotton Soldier" comes out to see another good WWII movie again.

Full details:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080826/...se_accident_dc

[Mike Bollow]

the trailer

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NPoZWP2738k

[tigertank]

tigertank

lets watch it first.....cant wait it must be better then the crap thats on the telly now

[MauserKar98k]

lets watch it first.....cant wait it must be better then the crap thats on the telly now

Make no mistake, if it turns out to be a great movie; then I will gladly eat my words. However, right now, it's not looking like it's going to be one.

[Paul Giva]

lets watch it first.....cant wait it must be better then the crap thats on the telly now

I'm with you.

[münster]

if you need a realistic war movie during the wait try Tropic Thunder

[Dr. Strangelove]

Oh Dear Münster

Münster, never ever go full Retard !!!!

[münster]

Münster, never ever go full Retard !!!!

That was the funniest dialogue I have seen in a movie in about 10 years.

"I mean you went full retard, farting in the bath tub and laughing at it."

[pasoleati]

I don´t care for the criticism for the movie or Cruise, but I find it excusable that you (MauserKar98) seem to approve the ridiculously high compensation demands for some minor injuries conjured up by the vermin of the society, litigation attorneys. In Finnish courts these "vics" would get a few thousand bucks per capita, tops.

[MauserKar98k]

...you (MauserKar98) seem to approve the ridiculously high compensation demands for some minor injuries conjured up by the vermin of the society, litigation attorneys...

When did I say this? I think that frivolous lawsuits foul-up our already overworked court system. I was simply lamenting the fact that a good story is getting the "Hollywood Treatment" and stars someone who I personally consider wrong for the role.

That's all. I was just trying to bring to light new events surrounding the filming of the movie Valkyrie for the benefit of those on the WAF.

[pasoleati]

Ok!

[Christian_GJR3]

If you're talking about the Rochus Misch film, some of me mates are going to be playing on it as extras. They'll travel to Germany 11th of September for a 4 day shooting. They are good hungarian reenactors of WSS, so might do good.

Apparently, couch-jumping moron Tom Cruise's up-coming movie Valkyrie is swirling even further down the toilet in a new development that he his being sued for $11 million by 12 extras who were injured during the filming.

Between actually staring Tom Cruise (whose acting in the trailer looks atrocious), almost being shut down by the German government, historical inaccuracy, cheezy writing, and Brits playing Germans (a pet-peeve of mine), this movie doesn't seem to have much more going for it.

I would be thrilled if this movie turned out to be a great WWII movie, in the same class as Band of Brothers, Das Boot, or der Untergang, but I highly doubt it. We're probably going to have to wait until "The Forgotton Soldier" comes out to see another good WWII movie again.

Full details:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080826/...se_accident_dc

[MauserKar98k]

If you're talking about the Rochus Misch film, some of me mates are going to be playing on it as extras. They'll travel to Germany 11th of September for a 4 day shooting. They are good hungarian reenactors of WSS, so might do good.

It doesn't sound like the same one, but I could be wrong. Do you have some more information about the film that you're going to be in? It sounds interesting.

[Christian_GJR3]

...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rochus_Misch

http://www.findinternettv.com/Video,...450195111.aspx

It will be a 20 min trailer shooting, if I'm right and afterwards the whole movie. It will have scenes from the Blitzkrieg and some later actions as well, as I've heared.

[Willi Z.]

A different take on the matter:

BERLIN — A German film studio has offered to negotiate a settlement with a dozen extras who were injured on the set of the Tom Cruise film "Valkyrie," despite their demands that the actor and his production company, United Artists, pay them $11 million.

"We have offered a settlement," Charles Woebcken, president and chief executive of Studio Babelsberg AG, which co-produced the film with United Artists. "But they haven't even reacted."

Though United Artists did not hire them, the 12 extras sent the company a letter demanding $11 million for injuries when the door of a truck they were riding in during the film shoot in August 2007 fell open. At the time, reports said several suffered cuts, bruises and some broken bones.
A statement from Julie Polkes, spokeswoman for Cruise and United Artists, said the production company does not comment on "pending or threatened legal matters."

"To date, no lawsuits have been filed against United Artists or Mr. Cruise, nor have any allegations been made of any involvement of Mr. Cruise in this incident," the statement read. "All press reports and comments to the press stating otherwise and designed to generate sensational headlines are false."

The extras were hired by Achte Babelsberg Film GmbH, a sister company of Studio Babelsberg. Woebcken said there was a thorough investigation of the incident and, a week later, the legal department sent a letter to the extras' attorney to begin the negotiation process for settlement.
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The letter said the vehicle was inspected by authorities and was in full working order; the problem, according to the letter, was an operator error of the door locking mechanism.

"Please tell us what injuries your client suffered, with necessary evidence from a doctor. We would then make proposals for compensation," the letter from Babelsberg said.

They received no response, Woebcken said.
Ariane Bluttner, the Berlin-based attorney for the actors, said they answered some inquiries from Babelsberg lawyers but received no offers of compensation. Bluttner said Tom Cruise and United Artists must be responsible for the actions of its contractors.

"Mr. Cruise, Ms. Wagner and United Artists Entertainment did not exercise reasonable care to select a reasonably competent, experienced, careful and properly equipped contractor," Bluttner wrote in an e-mail Thursday.
Woebcken criticized the extras and Bluttner for going directly to United Artists, calling it a publicity stunt, and said his company's legal department would handle any claims. Instead, Woebcken said they should have approached Achte Babelsberg, then Babelsberg Film GmbH, then Studio Babelsberg.

"In America, these things happen," he said, referring to the $11 million demand. "You have a different system in Germany. If you lose an arm, it's not worth a million dollars. This (is) a broken rib."