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Jeff Sherry
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Posted on: Aug 6, 2007 - 5:50pm
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Drew,
I'd buy it. What a great idea. I love that movie.
Jeff Sherry
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Jeff Sherry
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Posted on: Aug 6, 2007 - 5:51pm
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Drew,
I'd buy it. What a great idea. I love that movie.
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Jeff Sherry
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Posted on: Aug 6, 2007 - 5:54pm
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Drew,
Great idea. I'd buy it. So many questions to be answered. As far as filming the post crash scenes in a studio tank, I figured that was the case and in one shot, I think you can see the edge of the tank in the background. Oh Hollywood!
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Drew Cook
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Posted on: Aug 7, 2007 - 12:31pm
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Thanks, Jeff. It would be a lot of fun to research and write.
I noticed the edge of that studio tank in the crash aftermath scenes while watching my widescreen VHS tape version of the movie a few years ago.
Also, notice how the "109" boat number on the port side of the cockpit is smeared and smudged almost completely off in those scenes -- it looks like it was just chalked on. You'd think they could have at least used paint.
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Frank J Andruss Sr
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Posted on: Aug 7, 2007 - 3:08pm
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Personally I think it would be an awesome idea. Of course being as I love anything associated with PT BOATS and have a deep passion for what I do, the big question is: DOES ANYONE OUT THERE REALLY CARE. I think about many subjects that could be done on PT Boats and have actually started a project several years back. The book would be a pictorial look at ELCO. I have several hundred photos of Elco, from the early years right up to the making of the PT Boats. I believe very strongly in using pictures to get your point across and would love to complete it. Biggest problem once again, DOES ANYONE CARE. Outside of the few hundred we have here on the message board, I have found that not many even know what a PT Boat is, which is one reason I continue to do my Exhibits. Keeping the boats and the men in the public eye is always a good way to insure that the History will never die.
Books of course is another thing. Many publishers won't even take a project unless they think it is something worth their time. Cost's associated with a project like my Elco Pictorial Book can be pretty high. Personally, as much as I would love to do the project, I do not have the extra cash in publishing/printing cost's just to throw out there, and I certainly do not have the time needed to do a project of this magnitude.
Research alone on what I have done to date has many hours on the books. Your thoughts on the making of the movie PT 109 sound great to me, but I am just not convenienced that today's folks would even care about it. Case in point was the book MacArthur's Escape by George W. Smith. A great book, which I enjoyed very much, but I do not think it did very well on the market. I suppose if I had the extra $1500-$2500, I would do the book, just because it is something I have always wanted to do. Keep in mind that most people today have no clue about our WWII History. Hell, I am surprised they even know who won the dam war!!! Anyway, this is just my thoughts on the subject. Perhaps someone with much experience such as Garth Connelly could shed his thoughts here as well. After all, he has authored several books on PT Boats and certainly knows the ropes.........
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Alan Curtis
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Posted on: Aug 7, 2007 - 4:52pm
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Frank
I think that the answer to your question "does anyone really care " might surprise you. I believe that when people, who think that PT boats were something like McHale's Navy realize their contribution to winning the war will care. My 22 year old stepson had no interest in WWII until I told him about his great uncle who was KIA on PT-320. He then read the letters this man had written home, with great interest. He now has an appreciation for their service and is reading about PT boats and the war in the Pacific.
Your other statement about not knowing who won the war..I was talking to one of my employees, who is 21. He was pretty sure that we beat either the Chinese or German's in the south Pacific. A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
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Frank J Andruss Sr
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Posted on: Aug 7, 2007 - 6:53pm
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Point well taken Alan..........
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Gary Szot
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Posted on: Aug 8, 2007 - 10:16am
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Frank;
It is unfortunate that in this day and age people are more interested in superficial news such as Paris Hiltons' jail stint instead of historical news which shaped this nation. There will always be a clique of us that will try to preserve these memories but without the "big bucks" that is needed to ensure that these men are not forgotten in the future will depend on people like you Frank who has given his all to the cause.
It is sad indeed when most school children cannot identify different countries on a map. They are not well versed in state capitols. We have become a decadent society that relies on instant gratification rather than hard work.
It really is up to us, the people on this message board, to spread the word so that this part of our nations' history will not be forgotten.
It is sad indeed to come to the realization that the men who fought in WWII are becoming fewer and fewer. With the last meeting of the Peter Tare society we have fewer men left to tell the stories. Thanks to CJ, Will Day, Walt Kundis and all of the other vets that have paid their dues to tell us about their experiences during this most important part of our nations' growth.
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Drew Cook
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Posted on: Aug 8, 2007 - 10:25am
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Frank, Alan, and everyone,
This reminds me of a conversation I had years ago with one of the teenage employees who worked for me in the video store I managed at the time. A senior at one of the very best high schools in our city, she had already been accepted as a freshman at our State University.
We were idly conversing during a lull in business when I said, "Well, today is December 7th." She stared blankly at me. "'A day which will live in infamy?'" I said. Silence. "Yep, December 7th. Pearl Harbor day." No reply. "The day the Japanese attacked us at Pearl Harbor? To start World War II?" I said.
This girl, with a totally confused look on her face, then quizzically said "The Japanese attacked US at Pearl Harbor? I thought WE attacked the Japanese at Pearl Harbor!"
So much for history.
Frank is right about the difficulty of getting a book published. My friend Mark Bando, who is an expert on the 101st Airborne Division in WWII and the author of six books, has recounted to me the endless problems with getting his works (which are excellent) into print and marketed, and of the absolute pittance authors make on the sales of their books compared to their cover prices.
The "selling" of a book on the making of the movie "PT 109" (to both a potential publisher and the buying public) would certainly have to pitch the angle of interest that it was the only commercial Hollywood filming and theatrical release of part of the personal history of a living, sitting President of the United States -- that history having played no small part in both his reputation and recommendation as a leader.
Oh well, it's fun to think of the "what if's."
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Posted on: May 1, 2009 - 4:16pm
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