PICTURE, QUOTE, MOVIE QUIZ #94

 

 

 

1.  What movie is the picture from?

 

2.  What movie is the quote from?

 

Soldier 1: Lieutenant-Colonel, the invasion is here! Five thousand ships! There-there must be over five thousand ships out there!

 
Soldier 2: Now get a hold of yourself. The Americans and the British don't even have half that many ships altogether.

 
Soldier 1: Dammit, if you don't believe me, then come up here and see for yourself! This is fantastic. It's incredible! I-I just can't believe it!

 
Soldier 2: My dear, what course are those ships on?

 
Soldier 1: STRAIGHT FOR ME!

 

3.  What movie is this?

It is a war movie about a famous Vietnam War battle.  It chronicles the 101^st Airborne’s assault on Hill 937 in the Ashau Valley in May, 1969.  The script was written by a “Screaming Eagles” veteran who served in Vietnam in 1968-69.  The director, John Irvin (who did the stylistically similar “When Trumpets Fade”) had done documentaries in Vietnam.  He cast a group of unknown actors, some of whom have gone on to big careers.