WED-MOUNTAIN-Image6-TXT". xtremelaser.com. Archived from the original on 28 February 2016 . Retrieved 12 January 2022. A plot with the premise of an ever-interesting World War II scenario where the author chooses to aim and enlarge upon the cloak-and-dagger activities rather than the blood-shed and the extensive violence. The characters are susceptible to any circumstances that might drastically change the following course of events or the character's fate which generally can be attributed to a very well-written espionage thriller. It has double agents as well as speculated treble agents.(Kudos to Alistair Maclean!)

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The book 'Where Eagles DARE' starts with a trifling irony. Before a sky-drop scene into the German lands to pursue a high class search and rescue mission of an eminent person, the characters(soldiers specially chosen and obviously quite able) visibly seem to lose their calm and start contemplating death in a nervous set of dialogues and the confusing character introduction. Involves one or more Allies in their Mission (Optionally, there is a romance sub-plot with one of the Allies).The World's Top Twenty Films." Sunday Times [London, UK] 27 September 1970: 27. The Sunday Times Digital Archive. accessed 5 April 2014 It is filmed in a beautiful setting,the Austrian Alps,snowbound in winter.There are thrilling stunts and plenty of action. Where Eagles Dare is a 1968 war film directed by Brian G. Hutton and starring Richard Burton, Clint Eastwood and Mary Ure. It follows a joint British-American Special Operations Executive team of paratroopers raiding a castle (shot on location in Austria and Bavaria). It was filmed in Panavision using the Metrocolor process, and was distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Alistair MacLean wrote the screenplay, his first, at the same time that he wrote the novel of the same name. Both became commercial successes. A good book should leave you with a big smile of satisfaction because you've read it. And it must leave you thinking about it long after you finished it. The story starts off with a great flourish when Major Smith and Lt Shaffer together with their motley crew are sent on a perilous mission to the Schloss Adler, a fortress high in the alps of Southern Bavaria. There is initial intrigue when having parachuted into enemy territory one of the saboteurs is found murdered, there is an enemy agent within the ranks! We then proceed in a set formulaic manner as Smith and Shaffer proceed to infiltrate the fortress stronghold by means of a perilous journey on the roof of a cable car. Their task it would appear is to rescue Col Carnaby before the Germans can interrogate him and discover the plans for the second front ie the expected imminent Normandy Landings. There is lots of shooting, and a final confrontation within the castle when the true nature of Smith’s mission is disclosed. This is followed by more shooting as our brave heroes depart the bloody scene amidst chaos and a smouldering fortress that is fast being destroyed by fire and turning into dust and decay.

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Smith and Schaffer sneak into the hall of the Schloss Adler, where they find General Carnaby being interrogated by a German general. The other three members of the British team arrive and reveal that they are all double agents.

Unele „acrobații” mi s-au părut exagerate sau imposibile. Sunt conștientă că sunt soldați și că au avut parte de antrenamente intense, dar autorul a uitat că sunt și oameni, că simt durerea și că nu pot să își țină echilibrul pe acoperișul înghețat al unei telecabine, în mijlocul unei furtuni de zăpadă, după ce au fost împușcați și fugăriți timp de aproape 24 de ore. Schaffer a fost personajul meu preferat, cu toate că glumele lui au fost nepotrivite pentru o astfel de misiune. Când ești înconjurat de sute de soldați nemți, oare chiar poți să te plimbi cu atâta siguranță în uniforma lor și să fii ironic? Când colegii tăi de echipă mor mai repede ca personajele din Zece negri mititei, când afli că există un trădător printre voi și planul general este „improvizează și supraviețuiește”? It depends on plot and scenario much more than it does on explosions’ … Mary Ure in Where Eagles Dare. Photograph: Cine Text/Allstar/Sportsphoto Ltd/Allstar Mary we are told near the end is an experienced and resourceful spy, in another chapter we are told she knows how to act "professional" but throughout the book she spends more time mooning over the excessively unlikeable Smith than doing anything else. She does beat up ne female and of course ridiculously attractive spy from the other side which is nice (?). He of course does not return the favour and with his hyper-masculine attitude and stiff upper lip gives no indication that he even likes her until suddenly at the end he demands (right verb I am afraid) to marry her.

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The film involved some of the top filmmakers of the day and is considered a classic. [4] Hollywood stuntman Yakima Canutt was the second unit director and shot most of the action scenes; British stuntman Alf Joint doubled for Burton in many sequences, including the fight on top of the cable car; award-winning conductor and composer Ron Goodwin wrote the film score; and future Oscar-nominee Arthur Ibbetson worked on the cinematography. Maiorul Smith dovedește incontestabile calități de lider, dar și inteligență iețită din comun ce le salvează viețile de nenumărate ori. Este cu un pas înaintea băieților răi si e atent la detalii. Ceea ce mi-a plăcut cel mai mult la Smith este calmul cu care tratează orice situatie, și culmea, mereu reușește să acționeze în așa fel încât să scape la limita din mâinile inamicului. Nu se lasă intimidat sau distras de la misiune, abia în momentul încheierii acesteia își permite să dea frau liber emoțiilor. In the book the group is flown into Germany on board an RAF Avro Lancaster, whereas in the film they are transported in a Luftwaffe Junkers Ju 52. While in the film Kramer, Rosemeyer, and Von Hapen are shot dead by Schaffer and Smith, in the novel they are just given high doses of nembutal. In the book Thomas, Carraciola, and Christiansen attempt to escape in the cable car with Smith on the roof. Carraciola is crushed by the steel suspension arm of the cable car while struggling with Smith on the roof; Thomas and Christiansen fall to their deaths after Smith blows the cable car up with plastic explosive. In the film Christiansen is killed and Berkeley (Carraciola in the novel) incapacitated by Smith on the cable car (he dies apparently when the cable car explodes), and Thomas is shot and killed by a German soldier while climbing down a rope. [42] References [ edit ] I have red worse books than this, and at least I suppose it HAD a plot. The hardest part for me to get over was how unlikeable Smith was with his narcissism (which was seen as fair enough in the circumstances, but paranoia is part of narcissism anyway). Perhaps spies in a war have to be a bit like that (any true stories I have looked into suggest otherwise).I have not read the book... well.. let's say 20 years.. it was still amusing, tense and exciting, even though there were some OTT moments. It's been a long time since I read an Alistair MacLean novel so I grabbed one that was a favorite, and it didn't disappoint. Even though it's been years, MacLean is still a sure bet if you are looking for an entertaining story. dead in Junkers Ju 52 crash in Switzerland". Airliners.Ne. 4 August 2018. Archived from the original on 5 August 2018 . Retrieved 5 August 2018.