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Kelly's Heroes is a 1970 World War II comedy drama heist film, directed by Brian G. Hutton, about a motley crew of American GIs who go AWOL in order to rob a French bank, located behind German lines, of its stored Nazi gold bars.
Sep 30, 2021 · Published September 30, 2021. “Kelly’s Heroes” is a war movie like no other. The 1970 film is set in World War II Europe and features a group of ne'er-do-wells who learn about a cache of stolen...
- Blake Stilwell
- Background of Kelly’s Heroes
- Donal Sutherland Nearly Lost His Life While Filming
- Things Change During The Editing Process
- Using The Sound of The Tiger Tanks’ Turrets in Aliens
- Donald Sutherland’s Wife Was Arrested For Aiding The Black Panthers
- Kelly’s Heroes Pays Tribute to A Clint Eastwood Western Film
- The Yugoslavian Army’s Fleet of M4 Shermans
- The Tiger Tanks in Kelly’s Heroes Were Actually Russian T-34s
- Donald Sutherland Teamed Up with John Landis in Future Films
- A Parody of Marlon Brando
In 1945, as Allied bombers continued to pound Berlin, the Germans began moving assets south, for safekeeping; vast trainloads of gold and currency were evacuated from the country’s capital. It’s a mystifying story and one that caught the attention of Sayer and Botting. At the time of the original investigation, the fabulous treasure was estimated t...
While filming on-location in Yugoslavia, Donald Sutherland, who portrays Sgt. “Oddball,” contracted spinal meningitis. As with other types of meningitis, this variant can be fatal, as it causes inflammation of the fluid and membranes around the spinal cord and brain. Sutherland’s wife received a telegram, telling her to immediately travel to Yugosl...
Scenes get moved around all the time during the editing process; it’s only after filming that directors realize a certain part would fit better earlier or later on in the film. This was true for Kelly’s Heroes. Eagle-eyed viewers of the film will notice that, when going to visit Staff Sgt. “Crapgame,” Clint Eastwood‘s Pvt. Kelly brings him a bottle...
Talk about making use of what you have! The noise made by the electric motors in the Tiger tanks’ turrets in Kelly’s Heroes was later adopted by the filmmakers behind Aliens(1986). They used the sound for the movement of the power lifters in the sci-fi movie.
While in Yugoslavia, Clint Eastwood informed Donald Sutherland that his wife, Shirley, had been arrested for attempting to buy grenades for the Black Panthers, a far-left political organization. She’d attempted to do so with a personal cheque, and it turned out the person she was dealing with was actually an undercover FBIagent. According to Suther...
During the middle part of his career, Clint Eastwood starred in several spaghetti westerns, among them The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966). He’s a member of the main trio, which also consists of Lee Van Cleef and Eli Wallach. If you’re a fan of the film, then you might have noticed that Kelly’s Heroesreferences it. The stand-off with the German T...
Those aware of Kelly Heroes‘ production know the film was largely filmed in Yugoslavia – but have you ever wondered why? It’s because the Yugoslavian Army had a large quantity of M4 Shermansat the time, meaning they could feature the armored vehicles in the movie.
The Tiger tanks featured in Kelly’s Heroes weren’t actually German tanks. They were Russian T-34sthat had been modified to look like Tigers. You can see this when you look at their suspension. The T-34s feature a modified Christie suspension, while the Tigers’ wheels were more elaborate.
Donald Sutherland has appeared in several John Landis-directed features, such as National Lampoon’s Animal House (1978) and The Kentucky Fried Movie(1977). While the two are close, there’s actually a reason for them having teamed up so much. While on the set of Kelly’s Heroes, Landis told Sutherland that he’d one day be directing movies, as opposed...
Even though Marlon Brando doesn’t feature in the film, doesn’t mean he doesn’t make an appearance… Sort of. The German tank commander played by Karl-Otto Alberty is actually a parody of Brando’s character in 1958’s The Young Lions, Lt. Christian Diestl.
Kelly's Heroes: Directed by Brian G. Hutton. With Clint Eastwood, Telly Savalas, Don Rickles, Carroll O'Connor. A group of U.S. soldiers sneaks across enemy lines in WWII France to get their hands on a secret stash of Nazi treasure.
- (55K)
- Adventure, Comedy, War
- Brian G. Hutton
- 1970-06-23
Jun 23, 2020 · The heist was executed by members of the U.S. military cooperating with former German officers, including one-time members of the Wehrmacht and SS. When Sayer sent his information to the U.S. State Department in 1978, it set the wheels turning for an investigation that began in the early 1980s.
Kelly's Heroes subverts its World War II setting with pointed satirical commentary on modern military efforts, offering an entertaining hybrid of heist caper and battlefield action. Read...
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- War
- PG
For a whole generation of adolescents, Kelly’s Heroes was the perfect movie: a heist comedy set during World War II with lots of action, jokes and very loud explosions.
