The good news is that movie making, like music and writing, is no longer dependent on the few studios or publishers that used to control what we got to see.
There are literally thousands of indie outfits out there and many do very good work. Coupled with the plethora of streaming services, e-books, print on demand, etc. and a lot of stuff that would not have made it to the public eye are now out there. Admittedly, sometimes it's hard to find, but they usually network with groups that would be interested in the topic and get a lot of word of mouth advertising.
Oh, I know. I've done some of it myself. But money is always a tremendous bother. And for something like this, you'd need cast and costuming for thousands, most likely. In addition to suitable settings. Certainly a far larger project than any I've ever worked on.
I live two blocks from Lord Sterling’s former estates (county park these days). He seems less well loved locally, possibly due to the title. We don’t hear much about his bravery.
In the end, there were so many near escapes/pivotal battles for the colonists. Saratoga, the escapes across New York, Arnold’s betrayal, the Christmas attacks at Trenton and many more in the South about which I am unfamiliar. As here, not only was America unfathomably brave, she was also both unaccountably good and insanely lucky. An important combination for success against the world’s greatest possible foe at the time.
See also the exploits of the Maryland and Delaware Continentals in the southern campaign, starting with Cowpens and the Race to the Dan. They were the essential core of Greene's forces.
I've read " The First Salute" by Barbara Tuchman several times. Yes, Washington did live to fight another day but it was an unbelievably brutal and blood soaked 5 year time line to victory. Without French money and Dutch rifles and blackpowder we rebels would still be subjects of the crown. Perish the thought.
I read Patrick O’Donnell’s book, Washington’s Immortals, a while back. We owe those men so, so much. It’s a shame that such history has been washed away in mists when it was so, relatively, recent.
There is much that is a shame about how this country has taught history. The stuff left out, the lies and dissimulation that has passed for teaching is a serious black mark on our country. It has worsened of late because certain traitors have no desire to deal with reality and push a bowdlerized version that suits their leftist views.
Who would make such a movie, these days? Certainly not Hollywood. Not without transforming Lord Stirling into Lady Stirling, or some other such rot.
The good news is that movie making, like music and writing, is no longer dependent on the few studios or publishers that used to control what we got to see.
There are literally thousands of indie outfits out there and many do very good work. Coupled with the plethora of streaming services, e-books, print on demand, etc. and a lot of stuff that would not have made it to the public eye are now out there. Admittedly, sometimes it's hard to find, but they usually network with groups that would be interested in the topic and get a lot of word of mouth advertising.
Oh, I know. I've done some of it myself. But money is always a tremendous bother. And for something like this, you'd need cast and costuming for thousands, most likely. In addition to suitable settings. Certainly a far larger project than any I've ever worked on.
Money is always a problem. But a lot of the extras could possibly found among reenactors who would bring their own so to speak.
But yes, telling a big story needs big cast and big money.
Well said and on the mark.
Angel Studios. They just released Young Washington last month.
True enough. Maybe someone here knows someone there and can put a word in the right ear. It *would* make a rather excellent sequel piece.
Hollywood does not want to show toxic masculinity.
Oh, I dunno, I'd say the version of "masculinity" they depict is rather toxic indeed... ;)
a fine Friday morning and message. Fullbore indeed. Thankyou
I live two blocks from Lord Sterling’s former estates (county park these days). He seems less well loved locally, possibly due to the title. We don’t hear much about his bravery.
In the end, there were so many near escapes/pivotal battles for the colonists. Saratoga, the escapes across New York, Arnold’s betrayal, the Christmas attacks at Trenton and many more in the South about which I am unfamiliar. As here, not only was America unfathomably brave, she was also both unaccountably good and insanely lucky. An important combination for success against the world’s greatest possible foe at the time.
A later iteration of the Maryland 400 including my Dad landed on Omaha Beach with the 29th Div.
First Minnesota did a repeat of this on Day Two at Gettysburg. 82% loss rate bought time for the rest of the army to retreat to a defensible position.
Any truth to these reports the Navy is out of cash?
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Yup
See also the exploits of the Maryland and Delaware Continentals in the southern campaign, starting with Cowpens and the Race to the Dan. They were the essential core of Greene's forces.
Thank you for sharing this history.
I've read " The First Salute" by Barbara Tuchman several times. Yes, Washington did live to fight another day but it was an unbelievably brutal and blood soaked 5 year time line to victory. Without French money and Dutch rifles and blackpowder we rebels would still be subjects of the crown. Perish the thought.
HOLD FAST !
Absolutely terrific Friday Fullbore! I'm born and bred in Baltimore and so proud to be a Marylander!
Thanks so much for putting this piece up for all of us! J. C. Harvey, Jr
The Regt, today numbered as the 175th, has been there and gotten the T shirt, most everywhere our Army has fought for 250 years:
Revolutionary War
Long Island
Trenton
Princeton
Brandywine
Germantown
Monmouth
Battle of Cowpens
Guilford Courthouse
Yorktown campaign
Siege of Yorktown
Saratoga campaign
Battles of Saratoga
Battle of Camden
Battle of Guilford Court House
Battle of the Combahee River
War of 1812
Battle of Bladensburg
Battle of Baltimore
Battle of North Point
American Civil War
First Battle of Bull Run
Peninsula Campaign
Jackson's Valley Campaign
Battle of Gettysburg
Cold Harbor
Siege of Petersburg
Appomattox Campaign
World War I
Meuse-Argonne Offensive
World War II
Invasion of Normandy
Rhineland Offensive
War on terror
Iraq War
Multinational Force and Observers
I read Patrick O’Donnell’s book, Washington’s Immortals, a while back. We owe those men so, so much. It’s a shame that such history has been washed away in mists when it was so, relatively, recent.
The left is trying to bury it in lies.
There is much that is a shame about how this country has taught history. The stuff left out, the lies and dissimulation that has passed for teaching is a serious black mark on our country. It has worsened of late because certain traitors have no desire to deal with reality and push a bowdlerized version that suits their leftist views.
Check your baggage at the door. Skip the part where you announce that Joe Biden showed the British the path around the Colonial rearguard.
Is raving a profession for you, or do you just have times it gets bad?
And their graves remain unknown and unmarked to this day. Sad.