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Journey to Royal: A WWII Rescue Mission
USA 2021
produced by Mariana Tosca, Christopher Johnson (executive) for Misty Falls Motion Picture Company
directed by Christopher Johnson
starring as interviewees: Harold Stratton, Ada Hinkle, Kathleen Shaffer, Vickie Nigro, Dale Anderson, Ruth Steckman, George Keene, Janis Paige, Mark Kishego, Edward Goetz, John Logan, Earl Holliman, Richard Boyce, Freeland C. Terpenning, Walter O. Sheppard, Raymond Lee, Jerry Yellin, Noelle McCright, Marsha Hunt, John Ree, Milt Robbins, Laverle Westerman, John Misterly, Lyle Umenhoffer, Clay Lacy, George Cattelona, Doug West, Steven Wilcoxon, Shirley Anderson, Cindy Sheehan, Dennis Kucinich, Christopher Johnson; in feature sequences: Mauri Montebello Perez, Damon Agapiou, Nicholas Neubrand, Beau Brians, Evan Riley Brown, Wyatt Whipple, William McKinney, Constantine Trakas, P.J. Megaw, Shawn Hawkins, Andrew Tippie, Jess Peeters, Hadley McGregor, Charles Epting, Andre Datyelian, Triever Sherwood, Bret Grantham, Andrew Bonds, Nick Molari, Daniel VanHart, Harry Farmer, Mariana Tosca
written by Christopher Johnson, special effects by John K. Stirber, special makeup effects by David B. Miller
documentary
review by Mike Haberfelner
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It's May 1945, the South Pacific, when an US American bomber, the
Dragon Lady, has to hit water behind enemy lines, and the nine airmen have
to abandon ship to try their luck on safety rafts. Help is on the way from
the 4th Emergency Rescue Squadron, and ultimately the survivors are picked
up by an amphibian plane. But during the rescue mission, the pilot of that
plane has to give his life saving others ... A documentary
about one of the many acts of heroism during World War II, this movie
takes an interesting approach as a documentary/feature hybrid that plays
its action out in great (re-enacted) detail, not so much to add spectacle
though but to make the danger and the fear of the situation palpable,
which is why the camera instead of going for the scope of the situation
usually stays close to the characters. And this serves really well in
setting up the story the interviewees tell in detail, with also adding
many details to frame the enactments in historical context. And the
outcome is not only an interesting piece of history but also a true story
that plays very much like a fascinating thriller, and above all a film
that gets World War II not only in facts but also on an emotional level.
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Robots and rats,
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love and death and everything in between,
Tales to Chill Your Bones to is all of that.
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a collection of short stories and mini-plays ranging from the horrific to the darkly humourous,
from the post-apocalyptic to the weirdly romantic,
tales that will give you a chill and maybe a chuckle,
all thought up by the twisted mind of screenwriter and film reviewer Michael Haberfelner.
Tales to Chill Your Bones to
the new anthology by Michael Haberfelner
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