Help me find this film
Posted by:: HellPope Huey
Date: Tue, 08 Mar 2005 18:06:08 GMT

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I have scoured many places with no luck. Its a WWII "comedy" about a
young British schoolboy's view of life as he is witness to buzz-bombs
dropping and etc., yet still retains a child's take on things. He is
shuttled to aunts in the country for safety, a far cry from having
neighbor's homes splattered by V-2s.

There is a funny scene therein, where a young girl holds up her dress
and flashes a line of boys for coins, all in the ruins of a bombed-out
house. It ends with the boys all lined up for school when a missle
demolishes it, which they cheer lustily, how Simpsons-like! Its very
light-hearted overall, very British and refreshingly different from most
such fare. The cover features a boy in short pants running towards you
laughing. Its at least 20 years old, modern but not recent.

I have tried keywords like "Far" and "Away, (not in the title, rats)"
remember/ing, home and etc. The title just plain eludes me, even on
imbd.com et al. Its a small, quiry, GREAT film and probably buried all
too deeply. Any ideas or hopefully a flat statement of the right name?


--

HellPope Huey
Underhanded Gutbucket Rockabilly
Washtub Bassballs Overlord

I lost some time once.
Its always in the last place you look for it.
- Delirium

"Do you ever feel like wherever you are,
you should be somewhere else?"
"Only when I'm awake."
- "The Education of Max Bickford"


Posted by:: "frater S.O.D.D.I."
Date: 8 Mar 2005 10:23:58 -0800

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HellPope Huey wrote:
> I have scoured many places with no luck. Its a WWII "comedy" about a
> young British schoolboy's view of life as he is witness to buzz-bombs

> dropping and etc., yet still retains a child's take on things. He is
> shuttled to aunts in the country for safety, a far cry from having
> neighbor's homes splattered by V-2s.
>
> There is a funny scene therein, where a young girl holds up her
dress
> and flashes a line of boys for coins, all in the ruins of a
bombed-out
> house. It ends with the boys all lined up for school when a missle
> demolishes it, which they cheer lustily, how Simpsons-like! Its very
> light-hearted overall, very British and refreshingly different from
most
> such fare. The cover features a boy in short pants running towards
you
> laughing. Its at least 20 years old, modern but not recent.
>
> I have tried keywords like "Far" and "Away, (not in the title,
rats)"
> remember/ing, home and etc. The title just plain eludes me, even on
> imbd.com et al. Its a small, quiry, GREAT film and probably buried
all
> too deeply. Any ideas or hopefully a flat statement of the right
name?


"Hope and Glory" by John Boorman?



Posted by:: HellPope Huey
Date: Wed, 09 Mar 2005 00:53:54 GMT

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In article <1110306238.344177.283140@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com>,
"frater S.O.D.D.I." wrote:

> "Hope and Glory" by John Boorman?

That sounds like it! I had the flu a while after I saw it and must have
sneezed so hard, I lost the part of my brain that had retained the
title. You know, like all of that Bible crap they crammed in there?

Oddly enough, I found FIVE copies of it in cutout bins and have them
away for Xistmas without retaining one. What a doofnoid. Its a great
little work; hope I can find it again, if its not too far off in
Esoteric Land. Thanks for the tip.

--

HellPope Huey
Underhanded Gutbucket Rockabilly
Washtub Bassballs Overlord

I lost some time once.
Its always in the last place you look for it.
- Delirium

"Do you ever feel like wherever you are,
you should be somewhere else?"
"Only when I'm awake."
- "The Education of Max Bickford"


Posted by:: "krustymadfaker"
Date: 8 Mar 2005 14:33:29 -0800

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>>>>>>>>> I have scoured many places with no luck. Its a WWII "comedy"
about a
young British schoolboy's view of life as he is witness to buzz-bombs
dropping and etc., yet still retains a child's take on things. He is
shuttled to aunts in the country for safety, a far cry from having
neighbor's homes splattered by V-2s.


There is a funny scene therein, where a young girl holds up her dress
and flashes a line of boys for coins, all in the ruins of a bombed-out
house. It ends with the boys all lined up for school when a missle
demolishes it, which they cheer lustily, how Simpsons-like! Its very
light-hearted overall, very British and refreshingly different from
most
such fare. The cover features a boy in short pants running towards you
laughing. Its at least 20 years old, modern but not recent.


I have tried keywords like "Far" and "Away, (not in the title, rats)"
remember/ing, home and etc. The title just plain eludes me, even on
imbd.com et al. Its a small, quiry, GREAT film and probably buried all
too deeply. Any ideas or hopefully a flat statement of the right
name?>>>>>>>

You can't fool me Huey! This is just another one of your cool, hip,
crazy, made up rants that you want turned into a MOVIE!! Trying to put
all us with way low, low, low, Sub-G I.Q.'s on a mad chase through
decaying libraries, DOS internet seaches, garbage piles and friends
Pr0n stashes!! Ha! Nice Try Big Guy!! You think I'm that DUMB??

WELL I AM!! I'll keep looking and let you know if I find anything.

Rev. KrustyMadFaker

"What do you know? Haven't you heard of suspension of disbelief?"
-Edward D. Wood, Jr.



Posted by:: "paco"
Date: Tue, 8 Mar 2005 18:04:51 -0500

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I remember this film I think....did they not send the boy away to live with
grandpa, after the school was bombed, and grandpa tought him how to play
cricket?

I think the boy yells "Thank you Adolf." after the school was bombed

"krustymadfaker" wrote in message
news:1110321209.404740.238230@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...
> >>>>>>>>> I have scoured many places with no luck. Its a WWII "comedy"
> about a
> young British schoolboy's view of life as he is witness to buzz-bombs
> dropping and etc., yet still retains a child's take on things. He is
> shuttled to aunts in the country for safety, a far cry from having
> neighbor's homes splattered by V-2s.
>
>
> There is a funny scene therein, where a young girl holds up her dress
> and flashes a line of boys for coins, all in the ruins of a bombed-out
> house. It ends with the boys all lined up for school when a missle
> demolishes it, which they cheer lustily, how Simpsons-like! Its very
> light-hearted overall, very British and refreshingly different from
> most
> such fare. The cover features a boy in short pants running towards you
> laughing. Its at least 20 years old, modern but not recent.
>
>
> I have tried keywords like "Far" and "Away, (not in the title, rats)"
> remember/ing, home and etc. The title just plain eludes me, even on
> imbd.com et al. Its a small, quiry, GREAT film and probably buried all
> too deeply. Any ideas or hopefully a flat statement of the right
> name?>>>>>>>
>
> You can't fool me Huey! This is just another one of your cool, hip,
> crazy, made up rants that you want turned into a MOVIE!! Trying to put
> all us with way low, low, low, Sub-G I.Q.'s on a mad chase through
> decaying libraries, DOS internet seaches, garbage piles and friends
> Pr0n stashes!! Ha! Nice Try Big Guy!! You think I'm that DUMB??
>
> WELL I AM!! I'll keep looking and let you know if I find anything.
>
> Rev. KrustyMadFaker
>
> "What do you know? Haven't you heard of suspension of disbelief?"
> -Edward D. Wood, Jr.
>




Posted by:: HellPope Huey
Date: Wed, 09 Mar 2005 00:59:55 GMT

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In article <1110321209.404740.238230@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com>,
"krustymadfaker" wrote:

> You can't fool me Huey! This is just another one of your cool, hip,
> crazy, made up rants that you want turned into a MOVIE!! Trying to put
> all us with way low, low, low, Sub-G I.Q.'s on a mad chase through
> decaying libraries, DOS internet seaches, garbage piles and friends
> Pr0n stashes!! Ha! Nice Try Big Guy!!

All we Elders have to do to send your kind on a wild chase is to point
and say 'Is that 'BOB??!!'" Well, that or things such as "Is that
Frop??" or "Is that a chili dog??" Yeah, the little cuties scramble as
if Lilith was jabbing at their sitters with a high-amp bull prod and
singing some grim Swedish death metal chant. Of course, others LIKE
this.

>>> You think I'm that DUMB??

That depends on which scale we're using. On a few, most of us are
abject idiots; on others, we come off like The Leader from the Hulk
comics, or even MODOK.

> > WELL I AM!! I'll keep looking and let you know if I find anything.

I think "Hope & Glory" is it, but I still recommend it. Its just a
great stupid-fun flick.

--

HellPope Huey
Underhanded Gutbucket Rockabilly
Washtub Bassballs Overlord

I lost some time once.
Its always in the last place you look for it.
- Delirium

"Do you ever feel like wherever you are,
you should be somewhere else?"
"Only when I'm awake."
- "The Education of Max Bickford"


Posted by:: Pope Phil
Date: Wed, 9 Mar 2005 13:45:00 +0000 (UTC)

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sounds like Jonh Boorman's HOPE AND GLORY

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093209/

HellPope Huey wrote:
> I have scoured many places with no luck. Its a WWII "comedy" about a
> young British schoolboy's view of life as he is witness to buzz-bombs
> dropping and etc., yet still retains a child's take on things. He is
> shuttled to aunts in the country for safety, a far cry from having
> neighbor's homes splattered by V-2s.
>
> There is a funny scene therein, where a young girl holds up her dress
> and flashes a line of boys for coins, all in the ruins of a bombed-out
> house. It ends with the boys all lined up for school when a missle
> demolishes it, which they cheer lustily, how Simpsons-like! Its very
> light-hearted overall, very British and refreshingly different from most
> such fare. The cover features a boy in short pants running towards you
> laughing. Its at least 20 years old, modern but not recent.
>
> I have tried keywords like "Far" and "Away, (not in the title, rats)"
> remember/ing, home and etc. The title just plain eludes me, even on
> imbd.com et al. Its a small, quiry, GREAT film and probably buried all
> too deeply. Any ideas or hopefully a flat statement of the right name?
>
>
> --
>
> HellPope Huey
> Underhanded Gutbucket Rockabilly
> Washtub Bassballs Overlord
>
> I lost some time once.
> Its always in the last place you look for it.
> - Delirium
>
> "Do you ever feel like wherever you are,
> you should be somewhere else?"
> "Only when I'm awake."
> - "The Education of Max Bickford"