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The year is 1945. The German Army has just announced their formal surrender, bringing the long and brutal Second World War in Europe to a close. Allied forces are shifting focus from fighting to occupying, with a large portion of manpower dedicated to processing the newly surrendered German Army. An airborne unit is ordered to a nearby waystation to help with the processing. Along the way, they cross paths with a broken Werhmacht unit that's been cut off for days and do not know the war is officially over. Without translators in either group, they must overcome the language barrier before it's too late.

I know the file size is huge but I tried to find a happy medium. I know this may exclude some people due to their connection so I am breaking the movie into several parts for easier downloading.

On a personal note, this is my writing, producing and directorial debut. I have boundless passion for the subject matter and I hope it shows. Oh yeah - apologies in advance to our native German friends at FXhome for obliterating your language. We really did try to get it as accurate as possible.

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Posted: Mon Jul 11, 2005 2:48 pm Post 2 of 130

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Superb. This is the first FXhome movie in a long time (possibly the first ever?) to move me emotionally. This is a brilliant effort in just about every department.

If I had to criticise, it would be that the editing confused me in a couple of places, particularly when the German squad made their first appearance. Geographically I was a little confused as to where they were in relation to each other, and initially thought that one was tracking the other.

Other than that, I loved it. For a long movie to hold my attention so well is a testament to its quality, particularly in the acting department which was so vital in the first half.

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Posted: Mon Jul 11, 2005 3:01 pm Post 3 of 130

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Thank you Tarn. I think evoking emotion is the highest compliment and as a filmmaker that means I've done my job.

About the first German scene - I wanted to disorient the audience and make it appear as if the two sides were about to meet up. A tease. I appreciate the comments and criticism.

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Posted: Tue Jul 12, 2005 12:37 am Post 4 of 130

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One of the best movies on this site hands down. Great job man. The cast and acting was very very well done. Your whole crew should be proud of this movie. 5/5

p.s. The color at the beginning and end was amazing.

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Posted: Tue Jul 12, 2005 12:40 am Post 5 of 130

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I think I disagree with you tarn. Because of the dialogue this movie didn't move me that much. WHy? I found most of the time when they were talking frustrating to listen to. It seemed like there was a 5 second pause between each sentence. Kinda Akward. And Because of this I found most of the part's of them sitting there with a lack of a better word, boring. And when they engaged the germans they didn't seem to very suprised. I'd be OMG WTF!!!! The friggin wars over!!!! The whole battle with the germans just didn't seem intense. It seemed slow to me. This movie didn't pull it for me. Sorry. Good job on the color Correction though. I like the black and white of this film. Though I prefer WW2 movie to have drained colors and high contrast but the B/W correction worked for this film. Good job 3 for me.

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Posted: Tue Jul 12, 2005 1:54 am Post 6 of 130

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I can't seem to play the movie. Do I need to have a MAC?

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Posted: Tue Jul 12, 2005 1:55 am Post 7 of 130

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Wow, I forgot about this movie. Can't wait to watch, downloading now.

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Posted: Tue Jul 12, 2005 3:17 am Post 8 of 130

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cuz im lazy, i think you should make a compressed low quality version for download. wont take as long

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ferral

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Posted: Tue Jul 12, 2005 1:51 pm Post 9 of 130

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CX3 - Thank you for the kind words. It means a lot coming from someone as talented as yourself. I am very proud of my crew. They worked thier tails off in less than ideal conditions and gave every ounce of themselves.
Thanks again.

Big Kahuna - Download the latest Quicktime player and that should solve the problem.

Justin - I may come out with a low res version but I put so much into this project I really do not want to present it in a crapped out low res version. We'll see.

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Posted: Tue Jul 12, 2005 8:58 pm Post 10 of 130

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Thanks. All I had to do was get Quicktime 7 downloaded. I can't wait to watch it now!

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Posted: Tue Jul 12, 2005 9:56 pm Post 11 of 130

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Very good job...great acting at the end. the camera work was very good, and was never distracting. the sound was good, but seemed to be a little muffled at some points throughout. good job with the muzzle flashes. all together very good...5/5

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Posted: Tue Jul 12, 2005 10:01 pm Post 12 of 130

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factoryman - You're right about the sound - it could've have been better at some points. Thanks for the praise.

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Posted: Tue Jul 12, 2005 11:59 pm Post 13 of 130

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haha, im not trying to be mean from what i said, im just sayin, ya know, cuz alot of people are lazy and dont feel like waiting

but i did it, its a sweet movie man.

great job 5/5

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Posted: Wed Jul 13, 2005 12:15 am Post 14 of 130

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I hear ya. I'm pretty lazy myself : ) Thanks Justin.

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Posted: Wed Jul 13, 2005 10:29 am Post 15 of 130

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Superb. This is the first FXhome movie in a long time (possibly the first ever?) to move me emotionally. This is a brilliant effort in just about every department.

I agree, but don't you remember MMMProd's "Today we just change the channel," that was quite moving too.

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