tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3797386216465468233.post4343518707161156156..comments2023-04-22T15:15:21.275-07:00Comments on Hitchcock's World: 50th ArticleJohn Hitchcockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13373653979400552490noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3797386216465468233.post-31386477645618682542015-11-01T17:10:18.390-08:002015-11-01T17:10:18.390-08:00Michael Caine originally auditioned for the role o...Michael Caine originally auditioned for the role of Private Hook, but the producer said he didn't look like a cockney ! Then he said "Can you do a posh accent?" and the rest is history. Incidentally, Hook's descendants were outraged by his portrayal in the movie; they say he was a pious teatotaller who used to hold prayer meetings in the barracks. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04412384998922082387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3797386216465468233.post-43630699665647471102015-11-01T17:09:55.148-08:002015-11-01T17:09:55.148-08:00Michael Caine originally auditioned for the role o...Michael Caine originally auditioned for the role of Private Hook, but the producer said he didn't look like a cockney ! Then he said "Can you do a posh accent?" and the rest is history. Incidentally, Hook's descendants were outraged by his portrayal in the movie; they say he was a pious teatotaller who used to hold prayer meetings in the barracks. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04412384998922082387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3797386216465468233.post-72072344490520202192014-08-06T07:35:40.469-07:002014-08-06T07:35:40.469-07:00Thanks for commenting. I've tried to share thi...Thanks for commenting. I've tried to share this movie with people I know and it's never done much good, so it's nice to know other people are seeing this.John Hitchcockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13373653979400552490noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3797386216465468233.post-74194721677372229692014-08-06T06:40:58.261-07:002014-08-06T06:40:58.261-07:00I saw Zulu about 5 years ago and knew nothing of w...I saw Zulu about 5 years ago and knew nothing of what it was about. The ending really surprised me and delighted me, too! I've encouraged my kids to see it. Great film, one of my favorites,and really enjoyed your review!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3797386216465468233.post-45525851835678467342014-08-03T14:32:31.821-07:002014-08-03T14:32:31.821-07:00Is it really the 50th anniversary? Wow, if I'd...Is it really the 50th anniversary? Wow, if I'd known that it would have given this article a whole knew meaning. <br />John Hitchcockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13373653979400552490noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3797386216465468233.post-82365058652998554512014-06-11T07:22:27.941-07:002014-06-11T07:22:27.941-07:00It's funny you should mention that because I d...It's funny you should mention that because I do like a good western, even if I haven't written very many articles on the genre at the moment.John Hitchcockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13373653979400552490noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3797386216465468233.post-16427467892422281602014-06-11T06:16:09.253-07:002014-06-11T06:16:09.253-07:00Ah, and I see you are interested in the Alamo, ano...Ah, and I see you are interested in the Alamo, another all-time favorite topic of mine, with books, movies, and playing it out as kids in the backyard. Now if you say that you also love Westerns, we will have a LOT in common.Richard Bellamyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12397053921647421425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3797386216465468233.post-69578464863190305072014-04-23T14:10:07.314-07:002014-04-23T14:10:07.314-07:00You must have had some pretty cool friends. There ...You must have had some pretty cool friends. There weren't very many people I got to share this with. Of course, the part that I failed to mention in the article itself was that one time I got involved with a futuristic text-based roleplaying game and half my characters were explicitly descended from people involved with the Battle of Rorke's Drift and drew from how they were described in Zulu. Once I ran out of people from Rorke's Drift I moved onto including characters descended from participants of the Battle at the Alamo and other historical battles that interested me. <br /><br />Blimey, I never thought I'd see someone else who was so inspired by this movie.<br /><br />John Hitchcockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13373653979400552490noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3797386216465468233.post-86008290762199093732014-04-23T14:01:46.239-07:002014-04-23T14:01:46.239-07:00John - This is one of my favorite films - and I th...John - This is one of my favorite films - and I think it's one of the best films about war. I've loved it since I saw it when it first came out in theaters. My friends and I reenacted it in the backyard. Later, I would read books about the Zulu Wars. I identify with your comment about living in the past - unlike your peers. That describes me as well!Richard Bellamyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12397053921647421425noreply@blogger.com