Dunkirk--Movie firearms data base

[UncleEd]

I see a lot of people want to see "Dunkirk." Of course a few
in a nearby posting are already skeptical because it's labeled
as Hollywood.

Christopher Nolan is a first rank movie maker.

So, some have wondered about the guns.

According to the movie firearms data base, the 107 minute
film praised by 98 percent of critics so far, has...

Lee Enfield No. 1 MkIII rifles (some probably mockups)

French MAS 36

and Bren Mk1

I believe it's a story more about the men. The guns
are really not important whether accurate or not.

 

[Texas Star]

I think historical movies should be historically accurate.

I saw trailers for this film and saw some No. 4 .303's were evident. I think they tried to use No. 1's in closeups. A presentation about the Battle of the Somme had No. 4's fitted with fake mounts to look like No. 1's with Pattern 1907 bayonets. I guess No.1 MK III rifles are getting scarce in the UK.

 

[jag312]

WHAT! No Royal Navy Lanchester SMGs? How can that be? There was even a Lanchester in an Indiana Jones movie. Wait a second. Were the first Lanchesters before or after Dunkirk?

 

[jag312]

My mistake. The Lanchester came a year later. I just happen to like the Lanchester. I'm still waiting for the transfer papers to be approved for the Lanchester Mk. 1* that I bought.

 

[UncleEd]

I think historical movies should be historically accurate.

I understand your point of view but what is more important, the story well told or the props which might be cost prohibitive.

Movies cost tons already and producers have to watch their
budgets and weigh them against the possible/probable returns.

After all, just what will be the audience for Dunkirk---in Britain
perhaps a great deal wider than in the U.S. which prefers its
"history" served up as a WWI spectacle in "Wonder Woman."

I think the story of Dunkirk is still worth telling but the reality is
that it's a nearly forgotten event on this side of the pond. And look how many posters here who have already said they won't pay the theater admission price but "may" rent it.

 

[soFlaNative]

Watching a movie expecting to be disappointed seems self defeating.
Going in not expecting much often results in a pleasant surprise.
As what happened to me with the True Grit remake.

 

[Frank46]

By the time you pay for the movie, get a drink and popcorn you've already spent enough money to get the CD when it comes out and have enough money to buy a bag of popcorn and a soft drink and watch it at home. Frank

 

[UncleEd]

Frank46,

Do the movie houses you have attended make you buy the popcorn and drink? Mine don't. So price is usually around
$7 for me.