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14Sep2017

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The Dogs of War | 1980 | UK Lobby Card

The Dogs of War is a 1980 film directed by John Irvin. It was co-produced by Larry DeWaay, Norman Jewison and Patrick J. Palmer. The screenplay was co-written by Gary DeVore and George Malko based on the 1974 novel also called The Dogs of War by Frederick Forsyth. The tagline is based on a phrase from the William Shakespeare's play Julius Caesar "Cry, 'Havoc!', and let slip the dogs of war”. The Dogs of War stars Christopher Walken, Tom Berenger, Colin Blakely, Hugh Millais, Paul Freeman, Jean-Francois Stevenin, JoBeth Williams, Robert Urquhart, Winston Ntshona, Pedro Armendáriz Jr, Ed O'Neill, Shane Rimmer and George Harris. The storyline follows soldier of fortune Jamie Shannon, a mercenary who will stage a coup or revolution for the right price. He is hired by a British tycoon to dis...

The Dogs of War | 1980 | Style A | UK Quad

13Sep2017

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The Dogs of War | 1980 | Style A | UK Quad

The Dogs of War is a 1980 film directed by John Irvin. It was co-produced by Larry DeWaay, Norman Jewison and Patrick J. Palmer. The screenplay was co-written by Gary DeVore and George Malko based on the 1974 novel also called The Dogs of War by Frederick Forsyth. The tagline is based on a phrase from the William Shakespeare's play Julius Caesar "Cry, 'Havoc!', and let slip the dogs of war”. The Dogs of War stars Christopher Walken, Tom Berenger, Colin Blakely, Hugh Millais, Paul Freeman, Jean-Francois Stevenin, JoBeth Williams, Robert Urquhart, Winston Ntshona, Pedro Armendáriz Jr, Ed O'Neill, Shane Rimmer and George Harris. The storyline follows soldier of fortune Jamie Shannon, a mercenary who will stage a coup or revolution for the right price. He is hired by a British tycoon to dis...

The Dogs of War | 1980 | Style B | UK Quad

12Sep2017

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The Dogs of War | 1980 | Style B | UK Quad

The Dogs of War is a 1980 film directed by John Irvin. It was co-produced by Larry DeWaay, Norman Jewison and Patrick J. Palmer. The screenplay was co-written by Gary DeVore and George Malko based on the 1974 novel also called The Dogs of War by Frederick Forsyth. The tagline is based on a phrase from the William Shakespeare's play Julius Caesar "Cry, 'Havoc!', and let slip the dogs of war”. The Dogs of War stars Christopher Walken, Tom Berenger, Colin Blakely, Hugh Millais, Paul Freeman, Jean-Francois Stevenin, JoBeth Williams, Robert Urquhart, Winston Ntshona, Pedro Armendáriz Jr, Ed O'Neill, Shane Rimmer and George Harris. The storyline follows soldier of fortune Jamie Shannon, a mercenary who will stage a coup or revolution for the right price. He is hired by a British tycoon to dis...

The Wild Geese | 1978 | Final | Japan B2

1May2017

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The Wild Geese | 1978 | Final | Japan B2

The screenplay written by Reginald Rose is based on an unpublished novel called The Thin White Line by Daniel Carney. The novel was based on speculative rumours of a 1968 landing by a mysterious aeroplane in Rhodesia. It was said to have been loaded with mercenaries and an African President which was believed to have been a dying Moise Tshombe. Daniel Carney's novel was subsequently published by Corgi Books under the same title as the film. The film's title, The Wild Geese, came from the Wild Goose flag and shoulder patch used by Michael "Mad Mike" Hoare's Five Commando, ANC. He was hired as a technical advisor with Col. Alan Faulkner being modelled on him. One of the actors, Ian Yule, had been an actual mercenary under Hoare's command and before working as a mercenary served in the Bri...