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New Brad Pitt movie in WWII. At about 1:59, I was very surprised to see a Sturmgewehr https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-OGvZoIrXpg
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New Brad Pitt movie in WWII. At about 1:59, I was very surprised to see a Sturmgewehr https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-OGvZoIrXpg
It looks like he's got it slung at 0:15.

I don't think StG44s are particularly rare in movie armories, and even if they were, replicas like the BD44 are available.
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The talk of a Predator remake got me wondering: What ever happened to John McTiernan? The guy gave us the original Predator, Die Hard, and The Hunt for Red October (which might be the greatest four year run in Hollywood history,) but hasn't made a decent film since 1999. (Thomas Crowne Affair?)

I know he did a year for wiretapping or something, but according to Wikipedia, he got out of the joint back in April. Hopefully he can keep working. If Roman Polanski can keep working, I'd like to think John McTiernan can get his career back on track.
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It looks like he's got it slung at 0:15.

I don't think StG44s are particularly rare in movie armories, and even if they were, replicas like the BD44 are available.
How many western WWII films have the STG-44s? This is something you just don't see often.
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How many western WWII films have the STG-44s? This is something you just don't see often.
I know we have a list somewhere...

According to IMDB, it was shot in the UK, and it doesn't seem like there's a shortage there. Even the Dirty Dozen sequel, a TV movie, had them. I'm not saying there's enough to equip a battalion of extras, but they're around. And as I said, someone does make brand new replicas.
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Everyone relax, it's just a sequel.

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I know we have a list somewhere...

According to IMDB, it was shot in the UK, and it doesn't seem like there's a shortage there. Even the Dirty Dozen sequel, a TV movie, had them. I'm not saying there's enough to equip a battalion of extras, but they're around. And as I said, someone does make brand new replicas.
We need to make more WWII movies in the UK or in Europe where we can get the STG-44s in movies
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We need to make more WWII movies in the UK or in Europe where we can get the STG-44s in movies
Or at least use Russian armorers. I don't think I've ever seen more StG-44s than I did in Downfall.
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I just watched Uwe Boll's House of the Dead, and it lived up t its reputation of being godawful. The Resident Evil films are Oscar Worthy compared to this piece of shit (and at least the action scenes were good in them, unlike Boll's film).
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