HHhH (2016) - Jason Clarke, Rosamund Pike, Jack O’Connell, Mia Wasikowska

[Member-275053]

[Foggy]

That title won't stay too long.

The Connectiom was quite a good nuts and bolts crime thriller so the director has talent but that cast is pure awesome.

[Member-275053]

Originally Posted by Foggy

That title won't stay too long.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HHhH

[AaronJ]

Oh this sounds really interesting.

And honestly, I'd probably go see anything with Jason Clarke and Rosamund Pike. The rest of the cast is really good too.

[lemonski]

Originally Posted by AaronJ

Oh this sounds really interesting.

And honestly, I'd probably go see anything with Jason Clarke and Rosamund Pike. The rest of the cast is really good too.

It sounds really interesting, but I just can't get with English people playing Germans (or Australian, in the case of Clarke) in WWII films that are supposedly telling a true story. I'm imagining Rosamund Pike as Heydrich's wife talking in a refined English accent - either that or trying to put on a ridiculous German imitation, like something out of 'Allo Allo

[AaronJ]

Originally Posted by lemonski

It sounds really interesting, but I just can't get with English people playing Germans (or Australian, in the case of Clarke) in WWII films that are supposedly telling a true story. I'm imagining Rosamund Pike as Heydrich's wife talking in a refined English accent - either that or trying to put on a ridiculous German imitation, like something out of 'Allo Allo

I can't imagine Pike ever doing something like that, can you?

Anyhow, they don't want to make the movie in German with subtitles is obviously what it comes down to.

[The Debts]

Rosamund and Mia in a WWII movie together? Yes please.

[The Debts]

Originally Posted by lemonski

It sounds really interesting, but I just can't get with English people playing Germans (or Australian, in the case of Clarke) in WWII films that are supposedly telling a true story. I'm imagining Rosamund Pike as Heydrich's wife talking in a refined English accent - either that or trying to put on a ridiculous German imitation, like something out of 'Allo Allo

I think they should do what The Grand Budapest Hotel did and not even bother with the accent. I know that film was a comedy but I actually like the choice they made with that.

[Foggy]

Originally Posted by JWFORD

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HHhH

I understand it's based on a book, but I put hard cash they won't have the balls to release a film called HHhH.

[jacobsever]

How would you say that out loud?

"Hey do you guys wanna go see Quadruple H?"
"I think I'm going to go see H-H-H-H this weekend."
"Have you heard of that new movie, Four H?."

[DanTheMan]

[Member-275053]

Well, it's certainly better than the original title:

Himmlers Hirn heißt Heydrich ("Himmler's brain is called Heydrich")

[Foggy]

Originally Posted by JWFORD

Well, it's certainly better than the original title:

Himmlers Hirn heißt Heydrich ("Himmler's brain is called Heydrich")

Mate, now that's a title I can get behind.

[sandman slim]

Average moviegoer: "HHhH... Huh?"

[xbs2034]

https://www.yahoo.com/movies/cannes-...171553865.html

FYI, the article mentioned dates from May 2015, as this film has already been shot, and I actually saw it in a test screening earlier this Summer.

The interesting thing of course is that it covers much of the same story as the movie Anthropoid which just released and made me want to see that for comparison (always find it cool to compare similarly themed films made close together). Now I signed that I can't review this movie (and indeed it was clearly in "work in progress" shape when I saw it so that would be unfair) but I suppose I can say the last act of both films play out very similarly, though there are some very different approaches to the story particularly in the first half, and indeed one suggestion I made on my comment card was to change the title.

[Darth Marcus]

According to IMDb, the film is completed and has been renamed: The Man with the Iron Heart.

[jacobsever]

Renamed? Nobody saw that coming.

[edwn1220]

[Show spoiler]

Originally Posted by xbs2034

https://www.yahoo.com/movies/cannes-...171553865.html

FYI, the article mentioned dates from May 2015, as this film has already been shot, and I actually saw it in a test screening earlier this Summer.

The interesting thing of course is that it covers much of the same story as the movie Anthropoid which just released and made me want to see that for comparison (always find it cool to compare similarly themed films made close together). Now I signed that I can't review this movie (and indeed it was clearly in "work in progress" shape when I saw it so that would be unfair) but I suppose I can say the last act of both films play out very similarly, though there are some very different approaches to the story particularly in the first half, and indeed one suggestion I made on my comment card was to change the title.

IIRC, there was a similar movie made in the 70's- "Operation Daybreak" which starred Timothy Bottoms.

[Buscemi]

It was renamed a while back, when it was submitted to the MPAA.

I can't say I'm surprised. I'm sure that in the US, people would have gone into HHhH and thought it was about 4-H clubs. I would be surprised however if this got a theatrical release in the US. Weinstein has been dumping some of their less mainstream titles (Grace of Monaco, Blindsided, Kristy, Suite Francaise) onto Lifetime and the new title just screams "we're dumping it onto basic cable".

[civiclx]

Originally Posted by xbs2034

https://www.yahoo.com/movies/cannes-...171553865.html

FYI, the article mentioned dates from May 2015, as this film has already been shot, and I actually saw it in a test screening earlier this Summer.

The interesting thing of course is that it covers much of the same story as the movie Anthropoid which just released and made me want to see that for comparison (always find it cool to compare similarly themed films made close together). Now I signed that I can't review this movie (and indeed it was clearly in "work in progress" shape when I saw it so that would be unfair) but I suppose I can say the last act of both films play out very similarly, though there are some very different approaches to the story particularly in the first half, and indeed one suggestion I made on my comment card was to change the title.

I quite enjoyed Anthropoid and I certainly don't mind watching another film about the same story. Not too familiar with Mia but I like the other three so I'm definitely looking forward to this one.