04-03-2007, 07:17 PM
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| Fencing Movies?
Maybe a thread like this has been started, and if so please direct me to it, i did not find it when I looked through the search results.
But I was wondering what films everyone loves that have to do with fencing. I mean Rob Roy, the Duelist and the Princess Bride are classics, but I am sure there are a bunch I have not seen. Just wondering if anyone has any favorite movies with fencing in them.
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04-06-2007, 11:43 AM
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| I've heard of a film called Sunshine, about a Hungarian (I think) fencing family. Haven't seen it myself, but I've heard it's good.
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04-06-2007, 02:06 PM
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| By The Sword
F Murray Abraham and Eric Roberts. A real laugh...one of the best comedies I have ever seen. You should check it out! | |
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04-06-2007, 03:35 PM
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Originally Posted by Beloit Fencer of Old  F Murray Abraham and Eric Roberts. A real laugh...one of the best comedies I have ever seen. You should check it out! | Yeah, the trouble is though, that it's meant to be a drama, and the comedy is totally unintentional.
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04-07-2007, 07:10 AM
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| Here's a link to one of the old threads on the topic: Fencing in Movies
By the Sword was funny, at least it was actually about fencers though. I took part in the fencing demo put on during the movie premiere, it was fun.
Though these are not fencing movies per se, Mark of Zorro had a decent sword fight for theatrical fencing as did the first Pirate's of the Carribbean (the scene in the shop).
My fencing coach told me about an old film, Scaramouche that he personally liked. | |
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04-09-2007, 02:15 PM
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| thanks for the information y'all I will look into more movies 
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04-09-2007, 05:21 PM
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| Errol Flynn
Errol Flynn, the old stuff. I think I was inspired to fence by watching the old Robin Hood films. I think it was the fact that he talked alot while he fenced.
But speaking of movies I was trying to find info on two films.
1. The Boys in the Band - from 1970
2. Title Unknown but may have been the boys in the band. The movie was about a group of youngish guys living in Manhattan. Two of them were best friends and shared an apartment, one was the so-called -handsome one- with all the social connections, the other roommate was the introverted guy and not considered 'handsome'. They both competed for dates and finally the introverted guy meets a girl and invites her to the apartment and they were going to go out. When she gets to the apartment the door is opened by the 'handsome' roommate who tells her the introverted guy is out and will she wait. She steps in and he starts talking with her. In five minutes he's made a date with her and they both get ready to take off. They get their coats on and are walking out the apartment, when the introverted guy comes home, walks in and sees they're getting ready to go out. They both laugh and take off. The introverted plain looking guy is stunned, he sits on the chair in the living room and the camera pans out slowly while the guy sits there in stunned silence and starts weeping. That was the end and it was very powerfully done, I've never forgotten it, but .....what is the name of the film? | |
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04-10-2007, 12:48 PM
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Originally Posted by Hobbes Maybe a thread like this has been started, and if so please direct me to it, i did not find it when I looked through the search results.
But I was wondering what films everyone loves that have to do with fencing. I mean Rob Roy, the Duelist and the Princess Bride are classics, but I am sure there are a bunch I have not seen. Just wondering if anyone has any favorite movies with fencing in them. | Movies ABOUT fencing...or having fencing in them...
With fencing...
The Girl Next Door....
Van Wilder The Rise of Taj.....amusingly about an hour long commercial for LP...gotta give the Pauls kudos there...
two right here recently...
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04-10-2007, 01:39 PM
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| Scaramouche
Scaramouche: Total Fencing!
Read the book see the movie.
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04-10-2007, 03:43 PM
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| Pentathlon starring Dolph Lundgren
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04-10-2007, 06:14 PM
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| Double strand electric fencing for small beef farms: 4th ed. 
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04-14-2007, 05:16 PM
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| So I went to Amazon.com to get a copy of the Duellist, which has gotten such good reviews on this forum over the years. But its DVD format is "ws sub," and I have no idea what that means, and apparently neither does Google.
Is it safe to watch? What does ws sub mean?
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04-14-2007, 07:21 PM
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Originally Posted by Have At You So I went to Amazon.com to get a copy of the Duellist, which has gotten such good reviews on this forum over the years. But its DVD format is "ws sub," and I have no idea what that means, and apparently neither does Google.
Is it safe to watch? What does ws sub mean? | Subtitles?
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04-16-2007, 12:56 PM
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Originally Posted by RebelFencer Pentathlon starring Dolph Lundgren | Sheesh you kids. I see that parents don't wash their kids mouths out with soap these days... tsk.
Everyone knows that films is far more inferior than "Ring of Steel". | |
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04-17-2007, 05:16 PM
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| Richard Lester's films of The Three Musketeers and The Four Musketeers from the mid-1970's. Accept no substitutes--these are the best! Great scripts, impeccable casting, and very creative staging for all the combat scenes.
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04-17-2007, 05:31 PM
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Originally Posted by D'Artag-NOT Richard Lester's films of The Three Musketeers and The Four Musketeers from the mid-1970's. Accept no substitutes--these are the best! Great scripts, impeccable casting, and very creative staging for all the combat scenes. | I have had these suggested but have never gotten around to watching them. I think maybe it is time to get off my rear end and do something about that.
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04-17-2007, 07:34 PM
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Originally Posted by Have At You What does ws sub mean? | Amazon.com is frequently criticized for its unexplained code words.
WS = amazonspeak for "widescreen format"
SUB = amazonspeak for "with subtitles," but that's not really helpful without saying which language the audio is in and which language the subtitling is in, which Amazon usually doesn't do.
There are more examples, but that's all you needed to know here.
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04-24-2007, 06:08 PM
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| Barry Lyndon
My team mate, Carl Borack choreographed this movie. Bad movie, good fencing. It was like a series of still photos. Beautiful movie.
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04-24-2007, 06:10 PM
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| old movies
the older movies were all choreographed by Ralph Faulkner. He also fenced in many of them. He was my old coach in Hollywood.
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04-24-2007, 06:17 PM
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| I have those on DVD
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Originally Posted by Hobbes I have had these suggested but have never gotten around to watching them. I think maybe it is time to get off my rear end and do something about that. | Sheesh. Kids these days.
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