There are few things more exciting to many, many American men over the age of 30 than the prospect of another great World War II movie.
There is something even cooler about seeing the sons of two men who helped define modern Second World War cinema stepping into the same film together.
If you’re anything like me, you are excited about the release of the trailer for “Lucky Strike” this week.
The upcoming film from director Rod Lurie stars Scott Eastwood and Colin Hanks, the sons of Clint Eastwood and Tom Hanks, and the trailer looks promising:
Deep behind enemy lines, survival has a price.
Watch the official trailer for LUCKY STRIKE starring Scott Eastwood. In theaters June 26.pic.twitter.com/KTm54gBtEO
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Tom Hanks obviously helped cement 1997’s “Saving Private Ryan” as one of the greatest WWII movies ever made — and that’s leaving out his role in creating the epic 2001 miniseries “Band of Brothers” andfollow-ups.
The opening Omaha Beach sequence in “Saving Private Ryan” permanently changed how Hollywood filmed combat, and that dark, grey, visceral feeling later translated into every episode of “Band of Brothers” and “The Pacific” a decade or so after that.
Meanwhile, Clint Eastwood’s connection to WWII film stretches from “Where Eagles Dare” (1968) to directing “Flags of Our Fathers” and “Letters from Iwo Jima” decades later.
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