This ship sure don't. - Evenin', Doctor. . Lieutenant Ware returns with American and German sailors in the captain's gig to take the three men off before the U-boat's scuttling charges detonate. Finishing a target on the surface was something a U-Boat did to a merchant ship. (00:57:15 - 00:57:40). One of my favorite movies about US destroyers vs. U-boats in WWII is the "The Enemy Below". When the UBoat changes course, Andrews, operating the radar repeater, is immediately able to provide the bridge with the target's new course and speed. Walter Rossi received the 1958 Academy Award for best special effects. This terrific, elliptical film, one of the best and most underrated of the last few years, leaves us with two fundamental mysteries: Who are Adam and Anthony? Topics The Enemy Below. In the Arachne myth, which Ovid recounts in Metamorphoses, Arachne beats Athena in a weaving contest, but doesnt acknowledge that she was able to win thanks to the gift of weaving that Athena gave her in the first place. As that dome carries both the sonar transmitter and receiver, it would have had to be in the lower / operating position to be used in all the preceding scenes. The seasoned officers looked at each other and smirked. When the U-Boat first appears on the U.S.S. When this was pointed out to him he commented, "Obviously, it's the same story.". Murrell converts it in his head first to meters, then to feet, even though as an experienced American seaman he would certainly know that 1 fathom is exactly 6 feet. Towards the end of the movie when the sub sets detonators to sink it, two different shots of the detonator itself, show next to no difference in the water level, when the water level should be rising in the second shot. | Many German naval officers did not consider themselves to be Nazi's, but German. Rayner (novel) Stars Robert Mitchum Curd Jrgens David Hedison At various points in the movie a screen representing a Radar display is shown. This would be impossible without extensive calculations and at least range and bearing plots once the target has steadied up on the new course, either figured on the scope screen or on a maneuvering board. 20th Century-Fox production notes from the AMPAS Library declare that the USS Whitehurst was a battle-hardened veteran from the Second World War which had been berthed at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. The tune sung by the U-boat crew on the ocean floor between depth-charge attacks is from an 18th-century march called "Der Dessauer Marsch," known by the first line of lyrics as "So leben wir" ("That's how we live"). The others are. We'll raise a skoll and shout jawohl in lasting fellowship A great number of the Whitehurst crew act in the movie as the crew of the Haynes, with the commanding officer Lieutenant Commander Walter R. Smith playing the chief engineer (though on IMDB this role is credited to Robert Boon). But the DE would have already alerted the sub of its presence by the DE's radar transmitter signal. Character mistake: When the U-Boat first appears on the U.S.S. When the destroyer is in the storm, rain can been seen through the bridge windows falling almost vertically, which would indicate that the ship was close to stationary, and no water streaks the glass. This movie represents one of a select group of World War II submarine movies that have won the one single Academy Award in a technical category, that's just only the one Oscar in either special effects or sound editing. But that would have ended the movie and eliminated the rescue scene. Quotes.net. In the card game scene Lt. Ware's body position shifts wildly throughout the bidding dialog - at first sitting upright and slightly hunched over the card table, then slouching to his left with his left arm on the table, then sitting far back in the chair, and finally slouching to his left with chin in hand. The screenplay has historical precedence. - Hello, Rimfire. Starring: Robert Mitchum, David Hedison, Theodore Bikel, Curd Jrgens, Genres: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller, War, Character mistake: About half-way into the movie the Captain asks for a fathometer reading and is told 150 fathoms. The spiders are implicated early on in the film in some sort of sexual rite, and when Helen, a pregnant woman, turns into the spider after having sex with Adam shortly after Anthony cheats on his pregnant wife with Mary it could be seen as a literalization of Adams disturbed psyche, which cant handle intimate relationships. English The.Enemy . A typical WWII German U-boat was roughly 220 feet long, DE roughly 330. Next time I won't throw you the rope. When Adam checks it out, he discovers that theres an actor in it who looks exactly like him. The Battle of the Nile (also known as the Battle of Aboukir Bay; French: Bataille d'Aboukir) was a major naval battle fought between the British Royal Navy and the Navy of the French Republic at Aboukir Bay on the Mediterranean coast off the Nile Delta of Egypt from the 1st to the 3rd of August 1798. During WWII an American destroyer discovers a German U-boat, and in the ensuing duel the American captain must draw upon all his experience to defeat the equally experienced German commander During WWII an American destroyer discovers a German U-boat, and in the ensuing duel the American captain must draw upon all his experience to defeat the equally experienced German commander. The Whitehurst was sunk as a target in 1971. When either are used, "One ping only" is best practice. A little sleuthing by Adam reveals that this guy is an actor who goes by the alias Daniel Saint-Clare but is in fact named Anthony Clare, and he has a very pregnant wife, Helen, played by the superb Sarah Gadon. In a certain sense, Enemy, a loose adaptation of Jos Saramagos The Double, is an excellent harbinger of what Villeneuve had on deck. By the time of the movie, with a US escort later in the war, German surface raiders had all been captured, destroyed, or driven off the seas. Because of all this, theres the slightest possibility that somehow, one man could be living a bifurcated life. A deadly duel between the two ships ensues, and Captain Murrell must draw upon all his experience to defeat the equally experienced German commander. Inspired by classic games like Half-Life, Quake, and Doom, The Enemy Below raises the bar of what a modern retro-FPS can be. The screenplay's final scenes of mutual respect between the protagonists are not taken from the book. Not for long. Directed by Dick Powell (yes, that Dick Powell) with a screenplay by actor-turned-writer Wendell Mayes ( Anatomy of a Murder, The Spirit of St. Louis ), this effective cat-and-mouse thriller remains a textbook example of Hollywood polish applied to smooth over history with successful cinematic results. The goof items below may give away important plot points. | He preforms a mental calculation and says that it is 310 meters and over a thousand feet. When the destroyer re-engages the sub after completing the triangle it drops a depth charge pattern and the sub turns left. There are two problems with this. The American Buckley-class destroyer escort USS Haynes detects and attacks a German U-boat that is on its way to rendezvous with a German merchant raider in the South Atlantic Ocean. You could see how that would take a toll on even the most cheerful of men, and something about Adams vibe gives the sense that hes never been Mr. Sunshine. derganzblonde Curd Jrgens dubbed in the German-speaking version himself. The captain calls, "Left standard rudder," and the exec repeats, "Right standard rudder," down the comms tube. In reality, there is no such thing as a 'crash dive', all dives are performed quickly, as it's good practice. Many of the crew appeared in this movie. Web. You can unsubscribe at any time. English The.Enemy.Below.1957.JAP.CE.Bluray.1080p.DTS-HD-4..x264-Grym TheFlamboyant PGS extracted from source. Song from the Enemy Below: Jay 05/15/2002 12:21PM: Re: Song from the Enemy Below: kosta 05/16/2002 02:02PM: Re: Song from the Enemy Below: walter M 05/16/2002 09:52PM: Re: Song from the Enemy Below: Jay 05/17/2002 06:01PM: Re: Song from the Enemy Below: walter M 05/17/2002 07:41PM: Re: Song from the Enemy Below Second, Radar or active Sonar use by submarines is done so carefully and sparingly as their emissions serve as a beacon making it easier for the enemy to locate the submarine. Note: any deck exposed to the outside is classified as a "Weather deck". It is unlikely that a brittle 78 record could have survived the previous depth charging without being broken. By submitting your email, you agree to our Terms and Privacy Policy and to receive email correspondence from us. Will this new movie using all of the computer generated scenes be as true to life as the 1957 film? Despite the early-season drama, its still (almost) anyones game to win. They suddenly came under an intense onslaught from the seasoned men of the Japanese 17th Army, who came charging full-speed at the U.S. positions. Director Vincent McEveety had seen the film but only noticed the similarity later. Learn how and when to remove this template message, "The 30th Academy Awards (1958) Nominees and Winners", "Sound Editors' Award to 'The Enemy Below', "Movie Transcripts: [1995] [Crimson Tide] English Transcripts", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Enemy_Below&oldid=1134826052, Films that won the Best Visual Effects Academy Award, Films about the United States Navy in World War II, Articles needing additional references from September 2022, All articles needing additional references, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, This page was last edited on 20 January 2023, at 22:16. Massive amounts of water was pouring in from many sources, but, the water level never rose. Leigh Harline - known for his collaborations with Walt Disney productions - composed the score for The Enemy Below, an early World War II submarine film from 1957. The speed of the torpedoes is set at 30 knots. The tune sung by the U-Boat crew between the one-per-hour depth charge attacks, after the scene with the panicking torpedo man and the wrench, is from an 18th-century march called "Der Dessauer Marsch". --Gary S. Dalkin Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama Enemy Below Screenplay Edit Buy Year: 1957 1,163 Views Lieutenant Ware: The film was based on a novel by Denys Rayner, a British naval officer involved in anti-submarine warfare throughout the Battle of the Atlantic. Uploaded by The slogan in the U-boat ("Fhrer befiehl, wir folgen") translates as "Leader command, we follow". The U-66 drew astern of Buckley and sank at 0341, after hand grenades were dropped down its hatch. In the opening, either Adam or Anthony (more on that in a sec) visits the aforementioned sex dungeon/zoological society, where a woman in a high heel is poised to crush a tarantula while Adam/Anthony looks on through his fingers. If he couldn't ethically do that, he could have just slipped away quietly and continued on his way. Alternate Versions He previously suffered a brain aneurysm on February 18, and was ultimately taken off life support. Later, aboard a ship that has rescued both crews, the German crew buries Schwaffer at sea as the American crew respectfully watches. Permissions beyond the scope of this license may be available from thestaff@tvtropes.org. Villeneuve is a master of mise-en-scne, and in Enemy, just as much as the two later movies hed be lauded for, theres an incredible consistency and intensity to his vision. After the crew abandons ship, the life rafts on the filming model are still in place. But Enemy doesnt contain any weaving contests, unless the DVDs got some deleted scenes. At the reported range of 6,000 yards the U-boat was already an easy shot for the 3"/50 guns of a destroyer escort (14,600 yards max range, about 10,000 yards effective range). Other location filming sites included the Pacific Ocean near Oahu, HI, for scenes on the USS Whitehurst, as the USS Haynes. A popular song, it's also known by the first line of lyrics: "So leben wir" (translation: "That's how we live"). Two more dreamlike images follow. About half-way into the movie the Captain asks for a fathometer reading and is told 150 fathoms. During WWII an American destroyer discovers a German U-boat, and in the ensuing duel the American captain must draw upon all his experience to defeat the equally experienced German commander Read allDuring WWII an American destroyer discovers a German U-boat, and in the ensuing duel the American captain must draw upon all his experience to defeat the equally experienced German commander.During WWII an American destroyer discovers a German U-boat, and in the ensuing duel the American captain must draw upon all his experience to defeat the equally experienced German commander. Jake Gyllenhaal one of him, at least in Enemy. Thankfully, 'The Enemy Below' comes with a strong English DTS-HD MA 2.0 audio mix. Director J. Adam Brown Stars Wael Saleeb El Americany Nicolas Bolduc Niv Fichman See production, box office & company info Watch on Prime Video rent/buy from $4.99 Add to Watchlist Photos Add photo Top cast Edit