Drawbacks are an over the top performance from the lead teenager and a couple scenes of rape or threatened rape perpetrated by our heroes. In the films case, this is relates to the the dangerous and difficult mission to blow up a dam protected by the nazis. Movies that brought the stark reality of war too near were not well received. The hornets nest movie clip more ammunition 2014 war documentary hd. Set preferences and get ageappropriate recommendations with common sense media plus. Captain turner rock hudson is the american paratrooper who employs italian children to blow up a strategic dam controlled by. The hornets nest won the chairmans award at the san diego film festival in 2014. Hornets nest is a 1970 italianamerican war film directed by phil karlson and starring rock hudson, sylva koscina, and sergio fantoni. Similar to the later john wayne movie the cowboys where he takes on a group of youngsters to get a job done. Hornets nest 1970 original trailer hd 1080p youtube. Rock hudson is the only one to survive, of course, but is knocked unconscious. Rock hudson plays a soldier named turner, whose unit was ambushed by german soldiers in italy. Parents need to know that the hornets nest is a documentary about the war in afghanistan.
As was generally done for america movies around 1970 everyone speaks english, even the germans and italians speaking among themselves. With rock hudson, sylva koscina, sergio fantoni, giacomo rossi stuart. Rock hudson is captain turner, an american demolitions officer who must destroy a germancontrolled dam in northern italy during ww 2. The expression is derived from the habitation for wasps or. This movies title is taken from the expression hornets nest meaning a violent or gravely contentious situation. Hornets nest 1970 full movie 123movies free watch online with english subtitles,stream free hornets nest full movie online on marvel biggest.
I remember seeing hornets nest on television in 1980. A novel of the revolutionary war, a 2003 novel by former president jimmy carter. I havent seen it again on television for some time. Hornets nest, was made in italy and like the movie, two women, made ten years. Find low everyday prices and buy online for delivery or instore pickup. The following weapons were used in the film hornets nest. Rock hudson, sylva koscina, sergio fantoni language. Hornets nest internet movie firearms database guns in. Hornets nest 1970 full movie, hornets nest 1970 a commando unit is dropped behind the german lines in italy and its mission is to blow up a strategic dam.
Hornets nest is a 1970 world war ii thriller that stars rock hudson as a wounded american officer who is enlisted by a group of italian children to help them get revenge against the ss for the massacre of their hometown. Hornets nest 1970 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. He is picked up by a ragtag group of local youths, who strike a bargain with himthey will help him blow the dam if he will help them get revenge on the germans, who have taken over their village and killed their parents. However, the unit is ambushed and only its leader survives. Hornets nest hollywood movie rock hudson, mark colleano. Starring rock hudson, sylva koscina, sergio fantoni, giacomo rossistuart. Hornets nest is a 1970 italian american war film directed by phil karlson and starring rock hudson, sylva koscina, and sergio fantoni.
Charlotte, north carolina, nicknamed the hornets nest and home to the charlotte hornets. Hornets nest 1970 is far from a great world war ii film, but i have a soft spot for it and it does contain some highlights. Captain turner rock hudson is the american paratrooper who employs italian children to blow up a strategic dam controlled by the nazis. Tactless 1970s italianamerican coproduction combat movie directed by phil karlson and starring rock hudson. In northern italy in 1944, the entire population of the village of reanoto is massacred by the ss under the command of the cruel major sturmbannfuhrer taussig for helping the italian.
Hornets nest 1970 one of the more offbeat world war ii adventure films and a relative obscurity in rock hudsons film career, hornets nest 1970 follows captain turner hudson, leader of an american commando unit, as he parachutes into italy with his team to blow up an important dam. The hornets nest is a groundbreaking and immersive feature film, using unprecedented real footage to tell the story of an elite group of u. The hornets nest is a 2014 american documentary film about the afghanistan war, directed by david salzberg and christian tureaud. A suspenseful wwii action movie with some intriguing and disturbing ideas, hornets nest wasnt the big success that united artists probably hoped it would be when it was released in 1970. Hornets nest 1970 movie novelization tiein rock hudson by michael avallone. Hornets nest, virginia, an unincorporated community in gloucester county. Sep 24, 2018 because of these controversial and gritty elements, hornets nest didnt make a lot of fans when it hit theaters in 1970, and the movie seems to have spent the last few decades in obscurity. Find movie and film cast and crew information for hornets nest 1970 charles saunders, phil karlson on allmovie. Thankfully, the film is now on bluray via kino lorber studio classics, where we can judge for ourselves. Starring rock hudson, sylva koscina, sergio fantoni, giacomo rossi stuart, jacques sernas, rod. The lone survivor of a paratrooper mission to blow up a dam in germanheld italy is rescued by a group of orphans, who live in a cave in the woods.
It centers on a veteran embedded journalist and his son and follows several soldiers into dangerous situations. The film culminates with what was planned as a single day strike turning into nine intense days of harrowing combat. Hudson is a moustached american parachuter who leads a band of italian child soldiers against nazi republic of salo armymen looking for partisans in a northern town. Hornets nest 1970 title sequence the movie title stills. Hornets nest 1970 full movie free watch online with english subtitles.
As his platoon parachutes in they are ambushed by the nazis and gunned out of the sky. The movie doesnt make war look good, but it does make the bonding of soldiers look appealing. Hornets nest 1970 stream and watch online moviefone. Actor rock hudson sylva koscina sergio fantoni addeddate 20191029 12. The original trailer in high definition of hornets nest directed by phil karlson and. Hornets nest1970 original theatrical trailer youtube. Forum index add movieactor hornets nest 1970 clhitch.
Italian boys and a german doctor sylva koscina help a u. Amedeo castracane, franco cirino, phil karlson, hornets nest 1970 i lupi attaccano in branco, hornets nest 1970, i lupi attaccano in branco. Hornets nest the 1970 movie, trailers, videos and more at yidio. Action prologue the massacre of reanoto and the botched american landing. In 1944, during a sabotage mission, the sole surviving u. The hornets nest 1955, a british crime comedy starring paul carpenter hornets nest 1970, an italianamerican war film. Official theatrical movie poster for hornets nest 1970. After turners team is ambushed and he is left as the only. March 27th, 2012 rock hudson plays an american soldier sent in to blow up a nazi dam.
I am very much surprised you do not have this on your website, the movie has a group of boys helping this soldier blowing up a dam. The hornets nest on imdb this article about a war documentary film is a stub. Hornets nest 1970 if youre looking for an unconventional world war ii film, 1970s hornets nest offers a powerful break from tradition. Title sequence from hornets nest 1970, directed by phil karlson, starring rock hudson, sylva koscina, sergio fantoni, giacomo rossi stuart, jacques sernas. The video quality on the dvd is good, and the audio is okay. In the italian village of reanoto, the ss, under the command of the cruel major taussig, massacres the entire adult population while a group of children look on from nearby. Rock hudson is an american commando sent to blow up a dam in hornets nest, a 1970 wwii action adventure set in 1944 italy as the allies advance on the german occupation force. He is the only survivor of his unit gunned down during the. Almost all of these boys are wearing short shorts throughout the whole film. Directed by phil karlson hell to eternity, kid galahad, the silencers. The dam used as the target was the diga di mignano. Hornets nest 1970 charles saunders, phil karlson cast.
Hornets nest is a 1970 world war ii thriller that stars rock hudson as a wounded american officer who is enlisted by a group of italian children to help them get revenge against the ss for the massacre of their hometown the following weapons were used in the film hornets nest. Not long afterward, a group of american soldiers led by the stoic captain turner are to parachute in for a topsecret commando mission, but are waylaid by german forces led by the stern, nononsense. A woman called golda by michael avallone movie tiein 1982 paperback. Released 1970, hornets nest stars rock hudson, sylva koscina, sergio fantoni, jacques sernas the r movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 50 min, and received a score of out of 100 on metacritic.
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