Is this the only film about the Spanish American War?... - Rough Riders (1997) Discussion

[–] edlk 18 years ago

After a quick search, I can't turn up any other fictional films that are principally about the SAW (whether Cuba or the Phillippines). But you might interested in this website, which has films made during the actual time period:
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/sawhtml/satitles.html

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[–] runbone 18 years ago

They are not any other Spanish American War films other than this one. Rough Riders but there are at least two films about the U.S. in the Philippines both okay but hard to finds.

Calvery Command-1963 Made in the Philipines kind of a Western in Asia but a fun film. The US are the good guys and its just a old fashion movie.

Real Glory-1939 Made with Gary Cooper about US troops training the locals to fight against Muslim radicals in the South Philipines.

Hope this helps if you look after a month at your thread. Good luck.

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[–] roger-395 17 years ago

The Real Glory is actually an excellent movie with a rather grim story line that reminds one of the fighting in Iraq. The Muslim tribesman fighting American soldiers were like mujahideen. They were fighting a holy war and used suicide warriors to kill of Americans usually with swords hacking their victims to pieces. It appears that some of these were drugged since they continued to kill after being shoot many times.

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[–] shrekmichaels 17 years ago

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ROGER 395

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[–] clarkmc2 9 years ago

Huk! (1956) took place in the Philippines and involved a rebel insurrection.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0049343/?ref_=ttpl_pl_tt

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[–] MadTom 9 years ago

Huk! (1956) took place in the Philippines and involved a rebel insurrection.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0049343/?ref_=ttpl_pl_tt

NEWS FLASH!!!

"Huk" is a shortened version of Hukbalahap, which is in turn an acronym for Hukbong Bayan Laban sa mga Hapon, or People's Army to Defeat the Japanese. They were formed in 1942 shortly after the Japanese invasion of the Philippines, but also fought against other guerrilla forces which were under the US chain of command.They became the military arm of the Philippine Communist Party after the war and continued their rebellion against the newly independent Philippine government, and have mutated into the New People's Army over the years and remain a guerrilla organization.

They were about 44 years too late for the Spanish American War. The movie with George Montgomery had a time setting contemporary to the time it was filmed.

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[–] jmichalec 18 years ago

I remember one I saw a long time ago called "Message to Garcia". All I can remember is that an American had a message for a Cuban general and he carried it rolled up in the barrell of his pistol, in case he was caught he could fire the pistol and destoy the message. I can't find this movie available anywhere. JM

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[–] chrismahon2005 17 years ago

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0027959/

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[–] The24thFoot 17 years ago

Isent "The Real Glory" set much later like during the 1930s on the eve of WW2? I know it involves the Philippine Constabulary (the US Army led paramilitary police force) which was not created until 1902.

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[–] dannieboy20906 10 years ago

The Philippine Insurrection was 1904 - 1906, so the timeline would work either way. You might be able to tell by the weapons.

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[–] magic8ball2112 16 years ago

Can't say I can think of one about the Span-Am War. The war was popular but quickly forgotten after the Boxer Rebellion, the World Wars, etc. & Hollywood didn't seem to want to go "back to Cuba" for war film fodder.
However...and you might squint at this suggestion, but the first 10 minutes of the movie Posse involves US troops in Cuba during the Span-Am.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0107863/

That said, don't expect the same level of "authenticity" The Rough Riders had in Posse. Its entertaining but...

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[–] jorgddh 16 years ago

There's a spanish film called "Mambí", but it isn't available even in Spain. And the americans only appear in the end, it's more about the spaniards fighting the cuban.

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[–] barjo4 10 years ago

1936 - "Message to Garcia"

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[–] joe_538 8 years ago

1938's "Yellow Jack"

In 1898 Cuba, U.S. troops who have survived the Spanish-American War are now dying by the hundreds from disease -- yellow fever, known as "yellow jack." Major Walter Reed, an Army physician, struggles to find the cause of the infection and to overcome governmental interference. When an answer seems at last possible, Reed decides that the only way to test the theory is to expose his own men to the disease. He cannot order men to undergo the test. Yet finding volunteers seems impossible. Without them, though, yellow jack will perhaps kill millions.

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