Martin Bennitt Posted 14 May , 2021 Author Share Posted 14 May , 2021 Marco Try Koba Films where I got my copy. They take euros of course. Just select films on the menu and scroll down. https://www.kobafilms.fr/ Cheers Martin B Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MDPMicahDominicParsons Posted 3 August , 2021 Share Posted 3 August , 2021 Hello everyone, I had the privilege of being a specialist extra on 'The War Below' and I can honestly say it was one of the most incredible experiences of my life. It was a real privilege to watch @JP Watts bringing this film to life. I literally cannot wait to see this film in the near future. Best Wishes, Micah Dominic Parsons Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek Black Posted 5 August , 2021 Share Posted 5 August , 2021 The trailer's out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4thGordons Posted 11 September , 2021 Share Posted 11 September , 2021 (edited) I just got an email indicating this had now been released in the UK in cinemas and via VoD on amazon on apple roku etc Chris Paste from the email below: To our UK followers, THE WAR BELOW is out now in select cinemas and VOD. Click on the button below to watch the movie that Mark Kermode was "gripped by" and The Guardian called an "amazing story of wartime tunnellers." Watch Now Share on social Check out our site Created with Explore Ascend Edited 11 September , 2021 by 4thGordons Adding detail Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dust Jacket Collector Posted 11 September , 2021 Share Posted 11 September , 2021 Amazon are listing the dvd for release on October 11th. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zippy.72 Posted 11 September , 2021 Share Posted 11 September , 2021 (edited) Proud to see my cousin Sam Clemmett in this. Our great Uncle is my avatar - Harold Clemmett Edited 11 September , 2021 by zippy.72 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MDPMicahDominicParsons Posted 24 September , 2021 Share Posted 24 September , 2021 Hello everyone, I had the privilege of being a specialist extra on 'The War Below' and it was absolutely incredible to observe the care and attention to detail that all the cast and crew put into bringing this story to life. I have managed to watch the film and I was actually really impressed with this movie that really set out to give the viewer a glimpse of what the war was like below the ground. Best Wishes, Micah Dominic Parsons Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knotty Posted 24 September , 2021 Share Posted 24 September , 2021 Careful Micah, there are a number of medal autograph hunters on here😁 We have a new cinema which show standard release and niché items and advertises that it will be showing “specialist” films going forward, who knows they may give a big screen showing, rather than a DVD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Thornicroft Posted 26 September , 2021 Share Posted 26 September , 2021 I watched this film at Wotton-under-edge independent cinema yesterday (Sept. 25th), one of five in the audience. I have to say I enjoyed the production & applaud everyone involved in getting the film into the public eye. The claustrophobic nature of tunnelling was captured very well, & the tension when they were listening through stethoscopes for German tunnellers nearby was palpable. There were the usual WW1 officer stereotypes - the staff officer who doesn't care about the men under his command, and the colonel who does - but overall the narrative flowed along at a decent pace & the camaraderie between the men was believable. Just a couple of points I noticed. Firstly, unless my eyes were deceiving me, one of the captions noted that the night before the battle for Messines Ridge was in 'March 1917' (apologies if I misread this) instead of June 1917. Secondly, as has already been mentioned, the issuing of campaign medals before their time, but it was obviously done for poignant effect. However, on a limited budget I think the film-makers did a sterling job on shining a light on the very dark & dangerous world of WW1 tunnellers, & that can only be a good thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Bennitt Posted 26 October , 2021 Author Share Posted 26 October , 2021 A heads up for those in France who subscribe to Canal + : this film is on the network’s Cinema channel tomorrow morning at 9h55 local time. Cheers Martin B Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Shaw Posted 11 December , 2021 Share Posted 11 December , 2021 Now available to view on Netflix Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mandy hall Posted 11 December , 2021 Share Posted 11 December , 2021 4 hours ago, Andy Shaw said: Now available to view on Netflix Thanks for the heads up Andy. Mandy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonbem Posted 11 December , 2021 Share Posted 11 December , 2021 You can also rent it on Amazon Prime for around £4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxi Posted 12 December , 2021 Share Posted 12 December , 2021 I watched this last night and found it very disappointing. The plot was totally predictable (a poor imitation of Sharpe), officers as pantomime villains etc. Just not my cup of tea I'm afraid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4thGordons Posted 13 December , 2021 Share Posted 13 December , 2021 11 hours ago, maxi said: I watched this last night and found it very disappointing. The plot was totally predictable (a poor imitation of Sharpe), officers as pantomime villains etc. Just not my cup of tea I'm afraid. I took advantage of the prime access here in the US. I'm afraid I have to agree. I really WANTED to like it but struggled. And there were some details that annoyed too - I seem to recall a lot of shoulder ranks on officers and I don't believe I saw a single SBR at all, on anyone including of the front line soldiers? (1916/17). (appearance of the medals as noted above - is a poetic license I can deal with for the story -- but.....) I did not watch it under ideal circumstances - lots of annoying interruptions etc and I was in a generally grumpy mood, but having waited to see it and got my hopes up I was rather disappointed. I shall suspend final judgement until I can watch again but Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phil andrade Posted 13 December , 2021 Share Posted 13 December , 2021 Caricature beyond belief : virtually Blackadder without the laughs. Suspend critical faculties, make allowance for dramatic licence , and let it flow over you, and you might enjoy it. Phil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven Broomfield Posted 14 December , 2021 Share Posted 14 December , 2021 On 29/04/2021 at 09:23, ypres tommy said: As an aside, an old colleague who lives in Cyprus has seen it and privately messaged me on social media to tell me it was excellent and as a story, far better than both Christopher Nolan’s “Dunkirk” and Sam Mendes “1917.” Make of that what you will! Hmmmm ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phil andrade Posted 14 December , 2021 Share Posted 14 December , 2021 The experience of the tunnelling companies has been paraded on the screen in several adaptations. It was to the fore in the BBC version of Birdsong. There were flashbacks depicted in Shelby’s nightmares in Peaky Blinders. There was an Australian precursor of the one we’re discussing on the big screen several years ago. I forget its name, but it consisted of the same stereotypes that abound in so many of these dramas. There are attributes of this one that weren’t so bad : the evocation of the tunnellers’ ordeal was convincing, especially the terror of the thudding sounds that carried through the listening devices and warned of an enemy camouflet . Phil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IPT Posted 15 December , 2021 Share Posted 15 December , 2021 It is my duty to report that I have overheard two different twenty-somethings raving about this film. Neither has any interest in the subject. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doyle3 Posted 15 December , 2021 Share Posted 15 December , 2021 watched on Netflix yesterday. Not as bad as I was expecting but not enough in it to want to watch a 2nd time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven Broomfield Posted 16 December , 2021 Share Posted 16 December , 2021 14 hours ago, IPT said: It is my duty to report that I have overheard two different twenty-somethings raving about this film. Neither has any interest in the subject. Again: Hmmmmm ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GWF1967 Posted 16 December , 2021 Share Posted 16 December , 2021 (edited) On 14/12/2021 at 10:13, Steven Broomfield said: Hmmmm ... Having watched it this afternoon Hmmmm about covers it! On 12/12/2021 at 13:23, maxi said: I watched this - and found it very disappointing. Just not my cup of tea I'm afraid. On 13/12/2021 at 14:12, phil andrade said: Caricature beyond belief : virtually Blackadder without the laughs. Echo. Wibble. Edited 16 December , 2021 by GWF1967 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonEdward123 Posted 17 December , 2021 Share Posted 17 December , 2021 (edited) Maybe I've misunderstood (highly likely), but I thought Norton-Griffith used his own employees (Mancunian sewer diggers) in 1915, shipping them out with hardly a week's military training? I remember reading that they didn't know how to march or use a weapon, and had a habit of calling officers 'mate'. How come he's badgering some other employer for his employees, and they're miners rather than sewer-diggers, and it's a year later? Although I'm only 20mins into the film and might have got it all wrong... Edited 17 December , 2021 by JonEdward123 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bart150 Posted 31 December , 2021 Share Posted 31 December , 2021 Just watched it on DVD. Several important things wrong with it. Haven’t the patience to spell them out. Two and a half stars out of five. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petroc Posted 31 December , 2021 Share Posted 31 December , 2021 Saw this film the other evening. Not bad at all, to be honest, actually very good considering the budget, etc, etc. Not for historical purists, perhaps, but then some of those involved in the direction and production of the film have already commented quite openly and publicly about their collective desire to present a dramatic and realistic account (even in scale) of the 'clay-kickers ', tunnellers, miners and underground workers on the Western Front being necessarily constricted by time and budgetary constraints. A bloody good effort by all concerned in my opinion. And, should purists begin to rattle-their-handbooks (and I'm normally one of these blokes too!) let's not forget that The Casino in "The Longest Day" didn't actually look like it did in the movie, John Wayne's gang never had "Objective Burma" and Clint Eastwood never chucked a Nazi from a cable car! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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