I believe the experience of Company G, Third Battalion, First Marine Regiment, First Marine Division, one of the most decorated units of the “Forgotten War” is an ideal miniseries for the Korean War in the vein of Band of Brothers, The Pacific, Generation Kill, and Masters of the Air.
A company of veterans, reservists, and recruits from various American backgrounds are called up to spend three years of their lives fighting major battles for the freedom of a nation halfway around the world. Now That Should Be A Movie. Now That Should Be A Band of Brothers-like miniseries. Short Pitch It is called Give …
A set piece would be when the 5th and 7th Marines, including 600 wounded walking with the help of ice-glazed tree limbs, march into Hagaru. They had fought their way there over fourteen miles for four days and three sleepless nights. Their comrades gather on the surrounding hills to greet the arrival of their comrades who were covered with ice and stubble. At 600 yards from the perimeter, the column stops. The wounded and frost bitten who could walk, crawled out of their trucks and fell in line with their comrades, their boots stomping the snow in perfect cadence. In the snow. As the column enters the perimeter, some grunts join them, marching along side the column “From the Halls of Montezuma…”They began singing “…To the shores of Tripoli…” It is the Marines Hymn. “…We will fight our nation’s battles…” Rugged veterans were brought to tears. “Look at those bastards,” they say. “Those magnificent bastards.”
Short Pitch
It’s called Into The Fire.
It is in the vein of Lone Survivor.
It is like Eye In The Sky meets 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi.
It follows a young grunt eager to see combat named Corporal Dakota Meyer.
And professional veteran advisor Captain William Swenson.
As they battle to win hearts and minds and save their comrades as they battle the Taliban in the mountains of Afghanistan.
Problems arise when local villages began taking sides with the Taliban and high command refuse to give Meyer and Swenson the reinforcements and artillery support needed when they are trapped in a valley of crossfire.
Together they will defy their commanders and drive the Taliban from the valley.
Black Beauty meets Hamburger Hill during the Korean War. Because of its human-interest story involving the bond between men and their animal during drastic times is why I believe Sergeant Reckless deserves a movie honoring our Korean War veterans.
Forgotten American heroes fight to keep a perimeter from becoming a Dunkirk like rout as one of the most audacious amphibious assaults in history is planned. Now That Should Be A Movie. Short Pitch It’s called The Darkest Summer. It’s a War Drama. In the vein of Dunkirk. It is like Saving Private Ryan meets …