Battleground (1949) | |
| Director(s) | William A. Wellman |
| Producer(s) | Robert Pirosh (associate), Dore Schary |
| Top Genres | Action, Drama, War |
| Top Topics | Army, World War II |
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Battleground (1949) was a War - Action Film directed by William A. Wellman and produced by Dore Schary and Robert Pirosh.
Academy Awards 1949 --- Ceremony Number 22 (source: AMPAS)
| Award | Recipient | Result |
| Best Supporting Actor | James Whitmore | Nominated |
| Best Cinematography | Paul C. Vogel | Won |
| Best Director | William A. Wellman | Nominated |
| Best Film Editing | John Dunning | Nominated |
| Best Picture | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer | Nominated |
| Best Writing | Robert Pirosh | Won |
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Battleground (1949): Bastogne and The Screaming Eagles
By 4 Star Film Fan on Dec 1, 2020 From 4 Star Films“We must never again let any force dedicated to a super-race or a super-idea, or super-anything become strong enough to impose itself upon a free world. We must be smart enough and tough enough in the beginning to put out the fire before it starts spreading.”? ~ Leon Ames as the Chaplain... Read full article
Warner Archive Blu-ray: A Cast of Sympathetic Characters in Battleground (1949)
By KC on Mar 17, 2017 From Classic MoviesWe must be smart enough and tough enough in the beginning. To put out the fire before it starts spreading. Battleground (1949) performs a balancing act of great precision. It plunges you into the devastation of war, but it also shows flickers of light. Though it can often be difficult to watch, thi... Read full article
Battleground (1949)
By Bonnie on Jul 4, 2016 From Classic Reel GirlFreedom is not free. On this Independence Day, I would like to remember all those who fought for the freedom we enjoy by sharing Battleground (1949), a World War II film with authentic details and realistic characters. The movie is further fitting because one of its stars is George Murphy, t... Read full article
Battleground (1949)
By Beatrice on May 27, 2015 From Flickers in TimeBattleground Directed by William A. Wellman Written by Robert Pirosh 1949/USA Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer First viewing/Amazon Instant Soldier: Look, you’re not selling it to me, you’re showing me how to fire it. Late in life, William A. Wellman still could direct a mean action sequence. Th... Read full article
Battleground (1949)
By smumcountry on Apr 14, 2014 From Smum CountyApril 14, 2014 by smumcounty ?This story is about, and dedicated to, those Americans who met General Heinrich von Luttwitz and his 47 Panzer Corps and won for themselves the honored and immortal name ‘The Battered Bastards of Bastogne.’? Thus begins ?Battleground? (1949) and you can bet ... Read full article
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Quotes from
Soldier: Look, you're not selling it to me, you're showing me how to fire it.
[as Bettis is digging a foxhole]
Holley: Let's not try to reach China this time, hey Bettis?
Bettis: Well there's no sense digging if you don't go deep.
Holley: The last one we dug one together, you went so deep that when I climbed out in the morning I got the bends.
[while being bombarded by German artillery during a driving blizzard]
Holley: We've had good deals before, but this is the best one yet. This is great. I don't ever wanna go back. I found a home in the army.
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Facts about
The American small units - companies and platoons - depicted did not actually exist. The glider infantry regiment assigned to the 101st Airborne Division was the 327th. When these glider infantry regiments were constituted in the early part of World War II, they had only two battalions. There was no third battalion in the regiment at the time of the battle of Bastogne. Instead, the first battalion of the 401st Glider Infantry Regiment was detailed to the command of the 327th. This meant that the glider infantry component of the 101st Airborne Division at this time had no "Item," "King," "Love," or "Mike" companies - the companies mentioned in this movie. This was done cleverly to avoid having any veterans of the 101st come forward to say something like: "I was in Item Company at Bastogne, and no such thing ever happened to us."
In an interview released shortly after the film came out James Whitmore said that he based his appearance and his attitude partly on Bill Mauldin's famous "Willie and Joe" cartoons that appeared in the "Stars and Stripes" newspaper, popular with servicemen during WW2.
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