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April 23, 2009, 21:47
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FAL shorty in "The Wild Geese"?
Some plot spoilers and I don't want to ruin an AWESOME movie for you, so read with care........
Been watching this movie, and it pops up a couple times, but is more visible during the rush to the plane. The mustacioed merc, who I believe was the soldier turned plumber during the interview scene, has an interesting rifle. It looks to be a super short (sub para) FAL---he uses alot of 30 round mags too. Watch when he and Richard Burton are running to the plane and the SGT Major gets killed you can see some good shots. Anyone else see this? KNow what it is? Some custom job? Also, most of the FAL's seem Brit pattern w/wood but prior to the above scene, but same battle it looks like one guy has an STG 58. He's firing it in semi, kneeling down, from the waist. He gets hit and the black merc who is next to him hammers harder with his Uzi. Cool movie, love it, always have. Lots of neat FAL action and other guns too. BradLaGrange |
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April 23, 2009, 21:53
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this may help.....
http://www.imfdb.org/index.php/Wild_Geese%2C_The |
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April 23, 2009, 22:03
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That link didn't work for me, but this one did
http://www.imfdb.org/index.php/Wild_Geese%2C_The Yes, thanks for pointing me to that site! Lots of good info on there. BradLaGrange |
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April 24, 2009, 13:58
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April 24, 2009, 15:14
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Hello if I remeber right it is a shorty L1A1 with a singlepoint sight and curved L4 bren mag. Thanks EX1
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April 24, 2009, 16:06
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verry cool link
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April 24, 2009, 16:18
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Saw the film years ago and thought it was fantastic. At times amusing, at times shocking.
A good movie, but still a movie though. Lots of Hollywood. |
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April 24, 2009, 20:56
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Oh Yeah, the ultimate Fal movie. Everyone should get a copy now that it is available again.
http://www.amazon.com/Wild-Geese-30t...0624040&sr=8-1 It was considered too politically incorrect to print for awhile. I remember seeing VHS tapes of it going for $75! Interesting trivia from the imfdb link - Ian Yule (Tosh) fought with Mike Hoare in the Congo. |
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April 24, 2009, 21:38
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There are some other merc movies out there---Dark of the Sun/Mercenaries, Red Berets, and I think one called "Skin them Alive". Most are basically movies built around alternating between scenes the whites vs. blacks committing the worst attrocities. BUT they usually have interesting rifles.
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April 24, 2009, 21:40
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Wild Geese for $75? Crazy. Of course before the DVD release old Convoy VHS tapes were $45-$75----"Keep the bears off your ass and the bugs off you glass"
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April 24, 2009, 22:19
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Being the jackass I am, I accidently bought the movie "Code Name Wild Geese" thinking it was the same movie.
Man it sucked! No Fals, either 
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April 24, 2009, 22:59
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This movie had some scenes with interesting Fal action.
http://www.amazon.com/Under-Fire-Nic...0631800&sr=1-1
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April 25, 2009, 00:16
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Wild geese weapons
Heres the movie list of weapons contents,
1 MAC-10 2 L1A1 SLR 3 FN FAL 50.61 4 FN LAR 5 FN FAL 50.00 6 R1 Battle Carbine 7 SIG SG 510 8 Bren Gun 9 Uzi 10 Walther P38 with Suppressor 11 Colt M1911 12 Sa.23 submachine gun 13 Sa.24 submachine gun 14 Madsen M50 15 Sterling L2A1 16 Vickers Gun 17 FN MAG-58 18 RL-83 Blindicide Rocket Launcher 19 Mk II hand grenade 20 Barnett Wildcat Crossbow
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April 25, 2009, 02:02
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Re: Wild geese weapons
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April 25, 2009, 05:48
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The Robert De Niro/Al Pacino movie, "Heat," has a brief glimpse of an FAL when one of the bad guys shoots an armored car guard with it. Of course, the downtown LA bank holdup running shootout is an impressive segment using black guns of all kinds.
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April 25, 2009, 09:39
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Re: Wild geese weapons
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You missed the Sig P-210, Lee. 
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April 25, 2009, 14:49
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Interesting bunch of Wild Geese footage.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UEp7zctqNYU http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YT1sG9Nmz3w
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April 25, 2009, 21:25
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The family was out shopping this afternoon so I couldn't help but to throw "The Wild Geese" in the DVD player while I cleaned my R1 kit
 . Now I need to hurry and buy an upper. I called DSA and they said it would be 20 weeks
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April 28, 2009, 18:55
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