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The Duellists from 1977 by Ridley Scott.
Based on a short story by Joseph Conrad, itself inspired by the real story of two cavalry officers in Napoleon's army who fought, against each other, some thirty duels over nearly 20 years.
It's an excellent period piece that has held really well since its first release (good sword fights too) about honor and spite (at least in my opinion) during the Napoleonic wars.
" La rose est sans pourquoi, elle fleurit parce qu’elle fleurit ; Elle n’a souci d’elle-même, ne demande pas si on la voit. » Angelus Silesius
"There are problems in this universe for which there are no answers." Paul Muad'dib
If we have to march off into the next world, let us walk there on the bodies of our enemies.
Just watched this for the second time, very few movies do I watch more than once.
https://www.amazon.com/Miss-Meadows-.../dp/B0755KV7SC
I'll wager you a PF dollar™ 😎
The lunatics are running the asylum
Clints got a new one.
I'll wager you a PF dollar™ 😎
The lunatics are running the asylum
Funny you should say this:
From the trivia part of the Imbd page:
"Unlike their fictional counterparts, the real men were cordial with each other when not dueling and even dined together following their battles."
From the trivia part of the Imbd page:
Of the real antagonists: "Dupont tricked Fourier into wasting his shots on two dummy targets he cobbled together. He then approached Fourier with both pistols aimed. When he had gotten to point blank range he said that if Fourier were to ever challenge him again, then the weapons would be pistols and Dupont would get the first two shots from three feet way. Faced with the possibility of certain death Fourier withdrew the challenge permanently."
" La rose est sans pourquoi, elle fleurit parce qu’elle fleurit ; Elle n’a souci d’elle-même, ne demande pas si on la voit. » Angelus Silesius
"There are problems in this universe for which there are no answers." Paul Muad'dib
In case anyone was wondering, SAS: Rise of the Black Swan is indeed a very, very dumb movie.