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12 O'clock High (was RE: Movie to See)

  • 1.  12 O'clock High (was RE: Movie to See)

    Posted 11-14-1997 22:13
    I started the movie at the point where Gen. Savage enters the base and
    chews out the guard on duty and stopped at the point just after he finishes
    his second talk to the squadron and walks out while ignoring a pilot asking
    about transfers.

    I asked them to go rent the movie to see the rest as a possible assignment
    for their journal. However, I didn't make it a required assignment because
    I had difficulty finding the movie at rental stores.

    -Martin Martens
    Ph.D. Student
    Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration
    University of British Columbia



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    From: Dutch Driver [SMTP:ddriver@CS1.MCM.EDU]
    Sent: Thursday, November 13, 1997 5:34 AM
    To: MG-ED-DV@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU
    Subject: Re: Movie to See

    Martin,
    You did not mention which segment you used. I hope at some
    point you will show them the high price of leadership. At the end of the
    movie, Peck psychologically loses it because he has become to close
    to his men.

    It is this part of the film that strays abit. Since he is a
    valuable squadron commander, I would not expect to find him leading
    bombing missions personally. Rather, it is an extreme example, for
    dramatic effect I am sure, of leading by example that eventually leads to
    self-destruction.

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