“Oskar Schindler is a vain, glorious and greedy German businessman who becomes unlikely humanitarian amid the barbaric Nazi reign when he feels compelled to turn his factory into a refuge for Jews. Based on the true story of Oskar Schindler who managed to save about 1100 Jews from being gassed at the Auschwitz concentration camp. A testament for the good in all of us. Written by Harald Mayr {marvin@bike.augusta.de}”

• Director: Steven Spielberg
• Release Date: 15 December 1993 (USA)
• Run Time: 195 min | Turkey:185 min (TV version)
• Country: USA
• Genre: Biography , Drama , History , War
• MPAA: Rated R for language, some sexuality and actuality violence.

Tagline: Whoever saves one life, saves the world entire.

Trivia: There is a Jewish tradition that when one visits a grave, one leaves a small stone on the marker as a sign of respect. This is why the cast and the Schindlerjuden cover Schindler’s grave with stones at the end of the movie.

Goofs: Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): After the little boy takes the saddle out of the car and after Schindler says thank you – he passes on some cigarettes to an SS personnel at the camp and Schindler calls him “Rottenf?hrer”, but the rank/insignia of the SS man responds to a different rank called Sturmmann which is one rank lower than the Rottenf?hrer rank.

“Based off of real events of one of the worst NASA tragedy’s. In 1971, NASA plans to send out people to the Moon for a lunar mission. They have chosen astronauts Jim Lovell, Frad Haise, and Jack Swigert. They have launched into outer space successfully, however, a slight fault from inside the space module caused an explosion that turned the exploration into a test for survival for the crew of Apollo 13. While Loveel, Haise, and Swigert try to survive in space. The workers at NASA (including Ken Mattingly) try to figure out a way to get the astronauts home safely. Written by John Wiggins”

• Director: Ron Howard
• Release Date: 30 June 1995 (USA)
• Run Time: 140 min
• Country: USA
• Genre: Adventure , Drama , History
• MPAA: Rated PG for language and emotional intensity.

Tagline: Houston, we have a problem.

Trivia: Ron Howard claims that, after seeing the film, Buzz Aldrin asked him if NASA could use the footage of the launch from the movie.

Goofs: Factual errors: Jim Lovell’s Corvette was depicted as red, when in fact it was blue. (According to Jim Lovell, Ron Howard thought a red one would play better in the movie.)

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• Director: Jean-Marc Vallée
• Release Date: 6 March 2009 (UK)
• Run Time: Germany:100 min (European Film Market)
• Country: UK , USA
• Genre: Drama , History , Romance
• MPAA: Rated PG for some mild sensuality, a scene of violence, and brief incidental language and smoking.

Trivia: Many of the interior scenes were filmed at Belvoir Castle in Leicestershire. The bed used in the honeymoon scene was slept in by the real Queen Victoria when she visited the castle in 1843. The bedroom is so small that all the cameras had to be placed outside the windows.

Goofs: Factual errors: In the opening coronation sequence, the Archbishop of Canterbury anoints Victoria by dipping the two first fingers of his right hand into the chrism (holy oil). Anointings are always done using the thumb only.

“The island of Iwo Jima stands between the American military force and the home islands of Japan. Therefore the Imperial Japanese Army is desperate to prevent it from falling into American hands and providing a launching point for an invasion of Japan. General Tadamichi Kuribayashi is given command of the forces on the island and sets out to prepare for the imminent attack. General Kuribayashi, however, does not favor the rigid traditional approach recommended by his subordinates, and resentment and resistance fester among his staff. In the lower echelons, a young soldier, Saigo, a poor baker in civilian life, strives with his friends to survive the harsh regime of the Japanese army itself, all the while knowing that a fierce battle looms. When the American invasion begins, both Kuribayashi and Saigo find strength, honor, courage, and horrors beyond imagination. Written by Jim Beaver {jumblejim@prodigy.net}”

• Director: Clint Eastwood
• Release Date: 12 January 2007 (USA)
• Run Time: 141 min
• Country: USA
• Genre: Drama , History , War
• MPAA: Rated R for graphic war violence.

Tagline: From the director of "Flags of our Fathers" comes the completion of the Iwo Jima saga

Trivia: Ken Watanabe read actual letters sent by Imperial Japanese Army Gen. Tadamichi Kuribayashi to his family from Iwo Jima while preparing for his role.

Goofs: Anachronisms: The bottle of Johnnie Walker appears to have a screw cap made of aluminum. At that time liquor bottles had a cork stopper.