Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Hunter's Campfire Anybody watching Red Dawn?

The text at the beginning of the movie & the damn movie..................... becoming more real every day.

IMFDB, internet movie firearm data base says its a Colt SAA.

Damnit Man!!! Now I’ll have to go watch it AGAIN. 🤠

But... But... But .... you don’t watch TV. 😜

But Mike, you don't list you're age, profession, location, or training so what does your post really mean ?

It means I didn't see any 70 year old men fighting in the movie.

I’ve seen it before but not recently. It’s looking more like we will e living it in the near future.

Wolverines!!! GO BLUE!!!

Been saying it for years!


That said I’d love to shoot some commies and get some Jennifer Grey tail…not a bad way to spend a weekend

Pre or post nose job?

It was the Director's own piece. He was one of us btw. Word on the web is that Walter Sobchak from the Big Labowski was based on the Red Dawn's director - John Milius.

YES…but given my choice pre

Mike is Steelhead, The infamous Steelhead, 11th screenname,

He's almost 70, and he's posting,

So it actually all makes perfect sense, Kinda.

It’s a Colt.

That would be my first guess too.

It's not a guess.

Cool. Walter Sobchak was my favorite Character in the Big Lebowski. Especially when he pulls the 1911 at the bowling alley and then kicks the schitt outta the “Nilists” Nazi’s in the bowling alley parking lot. 😂

So in other words, he's just being a chit starter POS? Just asking.

When I lived in L.A. years ago, I used to shoot with John Milius at the Beverly Hills Gun Club. There was a small group of us screenwriters who would have dinner together and then go shoot together at the BHGC. Several of us who were experienced shooters kinda served as "range safety officers," helping those who knew nothing about handguns or shooting.

I and several of us would bring a variety of handguns from .22s to .44 Magnum. Milius in addition to other handguns, always had a S&W 29 .44 Mag. with a 4" bbl. That was for anyone who wanted to shoot a "Dirty Harry gun" although the original D.H. revolver had a 6½" bbl. Some of the participants had never even touched a real gun before. Those were eye opening moments. They were enjoyable evenings.

In 1983, an actor friend of mine and I went to Colorado on a booked elk hunt. Milius knew we were going and he had us take his custom .375 H&H Magnum with us and shoot an elk. He said he wanted to "keep it blooded." He'd used it in Africa. We did not kill an elk with it as the opportunity did not arise.

Milius was a very interesting person and a very creative writer. He's had a serious stroke but I do not know how he is getting along. I've been retired for a number of years. Hollywood needs writer/directors like John Milius.

FWIW.

L.W.

As a child of the 80s I absolutely love that movie

It used to scare the hell out of me that it might happen when I was a kid

L.W. , again, thanks for the inside stories. Always appreciated. Mullis seems to be indeed, one of us. Gun magazines have reported this in the past, as you just did, for years.
Hate to hear of his deteriorating health.

Watched it last night. Haven't seen it in years. Crazy