"Battle Stations", Columbia Pictures, 1956
(c) 2001, Mike Barkley From: "Michael Barkley"
To: dwiwebmaster@ea.com
Subject: Dreamworks movie development
Date: Sun, 6 May 2001 12:04:26 -0700

Hello,

Any chance I could get from you an email address of someone in movie development at Dreamworks?

Some 45 years ago when I was eleven I saw a movie that had such a compelling pace parts of it are still with me. I believe the movie was the 1956 Columbia release starring William Bendix, "Battle Stations", built around the 3/19/45 Kamikaze attack on the carrier U.S.S. Franklin. It's not available in video, etc., so I can't just order it anywhere to satisfy my desire to see it again. Anyway, I think the film would rival "Private Ryan" if it were redone in the grand Spielberg manner, and it's a story of such great heroism that it deserves to be retold.

Thanks for your time, and all the best,

--Mike Barkley, 161 N. Sheridan Ave. #1, Manteca, CA 95336 (H) 209/823-4817
mjbarkl@inreach.com
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• The very fine USS FRANKLIN Home Page has disappeared? web.archive.org page lacks the excellent photos. Was it replaced by the www.cv13.com page or the jbmorgan86/franklin_home page ?
  
  
• Less dramatic, the Official U.S. Navy historical site for the Franklin.
• Another Navy historical site for the Franklin.
• Navy photo site for the Franklin
• Another Navy photo site for the Franklin
  
  
• Internet Movie DataBase page on "Battle Stations" and IMDB user comments.

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