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13-02-11, 01:23 PM
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LT COL TIM COLLINS SPEECH
hi all,
found this clip.it is kenneth brannagh playing tim collins and giveind his speech to the royal irish regt before the invasion of iraq. does anybody know when this film/tv progame was made many thanks philip http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UpdeNcH1H8A 
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13-02-11, 01:47 PM
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Hi Philip,
I think it was on about 6 months or a year ago. I didn't see it, but heard it was ok. John
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13-02-11, 02:14 PM
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hi john,
many thanks for the info. just as an aside.there was a roumour last year,i think,that liam neeson was going to play paddy mayne in a film about his life.did you hear it or know if anything came of it philip
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13-02-11, 02:51 PM
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Hi Philip,
That's a new one for me. However a film about this great man would be fantastic! Would put all the Hollywood action heroes to shame! My grandfather knew him well in the legal profession! Said he was a quiet gentle type! I don't think they'd ever had a drink together though! I'll certainly keep an eye out ! John
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13-02-11, 02:59 PM
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A worthy subject if ever there was one! Regards Ry
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13-02-11, 06:16 PM
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John, Paddy must've been getting soft in his old age! From everything I've read he was often getting plastered, but really a gentle giant when not hitting the sauce. It would certainly make for an interesting movie, but is Liam Neeson big enough for the part? he's a good actor, Irish to boot, but it takes a great man to fill Paddy's shoes.
I wonder if anyone's ever thought of making a movie about Roy Farran. There was another colourful character, with a checkered history. Anyone read "Major Farran's Hat"? I must read it sometime. It's about how he was implicated in a murder in the Fifties; all to do with the Israeli situation, Irgun, Stern Gang etc. He became Attorney-General for Alberta and wrote a history of the Calgary Highlanders. He died just a couple of years ago. Somewhere I have a picture of him at a Remembrance Day parade, all decked out in his DSOs and MCs, and wearing his SAS beret.
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13-02-11, 08:21 PM
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