Following in Clint Eastwoods Footsteps...

Its amazing what you find when you're digging into your hard drive, the one I have (an external Passport one) is getting on a bit now, it only works if the cable is wrapped in a certain kind of way with an elastic band, I'm guessing that either the port or the cable is well past its sell by date.
The crazy thing is I haven't backed any of it up and it contains hundreds of photos, my Navy Seal novel(in progress) and countless other files related to my Airsoft photo books over at airsoftinfidel.com.

I digress, what I wanted to share was the pics below, these were taken back in 2007 for a game called Hour of Victory released by Midway Games. The photos were taken while shooting a TV ad for a TCM movies sponsorship, the other pics are taken fromthe games press event in Austria. The clothing was hired from Angels, a London film and TV costume hire company, we decked out three actors in the original German paratrooper winter smock outfits as worn by Clint Eastwood and  Richard Burton from the film Where Eagles Dare and real weapons of WW2 were supplied by movie and TV armourer Rob Grundy.

In addition to that we held a press event at the Hohenwefern Fortress in Austria and flew all the journo's out there, this was the actual setting for the castle that Clint and co assault to get to general Canarby in the movie. The greatest thing about the press event was that on the rear side of the castle they actual have Falconry displays with birds of prey so it really is a case of Where Eagles Dare. The fortress was used for all the courtyard shots, exterior shots of a different castle were used to give it a much more dramatic appearance.
Unfortunately Hour of Victory was a dogs dinner in terms of quality video game experience, however with the TV campaign and press event we were able to roll that turd in some glitter.

Above: The key art which was a combination of illustration and photography, the real fortress is in the background. How a sniper uses a rifle wearing mittens is anyones guess?

Above: One of the models between takes, I think the M1 Thompson we were using was jamming since the actor had to cock the slide bolt on every take.

 Above: The courtyard where the Helicopter was situated in the film Where Eagles Dare.

 Above: The real Eagles daring -Falconry and birds of prey display.

 Above: The interior press event all set up with pull up banners and Xbox consoles and monitors.

Above: The scene from the film, this shot is taken above the rounded shaped clock tower you see in the top image. The sandbags are where the chairs and tables are now.

Check out this awesome blog on the film for more photo comparisons and details here

if, like me you're  a fan of the movie Where Eagles Dare, there's a great tshirt here on Zazzle which uses the all classic line "Broadsword Calling Danny Boy" the callsign for Richard Burton when he makes the radio call.