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Budget

It would be interesting to find out how much this movie cost, particularly in the context of A Bridge Too Far and The Longest Day. Oliver9184 (talk) 17:11, 8 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

"No African Americans appear in the movie" - one actually is in it but doesn't speak

During a frantic retreat scene, Telly Savalas appeals for fuel for his tank from a passing truck which is laden with barrels of it, and one is thrown towards him onto the ground followed by an African American soldier from the back of the truck to assist him with it. Salavas makes some complaining comment about the fuel etc, and is promptly punched down onto the muddy ground by the silent African American soldier who is presumably already annoyed at the retreat from the Germans.

German Vehicles

Upon seeing this film; it appeared to me that the "King Tigers" were in fact M60 Pattons and the Halftracks were M4s? Anyone else agree? Perhaps it should go in the article? 86.160.223.188 (talk) 15:29, 6 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

There is no question these are M47s. They were supplied in large quantity to the Spanish Army (and other European armies) after the US Army started to transition to the M48 and later the M60. Since Spanish Army equipment was apparently used in the film, which was partially filmed in Spain, this makes sense. I edited the article accordingly. Yellowute (talk) 06:28, 15 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I visited the museum at El Goloso late last year and the M47 Patton on display was used in the film. The image I added to the article is mine. JonCatalán (talk) 22:21, 7 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Fair use rationale for Image:Bulge sheet A.jpg

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BetacommandBot (talk) 04:43, 12 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The cutting of the Germans in US uniforms on TV

I watched this on TV several years ago and noticed that nearly all the early scenes with the Germans in US uniforms in the bunker were cut making the later scenes involving them confusing. Has anything reliable commented on these TV cuts and why they were done?--BruceGrubb (talk) 14:59, 12 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The version shown on television and formerly for sale on video had that scene deleted along with one of Fonda and Bronson discussing the Morganthau Plan in a bunker prior to the German attack. These cuts have been restored on the DVD. My guess is that they were done for time though other scenes may have been more worthy of deletion ('Courtesan 1st Class') Foofbun (talk) 09:11, 25 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Removal of "Plot too long tag"

This is an epic-length movie with a somewhat convoluted plot. The details included in the description serve a useful purpose and are all important. Consequently, I removed the "Plot too long" tag. Roesser (talk) 21:24, 29 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

"Inacuraccy" removed

I removed claim that M24s were employed in extremely large numbers at time of the battle of the Bulge, edit some time ago by an anonymous editor, without edit summary. See Steven J. Zaloga's M24 Chaffee Light Tank 1943-1985 (Osprey, Oxford, 2003) pp. 10-11 - first batch of 20 M24s was on the way to units in ETO in early December 1944, from which number only two (2) were diverted to 740th Armored Bn. which deployed them since Dec 20 in the Ardennes area. (The other eighteen went to 744th Armored Bn, which employed them in Operation Grenade in February 1945 - when the battle of the Bulge was over - for the first time.) That's what I'd call 'extremely limited' rather than 'extremely large' numbers - in fact M24 was in substantial numbers deployed only after the fighting in the ETO was largely over. Sorry, I should had explained this in more detail in the edit summary previously.--78.80.180.156 (talk) 09:45, 3 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

You can add allegations about the Malmedy incident to "inaccuracies". --41.151.90.211 (talk) 21:18, 27 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Added a couple scenes

These are on the Blu-Ray but I have never seen before in the DVD and VHS releases. They change the nature of the Hessler character. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.232.12.71 (talk) 20:39, 19 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

No, there is no extra footage in the film on the Blu-Ray release. They used the original theatrical release, just as the 2005 DVD did. Sorry, WRONG. HammerFilmFan (talk) 18:52, 8 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Panzerlied

The synopsis/article should include a reference to the song Panzerlied.

http://www.worldwar2movietimeline.com/movies/battle-of-the-bulge/

71.80.203.226 (talk) 23:56, 25 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

--And the fact that they just sing the first verse over and over and over? Best regardsTheBaron0530 (talk) 15:02, 26 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

United Kingdom's original runtime

I heard that the film's runtime in the United Kingdom was apparently, originally 212 minutes (3 hours and 32 minutes) according to IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058947/alternateversions?ref_=tttrv_ql_5

It's likely clear that they might've chopped down shorter to 170 minutes (2 hours and 50 minutes) after the roadshow version in the UK, while it released in a US with a same short runtime, which I'm not 100% sure. Stephenfisher2001 (talk) 04:23, 4 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Imaginary Eisenhower Press Conference

I removed that ridiculous reference to President Eisenhower "coming out of retirement" to hold a press conference just to denounce this film's inaccuracies. The only citation was to a book that didn't offer a citation for the claim. There is no video or newspaper account to date of this happening. Rather than share my original research I'll just conclude by saying that the best available evidence would be found at the Eisenhower Presidential Library in Abilene, KS. Without that, this little online "Fun fact" needs to stay deleted. Also, saying he came out of retirement to make a speech is a tad stupid. Eisenhower had public appearances and also conversations with then President Johnson a number of times "in" his retirement. John Simpson54 (talk) 20:53, 3 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]