Passchendaele Page #3

Synopsis: Sergeant Michael Dunne fights in the 10th Battalion, AKA The "Fighting Tenth" with the 1st Canadian Division and participated in all major Canadian battles of the war, and set the record for highest number of individual bravery awards for a single battle.
Director(s): Paul Gross
Production: Alliance Atlantis
  11 wins & 5 nominations.
 
IMDB:
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Year:
2008
114 min
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on this ship are slack.

The home front is awash

in saboteurs and provocateurs.

Odd those words

sound French, what?

Allies and all.

Be that as it may, our immediate

concern is recruitment.

Minimum age 18. Infantry,

Service and Medical Corps:

...minimum height 5 foot 3 inches,

chest 33 and one half inches.

Gunners - Carmichael,

remove this.

Ah, yes sir!

Capital asset, Carmichael.

Gunners:
minimum height

5 foot 7 inches,

- ... chest 34 and one half inches

give or take, you understand.

Preference given

to unmarried men.

The blind and the deaf

are to be avoided,

...and asthmatics are

strictly ne touche pas,

...given the problems

associated with gas.

And on that note,

may I say, in confidence...

I have seen acts

of depravity, Dunne.

Kroonstad.

Human depravity.

But gas? Even the Boer

would not sink so low.

We use gas, sir.

Of course we do.

Cut from the same cloth,

you and I.

A rarefying experience, combat.

Something Carmichael

will never encounter.

Blind as a bat,

feet like a fried egg.

- Isn't that right, Carmichael?

- More than right, sir.

You saw action

in South Africa, sir?

I've studied your dossier, Sergeant.

But you can rest easy.

I have my eye on you.

Ladies and gentlemen,

I present to you...

...a Distinguished Conduct Medal

winner,

...a proud member of Calgary's

own 10th Battalion,

...Second Brigade,

First Canadian Division.

Please rise

for Sergeant Michael Dunne!

- I thought he'd be bigger.

- In what sense?

- In the sense that he'd be bigger.

- Please, please.

You're embarrassing

the good sergeant.

Would all of those women who are

present please resume your seats?

Thank you.

And all those men

too old to serve,

...would you also

resume your seats?

And all the boys who are

not yet of age to serve,

...would you take

your seats as well?

And now, I ask you

to look at the men...

...who stand amongst you...

...and explain to Sergeant Dunne...

...why they are not doing

their part for their King,

...their country and their God!

Kamerad.

Eyes wide open.

Next.

- Name?

- David Mann.

What's your marital status, David?

- Single.

- And you're of legal age?

- Look, I applied before.

- Yeah, I see that.

And according to this form,

...you were rejected

because you have asthma.

Do you now have medical

clearance on that asthma?

I wouldn't be here, would I?

And this isn't Germany.

I don't carry documents with me.

You're in uniform,

but you aren't at the front.

- You have anything to document that?

- As a matter of fact I do.

They diagnosed me as neurasthenic,

which means 'shell shock,'

...which means

I'm mentally incompetent,

...and this is the paper

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Paul Gross

Paul Michael Gross, OC (born April 30, 1959) is a Canadian actor, producer, director, singer, and writer born in Calgary, Alberta. He is known for his lead role as Constable Benton Fraser in the television series Due South as well as his 2008 war film Passchendaele, which he wrote, produced, directed, and starred in. During Due South's final season, Gross acted as executive producer in addition to starring, wrote the season three opener and finale, the two part series finale and wrote and sang songs for the show, some of which can be found on the two Due South soundtracks. He later found success with another Canadian TV series, Slings and Arrows. He also produced one film with Akshay Kumar called Speedy Singhs starring Camilla Belle and Vinay Virmani. more…

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