Aldrich Prioritized The Film’s Message
If Aldrich had heeded advice concerning a certain sequence, he might have received an Oscar nomination for Best Director. The filmmaker was told that removing the contentious scene in which Brown throws hand grenades into the German bunker would considerably boost his chances of winning an award. However, Aldrich chose to ignore this request in order to guarantee that his message of “war is hell” was fully known.
Aldrich Prioritized The Film’s Message
The Film Was A Bit Different From Its Source
The Dirty Dozen is based on the same-named book by E. M. Nathanson, which was published barely two years before filming began. However, the movie’s central objective is rarely mentioned in the source material. To learn anything about it, you’ll have to wait until the very end of the book.
The Film Was A Bit Different From Its Source
