Description of rage. How the film "Fury" was filmed

Plot [ | ]

The crew suffered a loss - the assistant driver-machine gunner died. To replace him, a recruit is sent to Don's subordination - Norman Ellison, who previously served at the headquarters. Norman immediately finds himself on the front line, where he comes face to face with the horrors of war. The recruit is not ready to kill. So, while a column of armored vehicles is moving, Norman sees a teenager from the Hitler Youth armed with a Panzerfaust, but does not shoot at him. The enemy attacks the convoy, setting fire to the car in front, but the allies destroy the attackers. Collier makes it clear to the recruit that he must learn to kill, because otherwise not only Ellison, but also his comrades in arms may die.

After the death of the commander, Don takes command of a tank company. Under his command, tank crews come to the aid of a platoon of soldiers in difficulty and destroy a German anti-tank battery. After the battle, Collier forces Norman to shoot a captured German soldier, putting his revolver in his hand. In the next battle, Ellison, out of compassion, machine-guns several German soldiers who were dying in agony after being caught on fire by a white phosphorus shell.

After taking a small German town, Don and the crew of his tank stop with two townspeople, Irma and Emma. Seeing Norman and Emma's sympathy for each other, the rest of the crew begins to behave arrogantly towards the young people, and only the timely intervention of the commander allows the situation to be defused.

Some time later, after the soldiers have left, the city comes under artillery fire. One of the shells hits the house where Irma and Emma live. Both women die. Norman tries to save the already dead Emma, ​​but Grady interferes with him in every possible way and literally pushes the guy back into the tank.

On the roadstead, the tankers are ambushed by the crew of a German Tiger tank. Four against one - the Americans win the battle, but only one of the four crew that was ambushed survives...

Left alone and completing a previously assigned task, Don and the crew of his tank hit a mine at a fork in the road, as a result of which they receive serious damage chassis (one of the road wheels was destroyed, the caterpillar was torn) and the tank crews were forced to repair it. Norman, sent on reconnaissance, reports the approach of significantly superior enemy forces - up to the SS battalion. Grady, Svyatosha and Gordo offer to retreat, but the commander's determination forces them to stay. The tank crew enters into an unequal battle with the enemy. The gun barrel is damaged and the tankers have to defend themselves with machine guns, machine guns and grenades, but the ammunition runs out. One by one, the crew members die heroically: Grady is killed by a shot from a Faustpatron, Fatman is killed by a grenade, which he unsuccessfully threw and ended up covering with his body to save the rest of the crew, and Boyd (Holy One) is killed by a stray bullet (an accidental hit) when Don asked to hand over the grenades. Seeing the hopelessness of the situation, Norman offers to surrender, but the mortally wounded Collier asks not to do this. Ellison leaves the tank through the bottom hatch, Don is killed by a grenade explosion. A young German soldier (with SS stripes) notices Norman, but does not surrender him, leaving him lying under a destroyed tank. The surviving German soldiers leave.

The next morning, Norman returns to the tank, where he is discovered by soldiers of the approaching Allied forces.

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Filming [ | ]

Filming began in September 2013 in the English county of Oxfordshire and at the airfield of the Bovington military base. The film used Sherman and Tiger tanks taken from the Bovington Tank Museum. To film scenes inside the Sherman, a special set was built, mounted on hinges in such a way as to simulate shaking while driving. The walls of the set were movable to allow changing shooting angles. The interior of the tank was recreated as a set from surviving drawings by the artist of the film, Gary Jopling. To add authenticity, the skin and parts of real tanks, borrowed from collectors, were used. To obtain a reliable image inside the tank, cinematographer Roman Vasyanov abandoned camera lighting and made do with small LED panels installed to illuminate the shadows. Contrary to modern trends in the use of digital film cameras, the shooting was carried out on film. At . Samples of authentic clothing and uniforms from the Second World War, also collected from collectors, were used as costumes.

The title character's nickname is borrowed from Sergeant Lafayette "Wardaddy" Poole, a Sherman tank commander and the most successful tank ace of the US Army in the Second World War, which has 12 confirmed destroyed enemy tanks, as well as over two and a half hundred armored vehicles and self-propelled guns.

Rental [ | ] [ | ]

The film received mostly positive reviews. On the site Rotten Tomatoes the film has a rating of 78% based on 206 reviews, with an average score of 7 out of 10. On the site Metacritic based on 47 reviews from critics, the film received a score of 64 out of 100.

But in general, according to the veterans who fought in the European campaign, such a battle could not have happened. The immobilized American tank would have been destroyed extremely quickly by the advancing German SS battalion, armed with Faustpatrons and other small arms. The battalion had at least 4 Faustpatrons with it. The German SS battalion would not allow itself to be shot from the tank’s machine guns, but would take up a perimeter defense. Shooters with faust cartridges, hiding behind the surrounding terrain, would very soon get close to the immobilized tank and destroy it at point-blank range.

Others note the lengthiness of the plot, which in no way corresponds to the real combat situation, when seconds count and any right or wrong decision decides the fate of the crew, and unnecessary dialogues instead of engaging or leaving the combat vehicle only accelerate the path to death.

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Literature [ | ]

• Buster Lloyd. Four tank crews and a recruit: the film “Fury” (Russian) // “MediaVision”: magazine. - 2014. - No. 10/50. - pp. 34-36.

Dodie Dorn Cameraman Roman Vasyanov Dubbing director Alexander Novikov Screenwriter David Ayer Artists Andrew Menzes, Phil Harvey, Mark Scruton, more

Do you know that

• Shia LaBeouf was noted for his extravagant behavior during filming: he knocked off a piece of his tooth and abandoned personal hygiene in order to look more like a World War II soldier. In addition, the scar on his face was real; the actor cut his own face to make it appear that his character had participated in battles.
• All main cast members were required to undergo 4 weeks of recruit training camp. It is noteworthy that Brad Pitt, despite his age, also followed all instructions without the slightest concession.
• In the film, Scott Eastwood's character repeatedly spits tobacco onto the surface of the tank. This feature of the character almost led to a fight on the set: Pitt and LaBeouf regarded this behavior as disrespectful, not knowing that this character’s behavior was actually written into the script.
• This film is the third in Brad Pitt's filmography, the plot of which takes place during World War II.
• The entire film was shot in 62 days.

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Errors in the film

• In the first scene of the film, where the camera moves smoothly across the tank, you can see a pin-up poster on the skin. In fact, this particular image was only drawn in 1959.
• Norman ends up wet after Grady pours a glass of water on him, but moments later his hair and face are completely dry again.
• Don, while in the house of two women, thoroughly washes his face and shaves his face smoothly. But just one scene later, when they are driving away from the city, you can see several days of stubble on his cheeks.
• As a tank drives through a broken settlement, in front of which lie the corpses of civilians with signs stating the reasons why they were executed, Collier translates them for the team. But due to incorrect editing, the translations do not match the inscriptions.
• Norman enters the hospital, whose windows are covered with a thick layer of dirt and dust. But when the guy is indoors, he perfectly sees what is happening on the street.
• When approaching opponents in a tank, Don puts on goggles to protect his eyes from dust and debris. But before the actual start of the shootout, he appears in the frame without them.
• After a grenade hits the tank's hatch at the end of the film and explodes, Norman looks into the cabin, but there are no signs of even the slightest damage.

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Plot

Beware, the text may contain spoilers!

In the spring of 1945, Germany is defeated in the war, but German soldiers continue to remain in their positions, skirmishing with enemies along the entire front line. Sergeant Don Collier went through the entire war on one tank with the same team, but the recent death of a machine gunner forces him to take a new soldier. He turns out to be Norman Ellison, a young man who has never participated in combat or shot at people.

The new recruit's relationship with the entire team is tense, as he turns out to be practically useless. As the Allied column moves through the forest, he spots a German soldier but does not shoot him, causing them to lose several pieces of military equipment. Don doesn’t like this state of affairs, and the experienced commander is trying in every possible way to teach the guy courage.

One day, their column is attacked by a company of German soldiers with a tank division. The Allies manage to win this battle, but only Collier's team remains alive. The guys decide to move further into the front, but they come across a mine, which causes serious damage to their tank. The situation escalates when Norman notices a large number of German soldiers approaching. The whole team is determined to escape, but Don, by his example, forces them to stay.

Men enter into an unequal battle with the enemy. Gradually their ammunition runs out and crew members die. The only survivor is Norman, who is hiding from German soldiers under the bottom of the tank.

A few hours later, the American army arrives at the scene of the collision and discovers a young guy. He emerges from his hiding place and discovers that with his team of five he was able to defeat several hundred enemies. After this, he and the convoy are transported to a safe place.

Reviews of the film "Fury"

Reviews of the film "Fury"

• Oleg July 19, 2018 Film rating 7 out of 10

  Beautiful fairy tale

  David Ayer had a blast after Suicide Squad, but before that DC miscarriage there was Fury. A war drama with a good cast, excellent reimagining of the characters, although it is also not without its drawbacks. However, Brad Pitt's team provided a pleasant time. Fabulous, sometimes contradictory, but coherent and touching... No comments yet 0
• Niko_Lex June 7, 2018 Movie rating 10 out of 10

  He who does the Will of God abides forever

  Who will take the fight? Who is the blind force behind? War, you understand (not beauty) is stronger! The bestial appearance of the arrogant rage In it, people took on the guise of animals (from the memoirs of Norman Ellison) It feels like I was turned inside out and now anyone can pierce me with something sharp - a knife, a bullet, a word, a look... There are corpses mixed on the country roads with the dirt and contents of their ripped open bellies... No comments yet 0
• Mystery_girl_ January 30, 2018 Movie rating 8 out of 10

  Realities of war

  General impression: Fury - war drama directed by David Ayer. It is very difficult to watch things on the screen that once happened in reality. But on the other hand, how else can we touch history if these are not films/books? War... there is so much horror in this word. The film sparkles with professionally choreographed battle scenes...

One of the most discussed events of 2014 in the world of cinema is the release on the big screens. American action movie“Fury” (the original title sounds like “Fury”), the main role in which Hollywood went to Brad Pitt.

The plot of the film takes place during the Second World War. It is known that victory in it was difficult for all countries that opposed Germany. That is why many critics and film lovers were skeptical about the new film in advance - they were afraid to see another blockbuster, the plot of which would turn out to be that only thanks to the heroism of an ordinary American guy one of the most protracted and bloody wars was won. And so on October 30, the premiere of the film “Rage” took place in Russia and Ukraine, a review of which was written by journalists almost on the same evening (and more than one). So, did the Americans succeed in cracking the stereotype, or did the worst fears of moviegoers come true?

"Fury" is a film that takes place just a few weeks before the capture of Berlin - in April 1945. Allied troops entered Germany and occupied city after city. A certain Don Collier (Brad Pitt) serves in an American tank unit with the rank of sergeant. This is not the first day that Don has been fighting; the tank has literally become his second home. Collier's crew is one of the few who managed to get out of all troubles without loss of personnel.

However, in one of the battles the machine gunner dies, and his place is taken by Norman Ellison (Logan Lerman), a young man who has never held a weapon in his hands, much less shot at people. Don's crew immediately receives a rather dangerous mission, but Collier has real fears that due to the infantilism of the recruit, the commander will not be able to protect his comrades, and most importantly, complete the task.

In the first skirmish, due to the fault of Norman, who refused to shoot at the Germans, one of the unit’s crews was killed. Don Collier forces Ellison to kill a person (a prisoner of war) for the first time in his life, after which he “gets the taste” and begins to perform his duties properly.

In one of the German cities, Norman meets a German girl Emma (Alicia von Rittberg) and becomes attached to her, but bombs dropped by German fighters on the Allied troops hit a residential building, and Emma dies before his eyes.

A tank unit led by Collier moves to the next city to reinforce the allied forces, but the armored fascist Tiger tank destroys it - only Don’s crew manages to survive. Don, Boyd (Shia LaBeouf), Norman, Grady (Jon Bernthal) and Trini (Michael Peña) move to a fork in the road to join their troops there, as required by a previously assigned combat mission, but they stumble upon a mine - the tank breaks down. . The crew fails to repair it, as after some time the SS battalion approaches the place where they are stuck.

5 team members enter the battle knowing that they will die. Don's guys managed to destroy a large number of SS soldiers, but military supplies soon run out, and the tankers die one after another. Norman is the only one who managed to escape: the allied troops find him near the destroyed tank and the bodies of his dead friends the next morning.

Cast

A review of the film “Fury” cannot ignore the interesting selection of actors for the project. In fact, director David Ayer used an old Hollywood trick: there is only one truly venerable star in the film (Brad Pitt), who “shines” against the background of the vast majority of little-known names.

Of course, there's also Shia LaBeouf and Logan Lerman. However, LaBeouf, known to everyone from the acclaimed Transformers franchise, in Fury plays the role of a patient and meek Saint, who is sometimes unnoticeable in the frame (but this in no way detracts from the actor’s talent). A rising star Lerman, by definition, cannot compete for the viewer’s attention with the “experienced” Pitt. Based on this, critics dubbed the film “a Brad Pitt film,” which may be for the best, since nothing distracted attention from the actor’s character and his talented performance.

In addition, Michael Peña (the role of the driver) also played supporting roles (the role of the loader in the crew). The most successful works of Jon Bernthal - participation in t/s " the walking Dead"and the film "The Wolf of Wall Street". Michael Pena has starred in many famous projects, but performed, as a rule, minor roles(“Twin Towers”, “American Hustle”).

Jim Parrack, Kevin Vance, Lawrence Spellman and Daniel Betts became the comrades of Don Collier's crew. Episodic roles went to (the son of the famous film director), Jason Isaacs (played the role of Lucius Malfoy in the Harry Potter film series), Xavier Samuel (Twilight. Eclipse, Light Me Up) and Brad Hanke (TV series The Bridge, film The Day draft").

Roles German girls in the captured city they went to Alicia von Rittberg (star of German TV series), Anamaria Marinka (Romanian actress) and a certain Evgenia Kuzmina, the wife of Bill Block (producer of the film).

Brad Pitt as Battle Dad

If it weren't for Pitt's participation in the film "Fury", the film review of many critics would hardly have been so positive. The film was shot in the style of a realistic chronicle, and if it cast not decorated really interesting creative person, then a good half of the audience would refuse to watch the dry details of military life.

Brad Pitt began his career as the hero of melodramas: his attractive appearance forced directors to see in him only a hero-lover. But over time, the actor showed everyone that he is not so simple.

The turning point in his creative career becomes the main role in David Fincher's "Fight Club": no romance, no softness, no emphasis on appearance- Pitt proved that he can be tough, that he can be cynical, that he can be different. Further, his roles become more diverse and interesting.

As for "Fury," Pitt's character, nicknamed Battle Dad, is simple and clear: he is a man who is good at his job and doesn't bother his head with idealistic nonsense. Don Collier knows only one thing: he is at war, he is the boss, and if he hesitates for even a second, not only will he be killed, but also his crew. Like any good military man, Don is used to following orders, so when he loses his unit and even his combat vehicle, he still tries to hold his given positions and, as a result, dies.

Logan Lerman

Logan Lerman played one of the key roles in the film “Fury”. The journalists' review did not spare him either.

Lerman, unlike Pitt, had not acted in war films before. Maybe that’s why it was easy for Logan to get used to the role of young Norman Ellison, the new gunner-radio operator in the crew of Battle Dad. Lerman's character introduces conflict into the development of the plot, since in the company of professional military men he is clearly a weak point - he is afraid of blood, has never killed, and frivolously falls in love with girls.

The crew members of the Sherman tank fear that Norman will be the reason they will not make it to the end of the war. But under the pressure of circumstances, Lerman’s character changes, and as a result, he is the only one left alive after the final battle.

Shia LaBeouf and his character Saint

The review of the film “Fury” from many film critics was not complete without a positive assessment of Shia LaBeouf’s sudden transformation: the young actor added one more to his treasury of roles played characteristic character- Boyd Swan (tank crew gunner).

Boyd is a deeply religious man who constantly quotes Holy Scripture, for which he received the nickname Holy One. Boyd Swan himself understands that he “bored everyone with his sermons,” but as a faithful comrade, he still enjoys the respect of the crew members. During the final battle he is one of the first to die.

Director and other creators of the film

Fury is a film by David Ayer. The American director wrote the script himself and even acted as a producer.

This is not Ayer's first experience working on war dramas: he has written scripts for films such as U-571 and Training Day. Ayer is also the author of the script for the first part of the Fast and Furious franchise. Ayer's desire to touch military theme in his works is quite clear: he served in the US Navy and knows military affairs firsthand.

In the drama "Fury" David Ayer managed to move away from politics, as well as the idealization of war. Without assessing what is happening, the director simply shows a chronicle of the life of tank crews of the Second World War; his characters are endowed with the most contradictory features and ordinary human fears. These are not characters from comic books and usual action movies - these are ordinary service people who are simply doing their job.

Any review written about the film “Fury” does not ignore the talented cinematography of Roman Vasyanov, a graduate of the Moscow VGIK. Vasyanov worked as a cinematographer in the project of V. Todorovsky “Vise” and A. Kavun “Hunting for Piranha”. In Fury, the cinematographer helped David Ayer create the most realistic atmosphere possible, filming the material in such a way that the viewer has the effect of being on a battlefield or in a tank.

The film was produced by Bill Block (“District 9,” “Vanilla Sky”) and John Lesher (“Overwatch”), with music by Steven Price (“Gravity”).

Working on a historical drama is not an easy task (this is the genre Fury was filmed in). A review of a film (the facts of mistakes made are obvious) necessarily concerns the shortcomings and oversights of the film crew. Some of them are noticeable even to an inexperienced viewer.

1. During the climax of the battle, 2 grenades are thrown into Don Collier's tank, causing an explosion. But when Norman returns to the tank in the morning, it is clearly visible that the dead commander’s uniform and skin are in perfect condition.
2. Shortly before the end of the film, Norman gets into an ambulance and watches from the inside as Allied soldiers scurry around the tank - the glass of the car is so dirty and cloudy that almost nothing is visible. However, when the cameraman films outside, it looks clean and shows the actor's face quite clearly to the audience.
3. The final battle begins during the day, but after a few minutes the frame falls into deep night.

There are a few more film blunders that only people who understand military affairs can notice. But in general and in general, a realistic situation was recreated. For this purpose, the performers of the main roles were trained by a professional tank driver, and from the Bovington Museum to film set An M4A2 76mm HVSS tank was specially fitted, in which not a single screw had been replaced since World War II.

The director insisted that the actors really feel the "dirt, sweat, blood and tears" of war. Shia LaBeouf, for example, took this literally and practically did not wash during filming.

Premiere

The film was released on big screens in the fall of 2014. The premiere schedule for the film “Fury” (a review from local journalists came out immediately after the screening) looked something like this:

• October 15 - USA and Jamaica;
• October 17 - Bahamas, Canada;
• October 19 - UK;
• October 30 - Azerbaijan, Israel, Kazakhstan, Russia, Slovenia, Ukraine, etc.

Box office

Whatever the review of the film “Fury” written by journalists, it exceeded the budget costs by $114 million. Proceeds from Russian distribution amounted to $8.5 million.

Ratings

Taking into account the reviews compiled for “Fury” (film reviews largely influence ratings), we can say that the film’s global rating is close to 78%. In Russia the film won 71% positive feedback. The rating of “Fury” according to IMDb is also quite high - 7.65.

Reviews and feedback on the film “Fury”

Film critics and viewers in general remained grateful to the director for the absence of politically controversial moments in the film and the democratic approach to the presentation of facts. Also, fans of war films highly appreciated the realism of location filming and the attentive approach to technical details.

A plot review of the film “Fury” showed that everything in it develops quite logically and naturally, except for the ending. Viewers note that the director could not resist and turned the assault on the immobilized tank literally into fantasy: the Germans until the very morning cannot hit Don Collier, who is clearly visible on the roof of the tank, from close range. What is even more surprising is that for some reason the German sniper waits until all his comrades are killed, and only then begins to perform his duties. In a word, more demanding viewers secretly dubbed the film a “comedy of blunders.”

Conclusion

Due to the complexity of the genre in which the film “Fury” was shot, reviews and reviews of it cannot be unambiguous. But the care with which I prepared film crew the release of the film, the director's sincere desire to achieve high realism, as well as large box office receipts, are undoubtedly a reason to watch the film.