Movie Theater Coming soon 'The Legend Of Billy Sing',

[secretsquirrel]

Cool movie about a famous aussie sniper currently in post production.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7REJb9JMOMQ
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Sing

 

[drmarc]

Re: Coming soon 'The Legend Of Billy Sing',

Great! Look forward to that one....

 

[The Mechanic]

Re: Coming soon 'The Legend Of Billy Sing',

Reading Wikipedia. Really sucks to think a war hero dies alone and penniless.

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body">His final days were spent in relative poverty, working as a labourer. He died alone in his room in a Brisbane boarding house on May 19 1943 aged 57 years. Cause of death was a ruptured aorta. His only significant possessions were a hut worth approximately £20 located on a mining claim, plus the sum of 5 shillings found with him in his room.[1]</div></div>

 

[wickedfish]

Re: Coming soon 'The Legend Of Billy Sing',

Sounds just like our HEROS die, Pappy Boyington.

 

[Parallax]

Re: Coming soon 'The Legend Of Billy Sing',

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: WICKEDFISH</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Sounds just like our HEROS die, Pappy Boyington. </div></div>

And Alvin York... JFK bailed him out just before he died in 1964. Our friends in the IRS gave him a good screwing... NO good deed goes unpunished here.

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body">...York's health began to deteriorate after the war and in 1954 he suffered from a stroke that would leave him bedridden for the remainder of his life. In 1951, the Internal Revenue Service accused York of tax evasion regarding profits earned from the movie. Unfortunately, York was practically destitute in 1951. He spent the next ten years wrangling with the IRS, which led Speaker of the House Sam Rayburn and Congressman Joe L. Evins to establish the York Relief Fund to help cancel the debt. In 1961, President John F. Kennedy ordered that the matter be resolved and considered the IRS's actions in the case to be a national disgrace. The relief fund paid the IRS $100,000 and placed $30,000 in trust to be used in the family's best interest.</div></div>