{"id":17175,"date":"2020-11-27T11:00:32","date_gmt":"2020-11-27T17:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/2020\/11\/27\/fighting-on-film-the-hill-1965-sean-connery-harry-andrews-sidney-lumet\/"},"modified":"2021-10-04T07:08:13","modified_gmt":"2021-10-04T12:08:13","slug":"fighting-on-film-the-hill-1965-sean-connery-harry-andrews-sidney-lumet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/2020\/11\/27\/fighting-on-film-the-hill-1965-sean-connery-harry-andrews-sidney-lumet\/","title":{"rendered":"Fighting On Film: The Hill (1965) &#8211; Sean Connery &#8211; Harry Andrews &#8211; Sidney Lumet"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"youtubomatic-video-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fiJm6C1A-V4?autoplay=1&amp;controls=1\" width=\"580\" height=\"380\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>In this episode we examine the Sidney Lumet classic &#8216;The Hill&#8217; which sees standout performances from a brilliant cast of character actors and the late, great Sean Connery. The film follows a group of British Army prisoners who are pushed to their breaking point in a military prison under the baking desert sun.<\/p>\n<p>Be sure to follow us on Twitter [<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FightingOnFilm]\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/FightingOnFilm]<\/a> and let us know what you thought of the episode and if you&#8217;ve watched the film.<\/p>\n<p>Also available on other platforms and apps &#8211; find them here: <a href=\"https:\/\/linktr.ee\/fightingonfilm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/linktr.ee\/fightingonfilm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Thanks for listening!<\/p>\n<p>Contents:<br \/>\nIntroduction &#8211; 0:00<br \/>\nPlot Low Dow &#8211; 01:20<br \/>\nThe Hill Itself &#8211; 08:00<br \/>\nThe Glass House &amp; Military Punishment &#8211; 16:00<br \/>\nConnery&#8217;s Anti-Hero &#8211; 18:00<br \/>\nConnery vs the RSM &#8211; 20:00<br \/>\nThe Cast &#8211; 24:05<br \/>\nDeath in the Cell &#8211; 27:00<br \/>\nThe Mutiny &amp; the RSM&#8217;s Speech &#8211; 33:20<br \/>\nOssie Davis Steals the Show &#8211; 37:20<br \/>\nThe RSM Looses Control &#8211; 40:30<br \/>\nDefeat from the Jaws of Victory &#8211; 45:00<br \/>\nConnery&#8217;s Performance &#8211; 46:00<br \/>\nFinal Thoughts &#8211; 49:00<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this episode we examine the Sidney Lumet classic &#8216;The Hill&#8217; which sees standout performances from a brilliant cast of character actors and the late, great Sean Connery. The film follows a group of British Army prisoners who are pushed to their breaking point in a military prison under the baking desert sun. Be sure&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/2020\/11\/27\/fighting-on-film-the-hill-1965-sean-connery-harry-andrews-sidney-lumet\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Fighting On Film: The Hill (1965) &#8211; Sean Connery &#8211; Harry Andrews &#8211; Sidney Lumet<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":17176,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"off","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[89,19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17175","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-content","category-video"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17175","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17175"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17175\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17220,"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17175\/revisions\/17220"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17176"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17175"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17175"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17175"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}