Paths of Glory

Key Battles of American History

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4.7 • 861 Ratings

🗓️ 17 February 2021

⏱️ 61 minutes

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James and Sean discuss the classic 1957 anti-war film Paths of Glory, starring Kirk Douglas. In this film, a French colonel tries to save three of his men who are sentenced to be executed for cowardice.

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0:00.0	War has played a key role in the history of the United States, from the nation's
0:10.5	founding right down to the present. War made the U.S. independent, kept it together, increased
0:16.3	its size, and established it as a global superpower. Understanding America's wars is essential for understanding American history.
0:24.0	Welcome to Key Battles of American History,
0:26.8	a podcast in which we discuss American history through the lens of the most important battles of America's wars.
0:32.8	Here is your host, James Early.
0:44.8	Thank you. your host, James Early. Welcome to another special episode of Key Battles of World War I.
0:48.7	This is James Early, your host.
0:50.6	This is another in a series of episodes in which my good buddy, Sean McIver and I will discuss several of the best movies about World War I.
0:59.7	In today's episode, we will discuss the classic award-winning 1957 film Paths of Glory starring Kirk Douglas.
1:07.6	My guest, Sean, is a fellow history fanatic. He's a friend of mine. He's a World War I,
1:12.8	World War II buff. He's a fellow movie buff like myself, much more actually than me.
1:17.9	Sean is also a co-host of the excellent podcast, Come and Take It, a podcast about everything, Texas.
1:24.1	I hardly recommend that you check it out. I really enjoy the podcast. I've listened to every
1:29.3	episode and it's just a lot of fun and you learn a lot of good information about the Lone Star State.
1:35.3	Sean, I'm glad to have you with me again. How are you today? I'm doing well. Very good, very good.
1:41.1	So let's let me just set up things and kind of lay out some of the preliminary information, the basic information about the film. As I mentioned before, Paths of Glory came out in 1957. It's directed by one of the most iconic directors and most influential film directors in film history and that is of course
2:01.8	Stanley Kubrick Stanley Kubrick is the director he's also a writer helped write the
2:07.7	screenplay the movie stars one of the greatest actors of all time one of the most
2:13.3	iconic American actors Kirk Douglas a man who lived to be like 104 years old, I believe.
2:20.0	Oh, very much.
2:20.8	We're reporting this in 2020, and he just died a few months ago.
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