Yanks

The film is set during WW2.

But throughout the very first scene we see modern 1970s road markings.

When Helen plays the slot machine in the Officer's Club, in Ireland, there are some "Roosevelt dimes" in her payout.

The scene is 1943-44, and the first Roosevelt dime wasn't minted until after the war, in 1946.

In the restaurant with the slot machine, her Coke bottle has a painted 'CocaCola' painted on the bottle.

That bottle was introduced in 1957.

Before that it was only molded in the glass.

This is not a perfect film, but it was made at the end of an era when films about World War II were made for veteran audiences. Movies like Tora Tora Tora and the Battle of Britain were about battles and almost completely ignored the human stories.

Well who would have thought it? I have always avoided this John Schlesinger film because of its title and theme.

Just watched this film again for at least the tenth time since it's release and never fail to be impressed by the accuracy of its portrayal of Northern England. In fact this is the England I remember growing up in in the 1960s and it really only started to change around the 1970s when we finally seemed to recover from post war austerity.

What a fantastic film. Just watched it today for the first time and am still thinking about it!

I saw this film in a theater upon its' release and found it to be enjoyable but I didn't like Richard Gere at the time. Much later, I saw him in 'Chicago' and realized that he was a true talent.

Back in his old stamping ground of Northern England,Mr Schlesinger reverts to what he knows best - the portrayal of working - class English people,bloody - minded,loyal,funny,kind,often angry and raging at the machine. Yes "Yanks" is ostensibly about the impact on a small English town of large numbers of American soldiers prior to the invasion of Europe in 1944,but it is the native population who make the greatest impression on the viewer.

I purchased the DVD because it covered a period of history fascinating to me. The fact that it starred Richard Gere was incidental.

I remember being disappointed by "Yanks" when it was first released in 1979. Now I have seen it again nearly 35 years later, and my opinion has not changed.

This probably is the first WW2 movie for me about the relationship between Americans stationed in Britain and the local people. I liked it so much I will have to look more into this area of history.