Pathfinders: In the Company of Strangers (2011)

Untold and lost history. A true story of the American Pathfinders, the volunteer paratroopers whose deadly mission was to land 30 minutes before the Normandy invasion, locate and mark ... See full summary »

Director:

Curt A. Sindelar

Writers:

Charlie Armstrong, Curt A. Sindelar

Stars:

Michael Conner Humphreys, Christopher Serrone, Suzanne Owens-Duval

Cast

Credited cast:
Michael Conner Humphreys	...	Eddie
Christopher Serrone	...	Captain McRoberts
Suzanne Owens-Duval	...	Beth's Grandmother
Jon Ashley Hall	...	The Major (as Jonathan Hall)
David Poland	...	Beth's Father
Ryan Findley	...	First Lieutenant
Catherine Johnson	...	Beth's Mother
Dan Kyle	...	Cicero
Rebecca Ovall	...	Beth
Donnie Edwards
Travis Mason	...	Pathfinder 33
Billy Reynolds	...	Rigs
Charlie Armstrong	...	Wounded Major
Dick McMahon	...	American General
Jackie Berrios	...	Party Guest 3

Storyline

Untold and lost history. A true story of the American Pathfinders, the volunteer paratroopers whose deadly mission was to land 30 minutes before the Normandy invasion, locate and mark strategic "drop zones" and set up the top-secret navigation equipment needed to guide the main airborne assault on D-Day.

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Taglines:

Behind enemy lines, alone, with a single mission.

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Genres:

Action | History | War

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Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

11 January 2011 (USA)

Also Known As:

Anihneftes

Box Office

Budget:

$50 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Portland Independent Films

Technical Specs

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

The outdoor set being used for this film is one of the largest outdoor sets built in independent film history. It was designed to maximize both speed of production and cinematographic perfection.

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Goofs

Gliders and single and twin-engined Allied aircraft participating in the Normandy invasion were marked with invasion or "Overlord" stripes, which were 3 white and 2 black alternating stripes on the wings and rear fuselage. The stripes on the fuselage were vertical with the center white stripe aligned with the white star on national insignia of the US aircraft. In this movie, the C-47 transports had their fuselage stripes with the rearward black stripe aligned with the star.

User Reviews

Bad actors performing a bad script with very bad direction ... badly!

From the first note of the opening song, this film blunders from anachronism to anachronism with the gay abandon of a film club of 10 year olds. Carefully chosen music that wouldn't be heard for 40 years; vehicles chosen perhaps for comfort rather than any likeness to anything that may have been seen in the US Military; a fascinating variety of guns, most of which bear more resemblance to plastic toys than actual weapons; military huts ordered direct from today's DIY catalogues; trees and casual wild life purportedly in England that never grew outside North America. In the end it's more a game of spot the idiocy than watch the film. Lighting and cameras compete with the director to find the most artistic shots, that of course don't work as art or film, and simply mystify as to their part in a plot which is harder to find than the Pathfinders' actual landing point. Tension is created more by having actors squabble than from real tension points. Characters you don't care about, in places that never existed, doing things that don't make sense ... badly. War films are just too well-researched and lovingly and accurately put together these days for this rubbish to shine in anything except ... well ... a rubbish dump! This is an insult to the real people who really suffered doing real heroic deeds.