Eight Iron Men (1952, Ocho hombres de acero) - Official Region 2 PAL release

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In between this pressing concern, Colleano (one of Ian Dury's Reasons to be Cheerful, and the tragically fatal victim of a car crash in Birkenhead just 6 years later at the age of 34) regales the squad with the dreams he has regarding the pin up by his bunk. What marks Eight Iron Men out as unusual are the scenes which are given over to these fantasies, as the pin up (played by Mary Castle) comes to life. Castle, the woman once touted as 'the lady who looks more like Hayworth than Hayworth does' is certainly dynamite to look at, though a troubled private life of several marriages, alcohol addiction and violence curtailed her career. Ffilm ddrama gan y cyfarwyddwr Edward Dmytryk yw Eight Iron Men a gyhoeddwyd yn 1952. Fe'i cynhyrchwyd yn Unol Daleithiau America. Sgwennwyd y sgript yn wreiddiol yn Saesneg a hynny gan Harry Brown a chyfansoddwyd y gerddoriaeth gan Leith Stevens. The ideal spin rate for an 8- iron is 8,000rpm. This number is a thousand times more than that of the club. The magnitude of spin produced on a golf ball instantly after an impact is known as the spin rate. The spin rate has a great impact on the height and distance of a shot. Eight Iron Men is a 1952 American World War II drama film directed by Edward Dmytryk and produced by Stanley Kramer. [2] It stars Bonar Colleano, Arthur Franz, Lee Marvin, Richard Kiley and Mary Castle. Lee Marvin's powerful performance as the squad's leader ratchets up the suspense along with Dmytryk's noir style direction and J. Roy Hunt's deft cinematography.

Tees that are used with drivers and woods are commonly longer than irons to get the ball teed up higher. Choosing a short tee will render it effortless to tee the ball at an accurate height, customarily raising the ball at the right distance away from the ground. Finally, in the middle of this gab-fest, Sgt. Mooney (Lee Marvin) decides to try and do something to save Small and takes a mortar team to try and take out the machine gun nest. Firing the hand-held (!) mortar tube, they are incredibly accurate, but fail. They don't seem to try and get eyes on Small or even call out to him to see if he's alive. As the squad is about to pull out, it's up to Private Coke to save the day on his own with a hundred-to-one grenade throw. Both experienced and amateur golfers will often try to help lift the ball with their golf swing. As mentioned in the above point, an iron is uniquely designed to lift the ball by itself. An ideal swing is the one where you’ll hit the ball first and then leave a divot. A divot is a part of turf which is sliced off the ground while playing a stroke. One thing to always consider is that no golfer should disregard accuracy for distance. A balance should always be maintained between both aspects. Like the best anti-war films, "Eight Iron Men" is full of hard-bitten cynicism as a group of humans try to maintain their dignity in an insane environment. The face of war is gritty-not glamorous in "Eight Iron Men" and the film is not for those looking for fast edits and flashy action sequences.Ganwyd y cyfarwyddwr ffilm Edward Dmytryk ar 4 Medi 1908 yn Grand Forks a bu farw yn Encino ar 25 Awst 1966. Roedd yn fwyaf cynhyrchiol yn 1930 ond ni ellir dweud fod y gwaith wedi cyrraedd enwogrwydd byd-eang. But, with all of this going for it, the recipe fails. It's like the fruitcake that is a focal point in this film - great ingredients by themselves, but put together are often not edible. The screenplay by Harry Brown was based on his 1945 play A Sound of Hunting, which had featured Sam Levene, Frank Lovejoy and Burt Lancaster during its short run on Broadway from Nov 20, 1945 to Dec 08, 1945. [3] "Burton" Lancaster had played Sgt. Mooney, Lee Marvin's role in the original play, Sam Levene played Pvt. Colluci and Frank Lovejoy played PFC Coke. [4] Plot [ edit ] An important point to remember is that a large amount of spin is produced so that the ball does not bounce away at the precise angle of the loft. This should be done to avoid the ball getting squeezed downwards or lower than required. On the other hand, if a driver is at an 8˚ launch angle, it most probably would launch higher as per the purpose of their design.

The 8-iron is usually lofted between 37 to 39 degrees which will help the ball travel a distance of around 130 yards for men and 80 yards for women. Dmytryk, noted for his action sequences, was smart enough to concentrate on the play's extremely clever repartee between the members of an infantry squad who are marking time in the ruins of a destroyed town in Europe late in WWII. Squad leader Sgt. Mooney (Lee Marvin) has somehow managed to keep his group intact up to this point of the war. His goal of leaving the town with all seven of his men is threatened when the squad's most inept member Private Small (George Cooper) gets himself pinned down in a shell-hole; a few yards away from a well-protected German machine gun nest. The smash factor is calculated as the ratio of clubhead speed to ball speed. Therefore, it can be easily used to measure the efficiency or the smoothness of the impact. Producer Stanley Kramer and Director Edward Dmytryk deliberately chose a cast of unknowns who later did move on to varying degrees of success in the film industry, most notably Lee Marvin, for the cast of Eight Iron Men.Fel y nodwyd, cyhoeddwyd y ffilm yn 1952. Ffilm fwyaf poblogaidd y flwyddyn honno oedd Singin' in the Rain sy’n ffilm fiwsical gan y cyfarwyddwyr ffilm Stanley Donen a Gene Kelly. Hyd at 2022 roedd o leiaf 66,300 o ffilmiau Saesneg wedi gweld golau dydd. Eight Iron Men is based on a flop play on Broadway by Harry Brown which ran only 23 performances in 1945 and featured Sam Levene and a most unknown Burt Lancaster. Obviously someone named Harry Cohn didn't want to pay Lancaster's going rate in 1952 to get him for the screen version.

The ball speed is measured by considering how fast the ball leaves the clubhead after an impact. The ball speed is the main element in creating distance and it is achieved from the incorporation of details, including club speed, the striking club, and the excellence of the impact. The average PGA Tour player hits their 8-iron between160–200 yards for men and between 60-110 yards for women. The below table depicts the same in detail You need to ensure that you have a correct posture, which means that you need to bend from the hips at the time of grounding the club to the ball. The mono mix sounds very good, with no hiss, stray sounds, or off tones. Dialogue is clear, and sound effects come through nicely. J. Roy Hunt oedd sinematograffydd ('cyfarwyddwr ffotograffi') y ffilm hon a chafodd ei golygu gan Aaron Stell sydd ymhlith y golygyddion mwyaf toreithiog.

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More spin will make the ball lose its speed faster and make the ball climb during its flight. Several newly designed clubs are hitting the ball farther by decreasing the spin. The 8–iron club is used for shots that specifically require a higher loft and moderate distance. Typically, 8 and 9 irons are frequently known as short irons. Among the numbered irons, these irons possess the highest amount of mass in clubheads and have the shortest shafts. Let’s take a look at some pros and cons of 8-iron clubs. The features taken into consideration for comparison are the loft of the clubhead, length of the shaft, and a standard distance of each club.