I got the reference but, then again, I’m 49. Still, it’s not like the comic referenced some lesser-known or cult favorite 50s war movie like “Attack!” or “Paths of Glory”. The movie won Best Picture and was one of the highest grossing films of the decade. It also still pops up fairly regularly on TCM and other cable channels.
Also, while Pierre Boulle wrote the book the film was based on and won an Oscar for the screenplay, the actual screenplay was by Carl Foreman and Michael Wilson. They had to give Boulle credit because Foreman and Wilson were blacklisted at the time.
I got the reference but, then again, I’m 49. Still, it’s not like the comic referenced some lesser-known or cult favorite 50s war movie like “Attack!” or “Paths of Glory”. The movie won Best Picture and was one of the highest grossing films of the decade. It also still pops up fairly regularly on TCM and other cable channels.
Also, while Pierre Boulle wrote the book the film was based on and won an Oscar for the screenplay, the actual screenplay was by Carl Foreman and Michael Wilson. They had to give Boulle credit because Foreman and Wilson were blacklisted at the time.