Talk:Déjà Vu (1988)

Fake Tommygun

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Look at this photo: it's not a Thompson, it's a PPSh-41 mocked up to look like one. Check the distance between trigger guard and drum mag, for example, and notice that rear half of the receiver is mounted into a wooden stock.

You are right! I didn't notice it (to my shame). Greg-Z 03:50, 29 November 2011 (CST)

And the "real" Tommygun was most probably a Denix replica. I highly doubt that a functional Thompson would be available anywhere in the Commie Bloc. From Warsaw with love, --Seriously Mike 08:42, 29 November 2011 (CST)

Quite possible it was an old lend-lease Thompson, there were a lot of those left pristine because the Red Army never had enough .45ACP ammo to actually use them properly. Working Thompsons are still being dug out of Soviet-era arsenals today. Evil Tim 08:49, 29 November 2011 (CST)

Yes, lend-leased Thompsons M1928 can be seen in many Soviet movies of 1960s-80s when a Western weapon was needed. Of course it look absurdly when we see US soldiers of 1980s with Thompsons - but Hollywood could get AK-47s and Mosfilm couldn't get M16s. :))

There is an interesting article in Russian magazine "Master Rujye" (means Master Gun) about how different weapons (including MP40s, Stens, Thompsons and other foreign guns) were modified for cinema use. I'll try to use some info from this article in Trivia sections. Greg-Z 09:04, 29 November 2011 (CST)