Re: Which Nation Saves The World?

"Steven L." <sdlitvin@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message 
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> In most science fiction movies, it's always American scientists and/or
the 
> American military and/or ordinary American folks who save the world from

> destruction.  "Independence Day" is just one of those.
>
> In some science fiction movies, Japan saves the world (or at least has
an 
> active part in it).  Godzilla movies, Rodan movies, etc..
>
> There are one or two where Britain saves the world.
>
> Soviet movies used to have Soviet scientists (from Russia) saving the 
> world.
>
> Have any movies been made in which it's some other nation entirely that 
> saves the world from destruction, rather than the usual suspects like 
> America?
>
> France?
> Germany?
> Brazil?
>
> Just curious which other nations have had the honor of saving the Earth 
> from destruction in movies over the years.
>


It's a reach, but in Close Encounters of the Third Kind it is the French
guy 
leading the effort to communicate with the aliens.  If he doesn't, perhaps

the Americans fire on them and start a war that we lose?
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