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Buffalo Soldiers Details

2001 Certificate 15
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Joaquin Phoenix stars in this dark service comedy as Ray Elwood, an Army clerk stationed in West Germany just before the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989. Part of a company made up almost entirely of ex-convicts and school dropouts, Elwood takes advantage of his daft commanding officer, Col. Berman (Harris), by selling heroin .. Read more

Starring Scott Glenn, Ed Harris, Elizabeth McGovern, Dean Stockwell
Director Gregor Jordan
Genres Comedy

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Buffalo Soldiers

Joaquin Phoenix stars in this dark service comedy as Ray Elwood, an Army clerk stationed in West Germany just before the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989. Part of a company made up almost entirely of ex-convicts and school dropouts, Elwood takes advantage of his daft commanding officer, Col. Berman (Harris), by selling heroin and stolen Army supplies wholesale. However, when a member of the company dies and an autopsy reveals a remarkable amount of drugs in his bloodstream, far more intense scrutiny is brought down on the base in the form of Sgt. Lee (Glenn), a tough and savvy Vietnam veteran who immediately surmises that Elwood is the brains behind the base's black market operations. Unfortunately, Elwood has just happened upon the biggest score of his tour and now must unload two trucks full of arms and 30 kilos of heroin just as Sgt. Lee has begun to orchestrate his downfall.
Based on Robert O'Connor's novel, BUFFALO SOLDIERS is cynical but not irreverent; it doesn't treat its characters irresponsible and often idiotic behaviour lightly nor does it judge them. Director Gregor Jordan has done an excellent job of adapting the tone of the original novel to the screen, and, aided by excellent performances from Messrs. Phoenix and Glenn, makes BUFFALO SOLDIERS a thoroughly enjoyable satire.

Starring Scott Glenn, Ed Harris, Elizabeth McGovern, Dean Stockwell, Joaquin Phoenix, Anna Paquin, Leon, Gabriel Mann
Director Gregor Jordan
Studio 4DVD
Run time DVD: 1 hr 34 mins
Certificate Certificate 15
Genres Comedy
Language DVD: English
Hearing-impaired English
Released Production year: 2001

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DVD: 29 Dec 2003

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