Streamers details
| Format: | 15 DVD |
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| Starring: | Matthew Modine, Michael Wright, Mitchell Lichtenstein, David Alan Grier, Guy Boyd, George Dzundza, Albert Macklin, B.J. Cleveland, Bill Allen, Paul Lazar, Phil Ward, Terry McIlvain, Todd Savell, Mark Fickert, Dustye Winniford |
| Director: | Robert Altman |
| Genre: | Drama - Biography, Historical |
| Studio: | METRODOME |
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15 Feature |
DVD Information
| Run time: | 1 hour 53 minutes |
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| Rental release: | 21 Apr 2008 |
| Main languages: | English |
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A night at the theatre
By Savage (632 reviews) from London, England , 13 Jul 2008[Highly rated reviewer]
The eighties is usually looked upon as Altman's lost decade, since, after the financial disaster of 'Popeye', he retreated into a string of fairly straight adaptations of American plays. This one takes place in 1967 in the barracks of a company from the legendary 101st Airborne Army Division. A young gay man has found friends with a white guy and a black guy, the former, he suspects, might be still in the closet, the latter, he knows, will be prejudiced if he ever comes out directly. They rub along together, though, until another, hot-headed black youth comes along...
David Rabe's play doesn't really try to set up a very plausible situation, and Altman's theatrical direction, matched with fairly histrionic performances, encourages to look for something more than naturalism here. Those who care to will find conscious echoes of the burgeoning war across the Pacific, and the fracturing nature of American society now that the sixties have swung. Others will probably be bored and frustrated by the staginess - but you can't doubt Altman's caustic, probing eye, either way.- Was this review helpful to you?
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(5)Strong Performances in this Play Film
By Cato (705 reviews) from Lydbury North , 12 Apr 2013This was a good piece of theatre, skilfully transcribed to cinema by that master Robert Altman. Yes, it was actorly, but in this case it didn't matter, as the acting was so excellent. The story was a slice of the sometimes boring and pent up existence of soldiers everywhere when they're not involved in so called action, although in this case the actual action turned out to be sadly a result of their incarceration.- Was this review helpful to you?
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unreal and unrealistic
By a customer , 03 Jan 2012Not so much a film as a video'd play. Can't imagine a normal bunch of soldiers/people/blokes etc saying this script. The odd powerful scene helps rescue it, but requires effort to see it through.- Was this review helpful to you?
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Poor substitute for a good play
By a customer from North Shields , 17 Oct 2008Dreadful , static version of a stage play, to be avoided.- Was this review helpful to you?
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A night at the theatre
By Savage (632 reviews) from London, England , 13 Jul 2008The eighties is usually looked upon as Altman's lost decade, since, after the financial disaster of 'Popeye', he retreated into a string of fairly straight adaptations of American plays. This one takes place in 1967 in the barracks of a company from the legendary 101st Airborne Army Division. A young gay man has found friends with a white guy and a black guy, the former, he suspects, might be still in the closet, the latter, he knows, will be prejudiced if he ever comes out directly. They rub along together, though, until another, hot-headed black youth comes along...
David Rabe's play doesn't really try to set up a very plausible situation, and Altman's theatrical direction, matched with fairly histrionic performances, encourages to look for something more than naturalism here. Those who care to will find conscious echoes of the burgeoning war across the Pacific, and the fracturing nature of American society now that the sixties have swung. Others will probably be bored and frustrated by the staginess - but you can't doubt Altman's caustic, probing eye, either way.- Was this review helpful to you?
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Not a streaming success
By RJNeb2 (922 reviews) from London , 02 Jun 2008From Altman's mid-80s phase of straight adaptations of plays comes this version of David Rabe's piece about tensions simmering in an army barracks. With belligerent black and openly gay characters intermingling, the scene is set for some wordy altercations. It's all well acted, and Altman doesn't attempt to open the play out but instead uses the camera to probe his characters. It's just all a bit too shouty and melodramatic, that's all.- Was this review helpful to you?
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