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Award-winning story of four young recruits and two veterans living in an army barracks, awaiting transfer orders to Vietnam. Finding their lives threatened by forces beyond their control they lash out at each other in desperate acts of violence and bloodshed. Read more
| Starring | Matthew Modine, Michael Wright, Mitchell Lichtenstein, David Alan Grier |
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| Director | Robert Altman |
| Genres | Drama |
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Award-winning story of four young recruits and two veterans living in an army barracks, awaiting transfer orders to Vietnam. Finding their lives threatened by forces beyond their control they lash out at each other in desperate acts of violence and bloodshed.
| 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 |
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| Director | Robert Altman |
| Studio | METRODOME |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 53 mins LOVEFiLM Instant: 1 hr 53 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Drama |
| Language | DVD: English LOVEFiLM Instant: English |
| Released | Production year: 1983 To Watch Online: LOVEFiLM Instant: 15 Feb 2011 To Rent: DVD: 21 Apr 2008 |
| Watch now | Included in all packages with LOVEFiLM Instant. Subscribe. |
Another of Altman's gripping demonstrations of how to transform theatre by means of composition and close-up. As in... read more on Time Out
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A night at the theatre
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 ... read more »
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unreal and unrealistic
Not 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... read more »
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Poor substitute for a good play
Dreadful , static version of a stage play, to be avoided.
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A night at the theatre
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 ... read more »