Genre: Drama / War
Length: 3h 3m 0s
Director: Michael Cimino
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Plot outline: Michael, Steven and Nick are young factory workers from Pennsylvania who get drafted to fight in Vietnam. Before they go, Steven marries the pregnant Angela and their wedding-party is also the men's farewell party. After some time and many horrors the three friends fall in the hands of the Vietcong and are brought to a prison camp in which they are forced to play Russian roulette against each other. Michael makes it possible for them to escape, but they soon get separated again. Summary written by Leon Wolters {wolters@strw.LeidenUniv.nl}
Comment: I rented this film recently after seeing it many years ago. While it is a well-made well acted film somehow the whole story comes off as unrealistic, to me anyway. Had this story been set during WWII it may have been believable but not during the Vietnam War! How many guys who were tight knit like this bunch who worked together, partied together, hunted together left steady good paying jobs to enlist in the Army during that time period? Had they all been drafted OK but to just say, "Hey were quitting our jobs to go into the Army and fight in Vietnam" Come on! If that had been the case the Army wouldn't have needed a draft. (With one of them even getting married before he goes into the Army). Then they all stay together throughout Basic, Infantry training etc and then "ALL" become rangers, remain together once sent in to Vietnam and all get captured together? Because of the quality of people in this film it was a good motion picture but I viewed it this time as a somewhat far fetched non-believable tale.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
Country: USA
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Subtitels: No ()
CDs: 0
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| Actors: | ||
| Robert De Niro | as | Michael Vronsky |
| John Cazale | as | Stan |
| John Savage | as | Steven |
| Christopher Walken | as | Nick |