Information
| Year: | 1983 |
| Rating: | 6.1(3208) |
| Listed in: | Action, Drama, Thriller, War |
| Directed by: | Ted Kotcheff |
| Actors: | Gene Hackman Robert Stack Fred Ward Reb Brown Randall 'Tex' Cobb Patrick Swayze |
| ""C'mon... we're going home."" | |
Cast
| Directed by | |
|---|---|
| Ted Kotcheff | |
| Actors | |
| Gene Hackman | as Col. Cal Rhodes |
| Robert Stack | as MacGregor |
| Fred Ward | as Wilkes |
| Reb Brown | as Blaster |
| Randall 'Tex' Cobb | as Sailor |
| Patrick Swayze | as Kevin Scott |
| Harold Sylvester | as Johnson |
| Tim Thomerson | as Charts |
| Kwan Hi Lim | as Jiang |
| Kelly Junkerman | as Paul MacGregor |
| Todd Allen | as Frank Rhodes |
| Charles Aidman | as Sen. Hastings |
| Jan Triska | as Gericault |
| Jeremy Kemp | as Ferryman |
| Emmett Dennis III | as Medic #1 |
| Charles Faust | as GI #1 |
| David Austin | as GI #2 |
| Le Tuan | as Guard #1 |
| James Edgcomb | as CIA Agent |
| Ken Farmer | as Jail Guard |
| Tad Horino | as Mr. Ky |
| Michael Dudikoff | as Blaster's Assistant |
| Bruce Paul Barbour | as Helicopter Pilot |
| Steve Solberg | as POW #1 |
| Laurence Neber | as POW #2 |
| Don Mantooth | as POW #3 |
| Jerry Supiran | as Frank at 9 |
| Brett Johnson | as Kid #1 |
| Barret Oliver | as Kid #2 |
| Marcello Krakoff | as Kid #3 |
| Justin Bayly | as Kid #4 |
| Kevin Brando | as Kid #5 |
| Juan Fernández | as Orderly |
| David Dangler | as Reporter |
| Joseph Dypwick | as American Soldier |
| William S. Hamilton | as American Soldier |
| Napoleon Hendrix | as American Soldier |
| Chip Lally | as American Soldier |
| Michael P. May | as American Soldier |
| Tom Randa | as American Soldier |
| Larry Charles White | as American Soldier |
| Michael Endoso | as Son |
| Actresses | |
| Alice Lau | as Lai Fun |
| Gail Strickland | as Helen Rhodes |
| Jane Kaczmarek | as Mrs. Wilkes |
| Gloria Stroock | as Mrs. MacGregor |
| Constance Forslund | as Mrs. Charts |
| Debi Parker | as Mai Ling |
| Angela Lee | as Kid #6 |
| Darwyn Carson | as Secretary |
| Nancy Linari | as Reporter |
Movie info
| Languages: | English |
| Gross: |
USA - 7,317,070 USD (26 December 1983) |
| Plot: | A group of Vietnam War veterans re-unite to rescue one of their own left behind and taken prisoner by the Vietnamese. Supported his father (a retired military man himself) and a rich businessman whose son was also a POW, the group engages in a dangerous and violent adventure trying to rescue the POWs and at the same time re-direct their lives. |
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Original Soundtracks
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"BROTHERS IN THE NIGHT" Written by Ray Kennedy , Kevin Dukes & David Ritz Performed by Ray Kennedy "SUNSHINE OF YOUR LOVE" Written by Jack Bruce, Peter Brown & Eric Clapton "BADMAN" Written and Performed by Ray Kennedy |
Goofs
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GEOG: Mountains are shown around Galveston, Texas. Galveston is on an island and there are no mountains around the Texas coastline. Continuity: When Gene Hackman's character arrives to pick up the weapons and the police officer tells him that the guns will be confiscated, during two shots we see the truck driving off behind him. Fact errors: The Huey helicopters flown during the rescue mission were supposedly ones left by the US military. However, they are Bell model 212 (military model UH-1N) and were never used in Vietnam. GEOG: While in the destroyed village, Johnson explains that Ypres is a town in France where mustard gas was used for the first time by the Germans. Ypres is actually in neighboring Belgium. Continuity: Mr Jiang repeatedly gets Colonel Rhodes rank wrong, Calling him General Rhodes at least twice. Continuity: When Kevin Scott and Mr. Jiang are lying on the hilltop, overlooking the prison camp, they have a verbal exchange as to whether the choppers are actually coming. The camera shifts back-and forth several times between Scott and Jiang. During the course of this dialogue, however, Jiang is - without ever changing his position - shown alternately holding a recoilless rifle, or a rocket-propelled-grenade launcher. Continuity: When Kevin Scott and Mr. Jiang are lying on the hilltop, overlooking the prison camp, they have a verbal exchange as to whether the choppers are actually coming. The camera shifts back-and forth several times between Scott and Jiang. During the course of this dialogue, however, Jiang is - without ever changing his position - shown alternately holding a recoilless rifle, or a rocket-propelled-grenade launcher. |
Quotes
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Sailor: You don't ever quit, boy. Not when it's for real! Mrs. Wilkes: It's taken me TEN YEARS to get that damn war out of his head! Rhodes: Oh yeah? Well it looks like it's still in there strong. Col. Cal Rhodes: We'll need transportation... preferably four-wheel drive. Wilkes: Buy it or "borrow" it? Col. Cal Rhodes: Steal the fucker! Sailor: Boy, you just bought the whole can of whup-ass! Sailor: Boy, you usin' that oriental martial bullshit on me's gonna get real expensive. Col. Cal Rhodes: 'Tis impossible to know the end of this days business before it comes. But it's enough that the day will end, and then the end be known. And if we meet again, then we'll smile. And if not, then this parting was well made. Col. Cal Rhodes: And if not, then this parting was well made. Col. Cal Rhodes: Ground team, you're up that trail, you've got the grid coordinates. Air team you follow me down this creek. We'll that's it...it's game time. I had a speech prepared, but I guess I forgot it. There are some lines from Julius Caesar.. 'If a man were to know the end of this day's business ere it come; But it suffice that the day will end, and then the end is known. If we meet again, well then we'll smile, and if not then this parting was well made.' Sailor: Man, I'm so far beyond that shit now. I get energy from the air. I talk to polar bears. I converse with paramecium. Man, I fuck nuclear waste. Blaster: Most human problems can be solved by an appropriate charge of high explosives. |
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