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The Boys in Company C (1978)

R 125 min  -  Drama | War  -   12 April 1978 (Denmark)
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This war drama (which prefigures the later "Full Metal Jacket") follows the lives of five... See full summary »

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Sidney J. Furie
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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Stan Shaw ...
Tyrone Washington
Andrew Stevens ...
Billy Ray Pike
James Canning James Canning ...
Alvin Foster
Michael Lembeck ...
Vinnie Fazio
Craig Wasson ...
Dave Bisbee
Scott Hylands ...
Captain Collins
James Whitmore Jr. James Whitmore Jr. ...
Lieutenant Archer
Noble Willingham Noble Willingham ...
Sergeant Curry
R. Lee Ermey ...
Sergeant Loyce (as Lee Ermey)
Santos Morales Santos Morales ...
Sergeant Aquilla
Drew Michaels Drew Michaels ...
Colonel Metcalfe
Karen Hilger Karen Hilger ...
Betsy
Peggy O'Neal Peggy O'Neal ...
Nancy Bisbee
Claude Wilson Claude Wilson ...
Roy Foster
Chuck Doherty Chuck Doherty ...
George Pike
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Storyline

This war drama (which prefigures the later "Full Metal Jacket") follows the lives of five young Marine inductees from their training in boot camp in 1967 through a tour in Vietnam in 1968 that quickly devolves into a hellish nightmare. Disheartened by futile combat, appalled by the corruption of their South Vietnamese ally, and constantly endangered by the incompetence of their own company commander, the young men find a possible way out of the war. They are told that if they can defeat a rival soccer team, they can spend the rest of their tour playing exhibition games behind the lines. But as they might have predicted, nothing in Vietnam is as simple as it seems. Written by Tom Hockersmith <teh@aristotle.net>  

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Vietnam | Radio | Male Rear Nudity | Basic Training | Bare Butt  | See more »

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To keep their sanity in an insane war, they had to be crazy.

Genres:

Drama | War

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Details

Country:

Hong Kong | USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

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Also Known As:

Os Rapazes da Companhia C See more »

Filming Locations:

Philippines

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Technical Specs

Runtime:

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1
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Trivia

The original script was written by Rick Natkin for a film class at Yale University in 1973. See more »

Goofs

Continuity: When Washington calls in the fake incident report from OP 4 and is getting ready to shoot the Captain with the .50 cal, Lt. Archer uses his M-16 to push the barrel of the .50 up in the air. In the shots looking at Lt. Archer, there is no magazine in the M-16, but, when his back is to the camera, there is a magazine in place. See more »

Quotes

Washington: "Don't mess with me. Don't mess NEAR me!"
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Connections

Referenced in Small Change (1978) See more »

Soundtracks

"Here I Am"
Words & Music by Craig Wasson
Performed by Craig Wasson See more »