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15 July 1983 (Australia)
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One hundred years of the finest school turning out the finest young men. IT WAS ALL A LIE. One cadet is about to expose the system.
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Will arrives for his last year at Military Academy, in the Deep South USA, in the 1960's. A black student...
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Torture
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Racism
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Secret Group
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Ceremony
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Military School
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Interview: Matt Frewer on 'Eureka', 'Alice' and Acting to the Max
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(From CinemaSpy. 17 September 2009, 9:00 PM, PDT)
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The Citadel of 1963 vs 2006
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | David Keith | ... | Will |
 | Robert Prosky | ... | Bear |
| G.D. Spradlin | ... | Gen. Bentley Durrell |
| Barbara Babcock | ... | Abigail |
 | Michael Biehn | ... | John Alexander |
| Rick Rossovich | ... | Dante `Pig` Pignetti |
| John Lavachielli | ... | Mark |
 | Mitchell Lichtenstein | ... | Tradd |
| Mark Breland | ... | Pearce |
| Malcolm Danare | ... | Poteete |
 | Judge Reinhold | ... | Macabbee |
| Greg Webb | ... | Braselton |
 | Bill Paxton | ... | Gilbreath (as 'Wild' Bill Paxton) |
| Dean R. Miller | ... | Gooch (as Dean Miller) |
| Ed Bishop | ... | Commerce |
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102 min
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Color (Eastmancolor)
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1.85 : 1 more
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Certification:
Iceland:16 |
Australia:M |
Finland:K-16 |
Norway:16 |
Singapore:NC-16 |
UK:15 |
USA:R |
West Germany:16
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The film was originally intended to be filmed on location at the Citadel in Charleston, SC (author Pat Conroy, who wrote the novel on which the film is based, was a cadet at The Citadel and wrote the book based on his experiences there). Filming was shifted to England following the veto of the Citadel administration, which had been warned about the time-consuming delays of film production from the commandant of Valley Forge Military Academy, where the 1981 military school film Taps (1981) was shot. The school and its alumni also believed that the novel was derogatory to the school (the story was set in Charleston at a "fictional" military college that was obviously based on The Citadel) and that the movie would do the same.
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Gilbreath:
Do you know what this is, boy?
[Holds up a coin]
Gilbreath: Pop off!
Poteete: It's a quarter, sir.
Gilbreath: Shut up! Open your mouth and stick out your tongue.
[Poteete sticks out his tongue and Gilbreath places the coin on it]
Gilbreath: Swallow it!
[Gilbreath grabs Poteete's throatt, forcing him to swallow the coin]
Gilbreath: That's good boy, that's reeeal good. You're gonna be my little piggy-bank.
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[Holds up a coin]
Gilbreath: Pop off!
Poteete: It's a quarter, sir.
Gilbreath: Shut up! Open your mouth and stick out your tongue.
[Poteete sticks out his tongue and Gilbreath places the coin on it]
Gilbreath: Swallow it!
[Gilbreath grabs Poteete's throatt, forcing him to swallow the coin]
Gilbreath: That's good boy, that's reeeal good. You're gonna be my little piggy-bank.
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I will give this movie a grudging o.k. I feel the book was superior in all respects but hey, how can a movie live up to Pat Conroy's book. I was in the military for 8 years and a product of Conroy's 'damaged goods' sickness of the South. I had the privilige of attending that place but turned it down in favor of another school some 30 years ago. But please bear in mind that much has changed in the military and much of the brutality of the school has gone away with all the attention heaved upon it. I noticed that many of the readers comments indicate about the sadism but remember, Pat Conroy attended the Citadel in 1963 to 1967 when there were not the federal laws and scutiny that exists in 2006. I understand much of Conroy's distrust and bitterness about having attended then refused the commission for lack of a better word than conscience objector. I don't have a problem with that and can now relate having seen many of my fellow soldiers refuse to come back to service after the Gulf War started in 1990. Please read the book first and look deep into what Conroy is trying to impart to all of us. It is similar to 'Born on the 4th of July.' Don't look at today's Citadel with any type of similarity to what went on over 40 years ago. Like they say, it's gone with the wind...