84C MoPic (1989)

User Rating:

6.9/10   

Director:

Patrick Sheane Duncan

Writer (WGA):

Patrick Sheane Duncan (written by)

Release Date:

7 April 1989 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | War

Plot:

Impressive performance by unknown actors in this low-budget Vietnam drama. The story is being told in...

Plot Keywords:

Vietnam | Vietnam War | Independent Film | Number In Title

Awards:

3 nominations

Cast

Jonathan Emerson	...	LT
Nicholas Cascone	...	Easy
Jason Tomlins	...	Pretty Boy
Christopher Burgard	...	Hammer
Glenn Morshower	...	Cracker
Richard Brooks	...	OD
Byron Thames	...	MoPic
Russ Thurman	...	Unnamed / Radio voice
Joseph Hieu	...	Unnamed (Truong Nguyen?)
Don Schiff	...	Unnamed
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Sonny Carl Davis	...	Radio voice (voice)
Dale Dye	...	Radio voice (voice)
Glenn Plummer	...	Radio voice (voice)
Mike Stokey	...	Radio voice (voice) (as Michael Stokey)

Directed by
Patrick Sheane Duncan

Writing credits (WGA)
Patrick Sheane Duncan		(written by) (as Patrick S. Duncan)

Produced by
Stephen Hunter Flick	....	associate producer
Jill Griffith	....	co-producer
Michael Nolin	....	producer

Original Music by
Donovan

Cinematography by
Alan Caso

Film Editing by
Stephen Purvis

Art Direction by
Doug B. Dick		(as Douglas Dick)

Costume Design by
Lyn Paolo

Makeup Department
Karen Stephens	....	assistant makeup artist
Ron Wild	....	makeup artist
Karen Asano-Myers	....	hair department head (uncredited)

Production Management
Stephen Hunter Flick	....	post-production supervisor (as Stephen Flick)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Benita Allen	....	first assistant director
Tom Lowe	....	second assistant director

Art Department
Tommy Estridge	....	property master

Sound Department
Greg Curda	....	foley mixer

Special Effects by
Eric Rylander	....	special effects

Stunts
Dan Donovan	....	stunts
Tony Tamburro	....	stunts
Ted White	....	stunt coordinator

Camera and Electrical Department
Michael Rosser	....	video technician
Richard 'Rico' Sands	....	gaffer

Music Department
Steven Rosen	....	music consultant (as Steven K. Rosen)

Other crew
Christena Alcorn	....	script supervisor
Dale Dye	....	technical advisor
Russ Thurman	....	technical advisor (as Captain Russ "Gunny" Thurman)

Thanks
Eric Andrews	....	thanks
Saul Bass	....	thanks
Ben Bergery	....	thanks
Debbie Bernsen	....	thanks
Marsha Blanchard	....	thanks
Christine Boyar	....	thanks
Bob Broadhead	....	thanks
Bill Brophy	....	thanks
David Chung	....	thanks
J.J. Cohen	....	thanks (as Jeffrey Jay Cohen)
Cylk Cozart	....	thanks
Ivan Craig	....	thanks
Joan Danto	....	thanks
Gill Dennis	....	thanks
David Dunbar	....	thanks
Larry Estes	....	thanks
Mike Fenton	....	thanks
Tak Fujimoto	....	thanks
Courtney Gains	....	thanks
Joseph Geisinger	....	thanks (as Joe Geisinger)
Googy Gress	....	thanks
Phil Groves	....	thanks
Kathryn Himoff	....	thanks (as Kathy Himoff)
Gregory Hinde	....	thanks (as Greg Hinde)
Cinda Holt	....	thanks
John Jackson	....	thanks
Richard James	....	thanks
Anthony Jefferson	....	thanks
Barbara Jefferson	....	thanks
Robert Joy	....	thanks
Mark Keyloun	....	thanks
Art Lee	....	thanks
Alan Levine	....	thanks
Norman Levy	....	thanks
Anthony Maccario	....	thanks (as Tony Maccario)
Patrick McGovern	....	thanks
James Monroe	....	thanks
Steve Norris	....	thanks
Charles Olsen	....	thanks
Richard Pierce	....	thanks
Frank Pierson	....	thanks
David Puttnam	....	thanks
Robert Redford	....	thanks
Mortesa Rezvani	....	thanks (as Morteza Rezvani)
Michael Riley	....	thanks
Tony Safford	....	thanks
Waldo Salt	....	in memory of
Michelle Satter	....	thanks
Dov Schwarz	....	thanks
M. Clayton Simmons	....	thanks
Peter Smokler	....	thanks
Leo Soltis	....	thanks
Cathy Spanberger	....	special acknowledgment (as Kathy Spanberger)
Roger Strull	....	thanks
Brian Sullivan	....	thanks
Simon Tukes	....	thanks
Vicki Valtierra	....	thanks
Sterling Van Wagenen	....	thanks (as Sterling VanWagenen)
John Vomero	....	thanks
Jenny Walz	....	thanks
Annie Welles	....	thanks
Rob White	....	thanks
King Wilder	....	thanks

Production Companies

• Charlie Mopic
• The Charlie Mopic Company

Distributors

• New Century Vista Film Company (1989) (USA) (theatrical)
• Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) (1992) (USA) (TV) (broadcast premiere)
• Krause & Schneider Multimedia (KSM) (2007) (Germany) (DVD)
• Look Vídeo (Brazil) (VHS)
• Scanbox Entertainment (2003) (UK) (DVD)

Other Companies

• American Film Institute (AFI)  thanks (as The American Film Institute)
• Burbank Studios, The  thanks
• CGI Omark Industries  thanks
• Columbia Pictures  thanks
• Creative Film Promotions  thanks
• Ed Commando Knife Co.  thanks
• General Foods  thanks (Kool Aid Division)
• Gerber Legendary Blades  thanks
• Hand Prop Room, The  thanks (as Hand Prop Room)
• Home Box Office (HBO)  thanks
• Leupold & Stevens  thanks
• Lloyd's Camera Exchange  thanks
• Peer-Southern Music Publishing  special acknowledgments
• Preferred Artists  thanks
• RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video  thanks (as RCA/Columbia Home Video)
• Right Away Foods  thanks
• Southern Packing Co.  thanks
• Sundance Institute, The  thanks
• Unertl Optical Co.  thanks

Also Known As:

84 Charlie Mopic (USA) (closing credits title)

Runtime:

95 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Vietnamese

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Iceland:16 | Australia:M | UK:18 | USA:R

Company:

Charlie Mopic

Trivia:

"84 Charlie MoPic" comes from the Army Military Occupational Specialty code "84C20", which is a Motion Picture Cameraman (MoPic).

Quotes:

MoPic: I was working in a lab, back in the rear - post-production. Sometimes we would get these cans of film in, you know? No cameraman, just the reels of film. And, we hear he got shot, he's dead or something. But the spookiest is thing is waiting for that film to develop, man, because you didn't know what you were gonna see. Sometimes you saw nothing. But other times...

Soundtrack:

Catch the Wind

For training purposes, a camera is taken on a "routine" patrol in Viet Nam

Sit down in front of the screen and see the Viet Nam war the way it REALLY was. A grim, gripping story of a 'routine' scouting patrol in the jungles of Southeast Asia. Sure there are the stereotypes, but here they only serve to examine the divided loyalties and strange bed fellows created by an un-popular war. The cast of virtual unknowns add to the reality, and they handle the acting chores flawlessly. This one is not for the squeamish, or those prone to RVN flash-backs!