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Jacknife
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Overview

User Rating:
6.4/10   2,235 votes
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Director:

David Hugh Jones

Writers (WGA):

Stephen Metcalfe (play)
Stephen Metcalfe (screenplay)

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Release Date:

10 March 1989 (USA) more

Genre:

Drama more

Tagline:

Three buddies in Vietnam. Two survived. Only one is really alive.

Plot:

A conflict develops between a troubled Vietnam veteran and the sister he lives with when she becomes... more | add synopsis

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Awards:

Nominated for Golden Globe. more

User Comments:

Peerless acting from peerless actors. more (20 total)


Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Robert De Niro ... Joseph 'Jacknife' Megessey

Kathy Baker ... Martha Flannigan

Ed Harris ... David 'High School' Flannigan
Sloane Shelton ... Shirley

Ivar Brogger ... Depot Mechanic
Michael Arkin ... Dispatcher
Tom Isbell ... Bobby 'Red Sox' Buckman

Kirk Taylor ... Helicopter Gunner

Jordan Lund ... Tiny

Charles S. Dutton ... Jake, Veteran Encounter Group Leader (as Charles Dutton)

Bruce Ramsay ... Corridor Student

Jessalyn Gilsig ... His Girlfriend

George Gerdes ... Tony

Josh Pais ... Rick
Lois Dellar ... Cocktail Waitress
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Additional Details

Runtime:

102 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Filming Locations:

Connecticut, USA more


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Originally set to be a star vehicle for Jeff Bridges. more

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References The Wizard of Oz (1939) more


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15 out of 21 people found the following comment useful.
Peerless acting from peerless actors., 11 July 2006
9/10
Author: martincooper446 from United Kingdom

Who votes in these ratings? "Jacknife" is a beautifully acted, brilliantly observed piece of work, with actors on top of their game, especially Ed Harris and the peerless Robert DeNiro(please don't mention Marlon Brando in the same breath of this man-see "Taxi Driver" for confirmation of this point). Is it a 'mundane' movie because it doesn't have sex/meaningless action/nudity in it. This movie is about the complexities of the characters involved. Ed Harris makes you feel every moment with him and his emotional outburst towards the end is heartbreaking. The part where he orders a young man in a bar to take off his army clothes is a wonderful observation of how fashion and the movies exploit tragic situations and how frustrated real men must feel to see a young upstart sporting military attire. While we are on this subject, "Casino" 7.8 out of 10? One of the greatest films of all time, from one of the greatest directors, starring THE greatest movie actor of all time, with the scariest film psychotic gangster ever, only warrants just above average? COME ON!!!!!

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