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The Siege of Firebase Gloria (1989) 7.1
A tough sergeant and his sidekick roll into a demoralized firebase and proceed to rebuild morale and fortifications in advance of the climactic battle with the VietCong. Director:Brian Trenchard-Smith |
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Cast
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Di Nardo
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| R. Lee Ermey | ... |
Hafner
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Robert Arevalo | ... |
Cao Van
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Murphy
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Moran
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| Clyde Jones | ... |
Coates
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Margi Gerard | ... |
Flanagan
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John Calvin | ... |
C.O. Williams
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Albert Popwell | ... |
Jones
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Michael Cruz | ... |
Vietnamese Child
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| Erich Hauser | ... |
Patrol Member
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Guel Romero | ... |
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Don Wilson | ... |
Patrol Member
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Nick Nicholson | ... |
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The film's thin veneer of social propriety (the story of how the VietCong came under Hanoi's control) is merely a cover for a rolicking old-time battle tale, complete with a hard-tack sergeant, his rebellious sidekick, and a demoralized base that needs to be whipped into shape before the VietCong attack. Written by Binyamin Appelbaum
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Against all odds they went to hell and back.Parents Guide:
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Release Date:
27 January 1989 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
The Firebase See more »Filming Locations:
PhilippinesBox Office
Budget:
AUD 1,600,000 (estimated)Company Credits
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Color (partly: Black & White)Aspect Ratio:
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The explosions that follow as Di Nardo returns to the fire base saying, "Fuck your password," after the commando raid are actually fireworks. See more »Goofs
The movie takes place during the Tet Offensive in January 1968. The centerfold the commanding officer shows in the bunker is Cynthia Myers, Miss December 1968. See more »Quotes
Hafner: [narrating] We learned we were up against the Dong Nai regiment, under the command of Colonel Cao Van. He wasn't exactly one of my favorite people. He had overrun the 9th Motor Transport last year, and that had really pissed me off. So I thought I'd let him know we weren't going to lay down and die that easy. It was time to sprinkle some shit in Charlie's rice.See more »
i had bragged on this film so much over the last year that i finally pleaded with IMDB to include it, and they did (thank you).
i finally got home from a contract and found several folks had put in comments ahead of me. i respect these opinions expressed and am pleased that the film got such an immediate group of comments.
this movie is a shocker, and much of what it says is too painful to be accepted by most folks. i am not going to defend it... it is worthy of standing alone. but if you watched it and found it another RAH-RAH WE ARE AMERICANS film, a john wayne we win in the end shootem-up, then consider watching it again, but pretend you come from america, home of the north viet nam peoples and the round eyes are the invaders from a place far away and unimportant.... then see if you can count the autocracies committed in the name of their backward, wrong country. no, this is not a routine movie, not by any sense of the word.
by the way, Lee Ermey is a genuine, real live viet nam war hero, multiple tours, a leader of men... his performance is over the top for those of you who weren't there, but for us guys who had 3 feet of piled dirt between us and 500 of them at one time or the other, nothing sounded so good as a gruff old man saying that if we did as we were told, we would live to see morning.
catch Lee in 'purple hearts'