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Overview

User Rating:
4.7/10   3,359 votes
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Director:
Simon Wincer
Writers (WGA):
James Morris (story)
Gene Quintano (written by) ...
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Release Date:
28 July 1995 (USA) more
Tagline:
When you weigh four tons, it's hard to be a secret weapon. more
Plot:
To keep the loyalty of a native village during the Vietnam war, a US Army officer and his unit struggle to deliver it a live elephant. full summary | add synopsis
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User Comments:
Feel good for flying elephants more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Danny Glover ... Capt. Sam Cahill

Ray Liotta ... Capt. T.C. Doyle

Denis Leary ... Lt. David Poole
Doug E. Doug ... Sp4 Harvey (H.A.) Ashford

Corin Nemec ... Sp5 Lawrence Farley
Dinh Thien Le ... Linh

Tchéky Karyo ... Goddard (as Tcheky Karyo)
Hoang Ly ... Colonel Nguyen
Vo Trung Anh ... Lt. Quang, NVA

Marshall Bell ... Colonel Pederson

James Hong ... Y B'ham
Long Nguyen ... Jhon

Tim Kelleher ... C-123 Pilot
Scott N. Stevens ... C-123 Co-Pilot
Kevin LaRosa ... Irish, Huey Pilot #1 (as Kevin Larosa)
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Dumbo Drop
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MPAA:
Rated PG for war action and language.
Runtime:
107 min | Finland:104 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English | Vietnamese
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby Digital

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Miscellaneous: When the elephant is sedated and the kid pulls a knife on Danny Glover, the way the blade bends, you can tell that it's a rubber knife. more
Quotes:
[Goddard is singing along to a record of Mozart's "The Magic Flute" - badly]
Capt. Sam Cahill: Is it my ears, or has your singing actually gotten worse?
Goddard: Must be your ears, it was already as bad as it could be!
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in "The Nanny: Call Me Fran (#5.13)" (1998) more
Soundtrack:
QUEEN OF THE NIGHT ARIA more

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3 out of 6 people found the following comment useful:-
Feel good for flying elephants, 10 March 2005
7/10
Author: emdragon from Reno, Nv

In something Walt Disney would actually have been proud of, Operation Dumbo Drop carries the old Disney tradition of making the audience feel good without regard to it's lack of plausibility. Danny Glover and Ray Liotta, along with Dennis Leary walk a tightrope of comedy in a real war-zone situation and carry this off with a real blend of comedic and acting talent. The acting in this movie is terrific. The cinematography and all the little things that go the extra mile. . like setting, direction, musical score, sound, etc, all come together nicely. And the elephant is a great character actor! The only problem is, of course, it is a terrible war and nobody is dying. This is something traditional with the Disney family genre, but in this picture it really becomes completely implausible and will probably turn off some viewers. That said, if one can ignore the actual ridiculous nature in this total lack of plausibility, I found this picture quite easy to like.

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