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Operation Dumbo Drop
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Writers (WGA):
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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
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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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No physical problem there more (19 total)

Cast

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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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Also Known As:
Dumbo Drop
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MPAA:
Rated PG for war action and language.
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107 min | Finland:104 min
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Continuity: During the last fight with the VC, the film changes from light to dark and back a few times. more
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Harvey (H.A.) Ashford: [sees a black bird as he is cocking his gun, while running to the village] Bird if I were you, I'd get the hell out of here! more
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3 out of 7 people found the following comment useful.
No physical problem there, 24 November 2002
Author: SamS from Houston, TX

Everything on Earth is accelerated by gravity at the same rate (about 10 meters per second per second), regardless of its mass, so heavy things fall as quickly as light things provided there is no air-resistance. As the elephant likely had a greater surface area, and thus more air resistance, a human (especially one consciously attempting to minimize air resistance) might have been able to catch it. Now as to the size of a parachute necessary for an elephant, I'll leave that as an exercise to you :)

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