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Overview

User Rating:
6.9/10   12,669 votes
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Director:

Gregor Jordan

Writers:

Robert O'Connor (book)
Gregor Jordan (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:

31 October 2002 (Germany) more

Genre:

Comedy | Crime | Drama | Thriller | War more

Tagline:

War is hell... but peace is f*#!%!! boring. more

Plot:

A criminal subculture operates among U.S. soldiers stationed in West Germany just before the fall of the Berlin wall. full summary | add synopsis

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Awards:

1 win & 6 nominations more

User Comments:

I was there and its is very close to true! more (105 total)


Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Joaquin Phoenix ... Ray Elwood

Ed Harris ... Colonel Berman

Scott Glenn ... Sergeant Lee

Anna Paquin ... Robyn Lee

Elizabeth McGovern ... Mrs. Berman

Michael Peña ... Garcia

Leon ... Stoney (as Leon Robinson)

Gabriel Mann ... Knoll
Dean Stockwell ... General Lancaster

Brian Delate ... Colonel Marshall
Shiek Mahmud-Bey ... Sergeant Saad (as Sheik Mahmud-Bey)

Amani Gethers ... Kirschfield
Noah Lee Margetts ... Rothfuss (as Noah)
Tom Ellis ... Squash

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Additional Details

Also Known As:

Army Go Home! (Germany)
Buffalo Soldiers - Army Go Home! (Germany) (DVD title)
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MPAA:

Rated R for violence, drug content, strong language and some sexuality.

Runtime:

98 min

Country:

UK | Germany

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1 more

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Company:

FilmFour more


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Trivia:

Premiered at the Toronto Film Festival on 9 September 2001. The events that happened two days later effectively killed the film's chances of distribution within the United States. more

Goofs:

Anachronisms: During the opening scene, Elwood's Mercedes carries a Karlsruhe temporary plate (KA-04xxxx) of the new European model - however, these plates weren't in use before 1995. more

Quotes:

Ray Elwood: [watching as Robyn prepares to dive] Why are you putting your arms up like that? more

Movie Connections:

Featured in "Anatomy of a Scene: Buffalo Soldiers" (????) more

Soundtrack:

Ich Bin Ein Arschloch more


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I was there and its is very close to true!, 12 February 2008
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Author: SGT Wintor from United States

I was in the Army stationed in Germany from 1986 through 1989 and there was a day that we called "Black Sunday" when several people on our post were discovered to have a drug ring going on. The people implicated and taken away by MPs that day included several officers. My post was known for being able to get everything from hooker to heroin ON POST! Our Sgt,. Major walked around with an ax handle tethered to his wrist because he had been jumped at night so many times! So this movie is not a joke and is very close to the truth. There was even a second lieutenant that was murdered by putting him in a wall locker and pushing it out of a third story window. There was also times when you could not walk past some buildings or windows if you were white or black depending on which window and what color you were because of racial tensions, sometimes you might be hit by a beer bottle by someone of the opposite color. This movie very closely depicts what it was like vbeing a soldier in the US Army staioned in West Germany at the end of the cold war. Hooah!

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