Soldier's Girl (TV 2003) 7.7
The true story of a young soldier beaten to death for falling in love with a transgendered nightclub performer. Director:Frank PiersonWriter:Ron Nyswaner |
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Soldier's Girl (TV 2003) 7.7
The true story of a young soldier beaten to death for falling in love with a transgendered nightclub performer. Director:Frank PiersonWriter:Ron Nyswaner |
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Barry Winchell
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| Lee Pace | ... |
Calpernia Addams /
Scottie
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| Andre Braugher | ... |
Sergeant Carlos Diaz
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| Shawn Hatosy | ... |
Justin Fisher
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Philip Eddolls | ... |
Calvin Glover
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| Merwin Mondesir | ... |
Henry Millens
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| Dan Petronijevic | ... |
Collin Baker
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| Mike Realba | ... |
Edgar Martinez
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| Jeanie Calleja | ... |
Ashley Martinez
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| Barclay Hope | ... |
Sergeant Howard Paxton
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Tulsi Balram | ... |
Ginger
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| Vince Corazza | ... |
Lester
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| Kathryn Zenna | ... |
Female Guard
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| Kent Staines | ... |
Mistress of Ceremonies
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Sofonda | ... |
Midnight Express
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The true story of a young soldier beaten to death for falling in love with a transgendered nightclub performer.
Overall well worth watching. It does have the standard host of Army reality errors -- calling NCOs sir, wearing hats indoors when not bearing weapons, calling a Sergeant Major "sarge," etc. Curiously, having extremely defective people (like the nut with the bat) in the Army, especially combat arms, is NOT an error. When I was a tanker in the late 80s, I saw America's finest, most giving, young men. I also saw a lot of mutants that wouldn't make it on the outside. At that time 90%+ of both types were rabidly homophobic. I doubt much has changed. Because of that, I find it a bit difficult to buy that the main character wouldn't hide his affair much better than the movie depicted. Then again, things did go terribly wrong. Even though I'm a strong supporter of the military, when "don't ask, don't tell" was created, I thought that a gay person must be insane to want to go into the service. Clearly, little has changed.