A Sergeant must deal with his desires to save the lives of young soldiers being sent to Viet Nam. Continuously denied the chance to teach the soldiers about his experiences, he settles for trying to help the son of an old Army buddy.
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| James Caan | ... | Sgt. Clell Hazard | |
| Anjelica Huston | ... | Samantha Davis | |
| James Earl Jones | ... | 'Goody' Nelson | |
| D.B. Sweeney | ... | Jackie Willow | |
| Dean Stockwell | ... | Homer Thomas | |
| Mary Stuart Masterson | ... | Rachel Feld | |
| Dick Anthony Williams | ... | Slasher Williams | |
| Lonette McKee | ... | Betty Rae | |
| Sam Bottoms | ... | Lt. Webber | |
| Elias Koteas | ... | Pete Deveber | |
| Laurence Fishburne | ... | Sgt. Flanagan (as Larry Fishburne) | |
| Casey Siemaszko | ... | Wildman | |
| Peter Masterson | ... | Col. Feld | |
| Carlin Glynn | ... | Mrs. Feld | |
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Erik Holland | ... | Col. Godwin |
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In the late 60s, during the Vietnam War, the idealistic soldier Jackie Willow arrives at Fort Meyer expecting to go to the Academy and then to the Vietnam War. Jackie is the son of a veteran sergeant and soon he becomes the protégé of the former friends of his father, Sergeant Clell Hazard and Sergeant Major 'Goody' Nelson. Jackie is promoted and gets married with his childhood friend Rachel Feld, to recommend Jackie to the Academy. He is promoted to lieutenant and asks to go to the Vietnam, returning to the Arlington National Cemetery. Written by Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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8 May 1987 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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The flag on Willow's casket is improperly positioned while it sits at the altar in the cemetery chapel. The blue field should be at the back left corner of the casket (the blue field is always over the deceased's head, and the deceased's head is always to the left) See more »Quotes
"Goody" Nelson: Well, here's to us and those like us.Clell Hazard: Damn few left.
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It's the military funeral of Jackie Willow (D.B. Sweeney) as he recounts his journey. It returns to Jackie's first day at Fort Myer which provides soldiers for Arlington National Cemetery and he's gungho to fight in Vietnam. He's the son of a friend of Sgt. Clell Hazard (James Caan) who tries to talk him out of Vietnam. He helps screw-up Wildman (Casey Siemaszko) from platoon Sgt. Flanagan (Laurence Fishburne). Sergeant Major Goody Nelson (James Earl Jones) and wife Betty Rae set up Hazard with anti-war Washington Post reporter Samantha Davis (Anjelica Huston). Pete Deveber (Elias Koteas) is a clerk and Homer Thomas (Dean Stockwell) is the commander. Jackie marries Rachel Feld (Mary Stuart Masterson), the daughter of a colonel.
Francis Ford Coppola revisits Vietnam with something less epic and more traditional. There are great actors. The thing I remember most is the story of the Vietcons fighting helicopters with arrows. This is certainly not as iconic as Apocalypse Now. It doesn't mean that it's not a worthwhile watch. For a war movie, this surprisingly has little war action. That's probably what throws most people off.