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Tahdon voitto

Original title: A Midnight Clear
  • 1992
  • R
  • 1h 48m
IMDb RATING
7.1/10
9.8K
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Tahdon voitto (1992)
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The Ardennes Forest, December 1944. A squad of six US infantrymen is sent to occupy a house to use as an observation post as the German Army is expected to advance through that area. However... Read allThe Ardennes Forest, December 1944. A squad of six US infantrymen is sent to occupy a house to use as an observation post as the German Army is expected to advance through that area. However, the Germans seem oddly friendly.The Ardennes Forest, December 1944. A squad of six US infantrymen is sent to occupy a house to use as an observation post as the German Army is expected to advance through that area. However, the Germans seem oddly friendly.

  • Director
    • Keith Gordon
  • Writers
    • William Wharton
    • Keith Gordon
  • Stars
    • Peter Berg
    • Kevin Dillon
    • Arye Gross
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.1/10
    9.8K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Keith Gordon
    • Writers
      • William Wharton
      • Keith Gordon
    • Stars
      • Peter Berg
      • Kevin Dillon
      • Arye Gross
    • 94User reviews
    • 23Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 1 nomination

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    Trailer 1:04
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    Ethan Hawke, Gary Sinise, Peter Berg, Kevin Dillon, Frank Whaley, Keith Gordon, and Arye Gross in Tahdon voitto (1992)
    Ethan Hawke and Frank Whaley in Tahdon voitto (1992)
    Tahdon voitto (1992)
    Tahdon voitto (1992)
    Kevin Dillon, Rachel Griffin, Arye Gross, and Timothy S. Shoemaker in Tahdon voitto (1992)
    Ethan Hawke and Gary Sinise in Tahdon voitto (1992)
    Frank Whaley in Tahdon voitto (1992)
    Kevin Dillon in Tahdon voitto (1992)
    Ethan Hawke, Gary Sinise, Peter Berg, Kevin Dillon, Frank Whaley, and Arye Gross in Tahdon voitto (1992)
    Curt Lowens in Tahdon voitto (1992)
    Curt Lowens in Tahdon voitto (1992)
    Ethan Hawke and Frank Whaley in Tahdon voitto (1992)

    Cast

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    Peter Berg
    Peter Berg
    • Bud Miller
    Kevin Dillon
    Kevin Dillon
    • Cpl. Mel Avakian
    Arye Gross
    Arye Gross
    • Stan Shutzer
    Ethan Hawke
    Ethan Hawke
    • Sgt. Will Knott
    Gary Sinise
    Gary Sinise
    • Vance 'Mother' Wilkins
    Frank Whaley
    Frank Whaley
    • Paul 'Father' Mundy
    John C. McGinley
    John C. McGinley
    • Major Griffin
    Larry Joshua
    Larry Joshua
    • Lieutenant Ware
    David Jensen
    • Sergeant Hunt
    Curt Lowens
    Curt Lowens
    • Older German Soldier
    • Director
      • Keith Gordon
    • Writers
      • William Wharton
      • Keith Gordon
    • All cast & crew
    • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro

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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      Filming took place during the coldest winter in Utah in 83 years. The temperature dropped about thirty degrees during the night, when much of the action takes place.
    • Goofs
      Throughout the movie, the forest is predominantly made up by white birch. This species is native only to North America and does not grow in the Ardennes Forest where the events take place.
    • Quotes

      Will Knott: I'm not exactly sure what country we're in. Could be Belgium, Luxembourg, France, or even Germany. I don't know what day it is. I have no watch, so I don't know what time it is. I'm not even sure of my name. The next thing you know, they'll be making me a general.

    • Connections
      Featured in Siskel & Ebert & the Movies: White Sands/A Midnight Clear/Passed Away/The Playboys/Delicatessen (1992)
    • Soundtracks
      The Jersey Bounce
      Recorded by Studo Music Department

      Written by Buddy Feyne, Bobby Plater (as Bobby Platter), Tiny Bradshaw and Edward Johnson

      Published by Lewis Music Publishing Co., Inc.

    User reviews94

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    Why I couldn't let my father watch this
    Once upon a time in northern France on late summer night in 1944, there was a sergeant in his mid-twenties, an armorer who normally fixed the big guns when they broke down or cleared hangfires from them. ("Lonely goddamn work, I'll have you know.")

    When his turn in the rotation came up every few nights, he would man the forward-observer post duty for the artillery battalion in which he served. He and a private went forward with binoculars and a field telephone to call in fire missions if they saw anything moving. And that particular night they did: Like silent spectres out of the darkness came a handful of German infantryman who, even in the poor light and from hundreds of yards away, were staggering with exhaustion, hungry, dirty. A mess wagon came forward and set up to feed them what must have been their first hot meal in days or even weeks. Patton's advance had been pressing them eastward across France without letup.

    "Sarge? Aren't you gonna call this in?"

    "No. Not yet. Let's let those poor sons of bitches finish their chow first."

    When the Germans had finally eaten their fill, a couple had lit cigarettes, and the mess wagon was turning around to leave, Dad finally called the battery plotter with the coordinates. He made the German soldiers and the mess wagon disappear in a rain of 155-mm howitzer shells.

    At the time the movie finally made it to cable, Dad had only a few months to live. When I saw this movie, I couldn't get that story of his out of my head. Knowing how bitter and disgusted he felt about the war -- "I was a political prisoner of Franklin Delano Roosevelt" was how he put it -- I realized that this movie was too powerful for him to see.

    I realize this is more a personal anecdote than a remark about the movie per se, but it says something about the tone and impact of Gordon and Wharton's story that I was finally able to understand, just a little bit, why I saw Dad sitting alone at the breakfast table in the middle of the night, chain-smoking in the darkness, for all those decades. And the horrific glimpse this film gave me sobers me to this day.

    In memoriam: Amzi R. McClain (1920-1999), T/Sgt, Batt A 721st FA Btn 66th Inf Div 1943-1945
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    • Release date
      • April 24, 1992 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Languages
      • English
      • German
    • Also known as
      • A Midnight Clear
    • Filming locations
      • Utah, USA
    • Production companies
      • A&M Films
      • Beacon Communications
      • Beacon Pictures
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $5,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $1,526,697
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $46,938
      • Apr 26, 1992
    • Gross worldwide
      • $1,526,697
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 48 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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