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Operation Dumbo Drop

  • 19951995
  • PGPG
  • 1h 47m
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5.2/10
9.3K
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Operation Dumbo Drop (1995)
To keep the loyalty of a village during the Vietnam war, a U.S. Army officer and his unit struggle to deliver it a live elephant.
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ActionAdventureComedy
To keep the loyalty of a village during the Vietnam war, a U.S. Army officer and his unit struggle to deliver it a live elephant.To keep the loyalty of a village during the Vietnam war, a U.S. Army officer and his unit struggle to deliver it a live elephant.To keep the loyalty of a village during the Vietnam war, a U.S. Army officer and his unit struggle to deliver it a live elephant.
IMDb RATING
5.2/10
9.3K
YOUR RATING
    • Simon Wincer
    • James Morris(story)
    • Gene Quintano
    • Jim Kouf
  • Stars
    • Danny Glover
    • Ray Liotta
    • Denis Leary
    • Simon Wincer
    • James Morris(story)
    • Gene Quintano
    • Jim Kouf
  • Stars
    • Danny Glover
    • Ray Liotta
    • Denis Leary
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 36User reviews
    • 25Critic reviews
    • 48Metascore
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  • Videos1

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    Simon Wincer in Operation Dumbo Drop (1995)
    Simon Wincer and Tai in Operation Dumbo Drop (1995)
    Ray Liotta and Simon Wincer in Operation Dumbo Drop (1995)
    Danny Glover in Operation Dumbo Drop (1995)
    Doug E. Doug in Operation Dumbo Drop (1995)
    Dinh Thien Le in Operation Dumbo Drop (1995)
    Danny Glover, Ray Liotta, and Denis Leary in Operation Dumbo Drop (1995)
    Operation Dumbo Drop (1995)
    Danny Glover, Ray Liotta, Doug E. Doug, Dinh Thien Le, and Tai in Operation Dumbo Drop (1995)
    Ray Liotta and Dinh Thien Le in Operation Dumbo Drop (1995)
    Danny Glover, Ray Liotta, Denis Leary, Corin Nemec, Doug E. Doug, and Tai in Operation Dumbo Drop (1995)
    Danny Glover and Dinh Thien Le in Operation Dumbo Drop (1995)

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    Danny Glover
    Danny Glover
    • Capt. Sam Cahill
    Ray Liotta
    Ray Liotta
    • Capt. T.C. Doyle
    Denis Leary
    Denis Leary
    • Lt. David Poole
    Doug E. Doug
    Doug E. Doug
    • SP4 Harvey (H.A.) Ashford
    Corin Nemec
    Corin Nemec
    • Sp5 Lawrence Farley
    Dinh Thien Le
    Dinh Thien Le
    • Linh
    Tchéky Karyo
    Tchéky Karyo
    • Goddard
    • (as Tcheky Karyo)
    Hoang Ly
    • Col. Nguyen
    Vo Trung Anh
    • Lt. Quang, NVA
    Marshall Bell
    Marshall Bell
    • Col. Pederson
    James Hong
    James Hong
    • Y B'ham
    Long Nguyen
    Long Nguyen
    • Jhon
    Tim Kelleher
    Tim Kelleher
    • C-123 Pilot
    Scott N. Stevens
    Scott N. Stevens
    • C-123 Co-Pilot
    Kevin LaRosa
    • Irish - Huey Pilot #1
    • (as Kevin Larosa)
    Christopher Ward
    • Cowboy - Huey Co-Pilot
    Robert Kevin Miller
    • Huey Gunner #1
    Ming-Yang Li
    • Village Elder
      • Simon Wincer
      • James Morris(story)
      • Gene Quintano
      • Jim Kouf
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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      Denis Leary has said that he, Danny Glover, and Ray Liotta only did the picture because they each wanted to buy property. Filming took so long, and got so bad, they all started carrying around pictures of the property and looking at them to get them through the shooting.
    • Goofs
      In the cast listing David Poole(Dennis Leary) is listed as Lt. Poole. In the movie he is actually a US Army Chief Warrant Officer Three. This can be seen by the right collar bar on his uniform that has a bar with three black boxes and by the Warrant officer insignia on the left collar.
    • Quotes

      Capt. T.C. Doyle: Does anybody else here know how to work an elephant?

      Harvey (H.A.) Ashford: I was in love with a fat woman once, but she never listened to me.

    • Crazy credits
      Before the end credits, there is a statement that says, "This movie was inspired by a true story."
    • Connections
      Featured in At the Movies: Waterworld/Operation Dumbo Drop/The Net/Babe/Country Life (1995)
    • Soundtracks
      Boom Boom
      Written by John Lee Hooker

      Performed by David Clayton-Thomas

      Courtesy of MCA Records

    User reviews36

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    I do not understand the criticism that some professional reviewers give of this film about its unrealistic treatment of the Vietnam War. I was opposed to that war from about the time that it started but I never doubted the good intentions of those young men who risked their lives fighting it. What is so wrong in playing up that aspect of it? The film is, after all, based on a true story. The film seemed to me to be like a movie version of the television show MASH done for children. Everybody has good words for MASH. Nobody ever complained about doing a comedy about the Korean War. This is a good kid's film with some really fine acting by Liotta, Glover and Leary.
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    • mpcohen
    • Aug 20, 2002

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    • Release date
      • July 28, 1995 (United States)
      • United States
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      • English
      • Vietnamese
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    • Filming locations
      • Chiang Mai, Thailand
    • Production companies
      • Walt Disney Pictures
      • Interscope Communications
      • Polygram Filmed Entertainment
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    • 1 hour 47 minutes
      • Color
      • Dolby Digital

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