A criminal subculture operates among U.S. soldiers stationed in West Germany just before the fall of the Berlin wall.
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| 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 | ... | Pfc. Brian Knoll | |
| Dean Stockwell | ... | General Lancaster | |
| Brian Delate | ... | Colonel Marshall | |
| Shiek Mahmud-Bey | ... | Sergeant Saad (as Sheik Mahmud-Bey) | |
| Amani Gethers | ... | Kirschfield | |
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Noah Lee Margetts | ... | Rothfuss (as Noah) |
| Tom Ellis | ... | Squash | |
| Kick Gurry | ... | Video | |
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1989. The Berlin Wall is about to fall, and the world is about to be made safe for the new world order. But outside of Stuttgart, West Germany, at Theodore Roosevelt Army Base, Specialist Ray Elwood of the 317th Supply Battalion is about to find his own cold war turn white hot. Elwood's a lovable rogue, a conscript who's managed to turn his military servitude into a blossoming network of black market deals, more out of boredom than ambition. Officially, there's his day job as battalion secretary to the inept but caring Commander Wallace Berman. On the side, there's everything from selling the locals stolen Mop'N'Glo to cooking heroin for the base's ruthless head of Military Police, Sgt. Saad. When a new top sergeant arrives, with the avowed intention of cleaning the base up, Elwood thinks the new blood is nothing he can't handle, especially after he lays eyes on the top's daughter, rebellious Robyn. But that was before he figured in the $5 million in stolen arms that just landed on ... Written by Anonymous
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31 October 2002 (Germany) See more »Also Known As:
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$15,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend:
£113,664 (United Kingdom), 20 July 2003, Limited ReleaseOpening Weekend USA:
$30,977, 27 July 2003, Limited ReleaseGross USA:
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Ray Elwood: Well, he might have taken it by mistake, sir.
Colonel Berman: What?
Ray Elwood: The birth control pill. He might've thought it was something ele.
Colonel Berman: Well, fine, but he didn't take heroin, speed and cocaine by mistake, did he?
Ray Elwood: It seems unlikely, sir.
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Colonel Berman: [reading a coroner's report] Heroin, cocaine, marijuana, lysergic acid, deithyl... whatever the hell that is, amphetamines, traces of barbiturates, estrogen. Estrogen? McCovey was on the pill? How could this be possible?Ray Elwood: Well, he might have taken it by mistake, sir.
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It might not be politically correct right now, but this very good indie pic with a stellar cast about a US Army soldier stationed in the West Germany of 1989 comes at the right time. Having served on an Army base for years I know this is very close to what it is actually like being there. Phoenix makes you care about his "evil" character Ray Elwood much the way he did the same in "Gladiator", and Ed Harris as well as Scott Glenn deliver top notch performances. Very well edited, cynical-yet-funny, with a good story and believable characters. Recommended, two thumbs up!