Audience Rating: R (Restricted) Binding: VHS Tape EAN: 9786302365689 Format: Color, Original recording reissued, NTSC ISBN: 6302365686 Label: Hbo Home Video Manufacturer: Hbo Home Video Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: Hbo Home Video Release Date: April 01, 1992 Running Time: 114 minutes Studio: Hbo Home Video Theatrical Release Date: September 01, 1978 Sales Rank: 11358
Description: Burt Lancaster delivers one of the finest performances of his career as a hard-boiled major in command of a Vietnam outpost. A classic of wartime confrontation.
Customer Reviews
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Rating: - MASH with Blue Language and no Laughs, Good Writing nor Acting.
As soon as the movie started, I thought it was of those cheap made for TV movies that were cranked out in the 70's. Well it was not made for TV, but it certainly was cheap. I think the whole movie budget ... Read More
Rating: - Unrealistic Waste
I wasted good money on what I had read was a "good film". This is befitting of something that panders to stereotypes of the Vietnam war. The mid-1970s long haircuts, WWII vehicles, and over-acting detracted ... Read More
Rating: - FULLSCREEN release is not for the movie purist
I have watched this movie before on VHS. So when I saw that AMAZON had it on DVD I was delighted. However, then I noticed that it was released in FULLSCREEN. I would hope that the studios would re-release the ... Read More
Rating: - Not the Best!
This is not one of Lancaster's best films. One of the things that kill it is the stereotypical Pro-Vietnam War propaganda that was common during that period. The depiction of the NVA and VC even borders on racism. ... Read More
Rating: - OUTDATED FULLSCREEN FORMAT?
FILMED IN ASPECT RATIO 1:85 WIDESCREEN BUT RELEASED IN 1:33 FULLSCREEN WITH 1/3 OF THE SCENES CROPPED OFF FROM THE SIDES FOR WHAT REASON? FULLSCREEN WENT OUT WITH THE 20TH CENTURY THANK GOD! BUT THE OLD SCHOOL STUDIOS ... Read More
- MASH with Blue Language and no Laughs, Good Writing nor Acting.
- Unrealistic Waste