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Release Date:
31 October 2002 (Germany)
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Tagline:
War is hell... but peace is f*#!%!! boring. more
Plot:
A criminal subculture operates among U.S. soldiers stationed in West Germany just before the fall of the Berlin wall. full summary | add synopsis
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1 win
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6 nominations
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Bored soldiers good subject for entertaining comedy
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Cast
(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 | ... | Knoll | |
| Dean Stockwell | ... | General Lancaster | |
| Brian Delate | ... | Colonel Marshall | |
| Shiek Mahmud-Bey | ... | Sergeant Saad (as Sheik Mahmud-Bey) | |
| Amani Gethers | ... | Kirschfield | |
| Noah Lee Margetts | ... | Rothfuss (as Noah) | |
| Tom Ellis | ... | Squash | |
| Kick Gurry | ... | Video |
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MPAA:
Rated R for violence, drug content, strong language and some sexuality.
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Runtime:
98 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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2.35 : 1 more
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Certification:
Iceland:16 |
New Zealand:R16 |
Australia:MA |
Denmark:15 |
Finland:K-15 |
Germany:16 |
Ireland:18 |
Norway:15 |
Philippines:R-13 |
Portugal:M/16 |
Singapore:NC-16 |
Spain:18 |
UK:15 |
USA:R |
Canada:A (Ontario)
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At a screening of the film on 21 January 2003 at the Sundance Film Festival, a woman in the audience verbally attacked the film during a Q&A period following the presentation. The woman reportedly accused the filmmakers of being anti-American and flung a plastic water bottle. The bottle hit an elderly man in the crowd on the head. The woman claimed the bottle was intended to hit the screen. The man was not seriously injured.
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Audio/visual unsynchronized: When Sgt. Lee and his daughter in the car after the Civil War party, she asks him if he wants to kill Elwood, to which he asks her what she's talking about. She says, "Do you?" However, her lips do not move when saying that line.
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Quotes:
Ray Elwood:
Say, do you ever have falling dreams?
Robyn Lee: Sure, I think so.
Ray Elwood: I have the same dream all the time where its really high and I'm kind of floating and then I fall. Is that the same as yours?
Robyn Lee: Kind of.
Ray Elwood: Well, why? What happens in yours?
Robyn Lee: I wake up before I hit the ground.
Ray Elwood: I always hit. I don't wake up.
Robyn Lee: That's not normal.
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Robyn Lee: Sure, I think so.
Ray Elwood: I have the same dream all the time where its really high and I'm kind of floating and then I fall. Is that the same as yours?
Robyn Lee: Kind of.
Ray Elwood: Well, why? What happens in yours?
Robyn Lee: I wake up before I hit the ground.
Ray Elwood: I always hit. I don't wake up.
Robyn Lee: That's not normal.
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Soundtrack:
Ich Bin Ein Arschloch
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American directors tend to glorify their war movies by adding a lot of heroism and false American nationalism. Buffalo Soldiers is a nice change on these kind of movies. It tells the story of a group of American soldiers so thoroughly bored that they kill time by smuggling drugs, drinking booze and fighting each other. It kinda reminds me of my father's stories of his short yet turbulent time in the army. He keeps on telling about all the wrong things they did to have a bit of fun in their forced presence in these days.
The movie doesn't really have a grand message to deliver to its audience, but it is most definitely good for a few laughs. And Joaquin Phoenix shows a bit of the strong charisma he has in store for us in later movies ( Walk the line- the Johnny Cash biography- as his strongest one )