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Subgenre Sampler
Going Hollywood - The War Years (1987)- Dir. Julian Schlossberg
Feat. Vivian Blaine, Dane Clark, Jackie Cooper… - A glance back at Hollywood attitudes, movies and stars during the WW2 years 1941–1945. Compromising movie clips, newsreel footage and…
Good Morning, Vietnam (1987)
- Dir. Barry Levinson
Feat. Robin Williams, Forest Whitaker - Robin Williams tour–de–force performance as an irreverant, rebel radio–jock stationed in Saigon during the Vietnam War. The funny…
Hamburger Hill (1987)- Dir. John Irvin
Feat. Anthony Barrile, Don Cheadle, Courtney B. Vance… - Matter–of–fact depiction of a particularly costly battle of the Vietnam War, in which US troops repeatedly tried to capture 'Hill 937' in…
Hope and Glory (1987)- Dir. John Boorman
Feat. Sebastian Rice-Edwards, Geraldine Muir - Well–crafted account of Dir. Boorman's childhood in wartime London.
Kitchen Toto, The (1987)- Dir. Harry Hook
Feat. Edwin Mahinda, Bob Peck, Phyllis Logan - Rewarding drama set in Kenya, during the Mau Mau insurrection.
Lighthorsemen, The (1987)- Dir. Simon Wincer
Feat. Peter Phelps, Jon Blake, Sigrid Thornton… - Gung–ho and melodrama collide in this WWI adventure of Australian–mounted infantry (and a few Gallipoli veterans) in Palestine. The tone…
Tour of Duty (TV Series) (1987-1988)- Feat. Terence Knox, Stephen Caffrey
- A much–admired chronicle of U.S. soldiers grappling with combat, friendship, and ethics in Vietnam. One of several popular Vietnam War…
- Assault, The (1986)
- Dir. Fons Rademakers
Feat. Derek De Lint, Marc Van Uchelen, Monique Van de Ven - Exceptional near–epic tale of a young boy who witnesses the murder of a Nazi collaborator. Fine direction won this powerful drama the Best…
Falklands Collection, The (The Falklands Play, Tumbledown) (1986)- Dir. Michael Samuels
Feat. Patricia Hodge, Colin Firth - A collection of two BBC dramas focused around the controversial Falklands Campaign of 1982 during Margaret Thatcher's reign. The Falklands Play:…
Heartbreak Ridge (1986)- Dir. Clint Eastwood
Feat. Clint Eastwood, Marsha Mason, Everett McGill… - Eastwood stars as a rugged drill sergeant assigned to a platoon of raw recruits in order to whip them into shape. Lesser Eastwood effort is also…
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