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Casualties of War

Name: Casualties of War
Director: Brian De Palma
Genre: Drama, History, War
Released: 1989
Rating: 7.2
Cast: Michael J. Fox, Sean Penn, Don Harvey, John C. Reilly, John Leguizamo

During the Vietnam War, a soldier finds himself the outsider of his own squad when they unnecessarily kidnap a female villager.

1989 · Directed by Brian De Palma · 113 min · Drama · History · War · 11 frames

Tagline

Even in war… murder is murder.

Crew

Screenplay: David Rabe
Cinematography: Stephen H. Burum
Edited by: Bill Pankow
Music: Ennio Morricone
Production design: Wolf Kroeger
Produced by: Art Linson

Cast

Michael J. Fox as Private Eriksson
Sean Penn as Sgt. Tony Meserve
Don Harvey as Cpl. Thomas E. Clark
John C. Reilly as Private Herbert Hatcher
John Leguizamo as Private Antonio Diaz
Thuy Thu Le as Oanh
Erik King as Brown
Jack Gwaltney as Rowan
Ving Rhames as Lt. Reilly
Wendell Pierce as MacIntire

Production

Country: United States of America
Language: English
Studios: Columbia Pictures
Budget: $22,500,000
Box office: $18,671,317
Themes: vietnam war, vietcong, rape, court, menace, based on true story, jungle, soldier, anti war

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Dressed to Kill — 1980
Scarface — 1983
Body Double — 1984
Blow Out — 1981
The Untouchables — 1987
The Fury — 1978
Mission to Mars — 2000
Sisters — 1973
Phantom of the Paradise — 1974
Hi, Mom! — 1970
Domino — 2019
Obsession — 1976
Carlito's Way — 1993
Carrie — 1976
Mission: Impossible — 1996
The Bonfire of the Vanities — 1990
The Black Dahlia — 2006

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