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Dogfight
In the fall of 1963, Eddie Birdlace is an 18-year-old Marine Corps volunteer who is about to ship out with three of his buddies for a tour of duty in Vietnam. Planning a massive blowout for their last night in San Francisco, Eddie, his buddies, and a number of other Marines set up a contest they call a "dogfight”.
1991 · Directed by Nancy Savoca · 94 min · Drama · Romance · 10 frames
Tagline
The rules of the dogfight were simple. Everyone puts in fifty bucks. The guy with the ugliest "date" wins.
Crew
- Screenplay: Bob Comfort
- Cinematography: Bobby Bukowski
- Edited by: John Tintori
- Production design: Lester Cohen
- Produced by: Peter Newman, Richard Guay
Cast
- River Phoenix as Eddie Birdlace
- Lili Taylor as Rose Fenny
- Richard Panebianco as Berzin
- Anthony Clark as Oakie
- Mitchell Whitfield as Benjamin
- Holly Near as Rose Sr.
- E. G. Daily as Marcie
- Sue Morales as Ruth Two Bears
- Christina Mastin as Linda
- Christopher Shaw as Donavin
Production
- Country: United States of America
- Language: English
- Studios: Warner Bros. Pictures, Peter Newman Productions
- Box office: $397,631
- Themes: vietnam war, san francisco, california, love, u.s. marine, nostalgic, woman director, 1960s, comforting, sincere
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