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Mood:
- GloomyBleakContemplativeRough
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Plot:
- Military LifeBattlesMilitarySoldierIdealismHaunted By the PastPolitical UnrestHopes more...
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Genres:
- DramaWarIndependent
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Time/Period:
- 20th Century60s70sVietnam War
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Place:
- AsiaVietnam
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Based on:
- Based on Book
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Attitudes:
- SeriousRealistic
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Flag:
- Violent Content
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Go Tell the Spartans, 1978
English, Vietnamese
USA
Profile of Go Tell the Spartans
The mood of Go Tell the Spartans is gloomy, bleak, and contemplative. The plot centers around military life, idealism, and political unrest. It is a drama, independent, and war movie. In approach, Go Tell the Spartans is serious and realistic. The setting is Vietnam. It happens in the 1960s. Go Tell the Spartans is based on a book. Note that it includes violent content.
Summary of Go Tell the Spartans
An less-well-known Vietnam War picture with an interesting point of view formed while memories of the war were still fresh. Lancaster plays a tough U.S. military advisor in 1964 assigned to the abandoned French outpost of Muc Wa, where he must assemble a platoon out of inexperienced American soldiers and hardened Vietnamese mercenaries. As he the conditions at first hand, his doubts about the U.S. involvement grow.
Details
| Language: | English, Vietnamese |
| Country: | USA |
| Release date: | 14 June 1978 |
| Runtime: | 114 min |
Cast and Crew
as Maj. Asa Barker
as Cpl. Courcey
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