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- WarHollywood Tone
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- 20th Century40sD DayWorld War 2
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- EuropeGermanyMilitary Base
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- Boys' Night
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The Dirty Dozen, 1967
English, French, German
UK, USA
Profile of The Dirty Dozen
The Dirty Dozen can be described as rough, exciting, and suspenseful. The plot revolves around military life, antiheroes, and power relations. The main genre is war. In terms of style, The Dirty Dozen features an all-star cast, has a Hollywood tone, and stars an ensemble cast. In approach, it is serious and realistic. It is set, at least in part, on a military base. The Dirty Dozen is located in Germany. It takes place in the 20th century. It is based on a book. The Dirty Dozen has received attention for being a classic, an award winner, and critically acclaimed. It is well suited for a boys' night. Note that it involves violent content.
Summary of The Dirty Dozen
An all-star cast energizes Robert Aldrich's classic World War II action drama about a group of 12 American military prisoners assembled by tacticians and ordered to perform a suicide mission: infiltrate a well-guarded chֳ¢teau and kill the Nazi officials vacationing there. The incarcerated soldiers, most of whom are facing death sentences for a variety of violent crimes, jump at the chance to redeem themselves. Major Reisman (Lee Marvin), the noncriminal in charge of the group, whips the men into a crack unit, uses them to best the troops of his by-the-book superior officer, Colonel Breed (Robert Ryan), in war games, then leads the steely antiheroes on their perilous assault.
The film is studded with standout performances, including Telly Savalas as a religious psychopath with a febrile animosity toward Germans and John Cassavetes in an Oscar-nominated portrayal as an insubordinate, poison-tongued hothead. Ernest Borgnine, Donald Sutherland, Charles Bronson, and football legend Jim Brown further round out the impressive collection of talent. Aldrich, who by the time of THE DIRTY DOZEN had been fathoming the darker side of life onscreen for more than a decade (KISS ME DEADLY, WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO BABY JANE?), scored a huge hit with this rousing thriller laced with a stinging cynicism perfectly in tune with the increasingly skeptical tenor of the times.
Details
| Language: | English, French, German |
| Country: | UK, USA |
| Release date: | 15 June 1967 |
| Runtime: | 150 min |
| Awards: | Academy Awards |
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as Major Reisman
as General Worden
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- 03.April.2010
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- by: weetbix
- weetbix rated this movie7/10Good
- 23.January.2009
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- by: Alex Stajos
- Alex Stajos rated this movie7/10Good
