list http://www.spout.com/ Recent community activity around Heartbreak Ridge on Spout Copyright 2005-9 Spout, LLC Spout RSS http://www.spout.com/images/SpoutLogoRSS.jpg http://www.spout.com/ 136 30 http://www.spout.com/films/Heartbreak_Ridge/14978/default.aspx Title: Heartbreak Ridge
Year: 1986
Director: Clint Eastwood
Plot: Having spent much of his directorial career emulating Don Siegel and John Ford, Clint Eastwood borrows a page from the catalogue of Sam Fuller in Heartbreak Ridge. Eastwood casts himself as an old-fashioned Marine Corps sergeant who is out of step with the new-fashioned military. He returns to his old outfit as a gunnery sergeant, where he runs afoul of 1980s-style superior officers to whom the words "Gung Ho" are foolish anachronisms. But through his tough tutelage, Eastwood's lackadaisical platoon is whipped into a first-rate fighting machine, favoring teamwork over such New Age gobbledygook as "self-fulfillment." Eastwood's men prove their mettle during the invasion of Grenada. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
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]]>Wed, 23 Jan 2008 01:41:47 GMTHeartbreak Ridge1986Clint EastwoodHaving spent much of his directorial career emulating <a href="/players/P___111406/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Don Siegel</a> and <a href="/players/P____90133/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>John Ford</a>, <a href="/players/P____88601/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Clint Eastwood</a> borrows a page from the catalogue of Sam Fuller in Heartbreak Ridge. Eastwood casts himself as an old-fashioned Marine Corps sergeant who is out of step with the new-fashioned military. He returns to his old outfit as a gunnery sergeant, where he runs afoul of 1980s-style superior officers to whom the words "Gung Ho" are foolish anachronisms. But through his tough tutelage, Eastwood's lackadaisical platoon is whipped into a first-rate fighting machine, favoring teamwork over such New Age gobbledygook as "self-fulfillment." Eastwood's men prove their mettle during the invasion of Grenada. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide4Slightly Tagged (1-5)213http://www.spout.com/ProductImages/t22918da49s.jpghttp://www.spout.com/films/Heartbreak_Ridge/14978/default.aspxFilm http://www.spout.com/blogs/fa531/archive/2008/1/22/24238.aspx Post By: fa531
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Body: Seen it and lost interest because the things that go on in the movie are too sappy in real life Marine Corps. The story line is weak but the only reason I watch it is because of Eastwood. Portraying the USMC in the movie is on a low scale of 3. Full Metal Jacket is more realistic than this one. Frank
]]>Wed, 23 Jan 2008 01:41:47 GMTfa531fa531 Blog1/22/2008 8:41:47 PMSeen it and lost interest because the things that go on in the movie are too sappy in real life Marine Corps. The story line is weak but the only reason I watch it is because of Eastwood. Portraying the USMC in the movie is on a low scale of 3. Full Metal Jacket is more realistic than this one. Frank http://www.spout.com/members/0/tags/military/MemberTagFilms.aspxmilitary
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