| Description |
1 videodisc (111 min.) : sound, color, stereophonic ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Note |
Based on the novel by Nicholas Proffitt. |
|
Videodisc of the 1987 motion picture by Tri-Star Pictures, Inc. |
| Contents |
Side A. Widescreen version -- Side B. Full screen version. |
| Credits |
Executive producers, Stan Weston, Jay Emmett, Fred Roos ; director of photography, Jordan Cronenweth; editor, Barry Malkin; music, Carmine Coppola. |
| Cast |
James Caan, Anjelica Huston, James Earl Jones, Mary Stuart Masterson, D.B. Sweeney, Dean Stockwell. |
| Summary |
This war-toughened sergeant who passionately longs to train soldiers for fighting in Vietnam is assigned to the elite Old Guard. His girlfriend, a Washington Post reporter, is against the war but respects his view. The sergeant takes a zealous soldier under his wing and tries to help train him for his tour in Vietnam, but the young soldier is killed three weeks before returning from Vietnam. |
| Audience |
Rated R. |
| System Details |
DVD. |
| Language |
In English with optional subtitles in English, French, Spanish, Portuguese and Korean; closed-captioned. |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
| Subject |
Proffitt, Nicholas, 1943-2006 -- Film adaptations.
|
|
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Drama.
|
| Genre/Form |
War films.
|
|
Feature films.
|
|
Feature films -- United States.
|
|
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
|
| Added Author |
Proffitt, Nicholas, 1943-2006
Gardens of stone.
|
|
Caan, James.
|
|
Huston, Anjelica.
|
|
Jones, James Earl.
|
|
Stockwell, Dean, 1936-2021
|
|
Tri-Star Pictures.
|
|
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment (Firm)
|
| ISBN |
0767892259: $24.98 |
| Music No. |
08851 Columbia Tristar |
|
