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A group of soldiers on the make whilst stationed in Germany before the fall of the Wall.

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ProducerAriane Moody, Rainer Grupe

EAN6867449004594

eBay Product ID (ePID)64008822

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Film/TV TitleBuffalo Soldiers

ActorScott Glenn, Elizabeth Mcgovern, Dean Stockwell, Gabriel Mann, Anna Paquin, Joaquin Phoenix, Leon, Ed Harris

DirectorGregor Jordan

FormatDVD

Release Year2008

LanguageEnglish

FeaturesWidescreen, Interactive Menu

Aspect Ratio16:9 Anamorphic Wide Screen

GenreDrama, General

Run Time96 Mins

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Certificate15

Number of Discs1

Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom

ReviewsEmpire - ...One of the sharpest, hippest, funniest films of the year..., Total Film - ...The performances are uniformly excellent..., Entertainment Weekly - ...Enjoyable..., Rolling Stone - ...Adapting Robert O'Connor's novel, director Gregor Jordan slaps us with keen wit and purpose...

AuthorRobert O'Connor

Additional InformationJoaquin Phoenix stars in this dark service comedy as Ray Elwood, an Army clerk stationed in West Germany just before the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989. Part of a company made up almost entirely of ex-convicts and school dropouts, Elwood takes advantage of his daft commanding officer, Col. Berman (Harris), by selling heroin and stolen Army supplies wholesale. However, when a member of the company dies and an autopsy reveals a remarkable amount of drugs in his bloodstream, far more intense scrutiny is brought down on the base in the form of Sgt. Lee (Glenn), a tough and savvy Vietnam veteran who immediately surmises that Elwood is the brains behind the base's black market operations. Unfortunately, Elwood has just happened upon the biggest score of his tour and now must unload two trucks full of arms and 30 kilos of heroin just as Sgt. Lee has begun to orchestrate his downfall.<BR>Based on Robert O'Connor's novel, BUFFALO SOLDIERS is cynical but not irreverent; it doesn't treat its characters irresponsible and often idiotic behaviour lightly nor does it judge them. Director Gregor Jordan has done an excellent job of adapting the tone of the original novel to the screen, and, aided by excellent performances from Messrs. Phoenix and Glenn, makes BUFFALO SOLDIERS a thoroughly enjoyable satire.

Movie/TV TitleBuffalo Soldiers

Executive ProducerReinhard Klooss, Paul Webster, James Schamus

Sound sourceDolby Digital

ScreenwriterEric Axel Weiss, Nora Maccoby