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1 videodisc (111 min.) : sound, color, stereophonic ; 4 3/4 in
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Based on the novel by Nicholas Proffitt
Side A. Widescreen version -- Side B. Full screen version
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
Videodisc of the 1987 motion picture by Tri-Star Pictures, Inc
Executive producers, Stan Weston, Jay Emmett, Fred Roos ; director of photography, Jordan Cronenweth; editor, Barry Malkin; music, Carmine Coppola
James Caan, Anjelica Huston, James Earl Jones, Mary Stuart Masterson, D.B. Sweeney, Dean Stockwell
Rated R
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In English with optional subtitles in English, French, Spanish, Portuguese and Korean; closed-captioned