The Pentagon wars
(2005, original release: 1998)

Fiction

DVD

Call Numbers:
DVD/COMEDY/PENTAGON

Availability

Locations Call Number Status
Movies DVD/COMEDY/PENTAGON Available

Details

PUBLISHED
[New York,NY] : HBO Video, c
©c2005
DESCRIPTION

1 videodisc (approximately 104 min.) : sound, color, stereophonic ; 4 3/4 in

ISBN/ISSN
0783114818 91472, 9780783114811, 026359147227
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES

Originally released as motion picture in 1998

Air Force Lt. Col. John Burton was assigned to evaluate the usefulness of the Bradley Infantry Fighting Vehicle, an Army troop carrier/scoutvehicle that, in its final redesign, was effectively a deathtrap for its occupants. Burton keeps trying to execute a proper live-fire armor test on it but is constantly subverted by his temporary commanding officer, Army Maj. Gen. Partridge, in order to get it under construction and in the field

Special features: Audio commentary with director Richard Benjamin

Based on the book "The pentagon wars," by Col. James G. Burton

Produced by Howard Meltzer ; director of photography, Robert Yeoman ; music by Joseph Vitarelli

Kelsey Grammer, Cary Elwes

MPAA rating: R

DVD, fullscreen (4:3) aspect ratio, dolby surround

English, French, and Spanish, subtitles in English, French, and Spanish; Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired

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