Released Date:
1987-05-08
Languages:
English
Countries:
USA
Runtime:
111 min
Rated:
R
IMDB Ratings:
6.4 (3854 Reviews)
Director:
Francis Ford CoppolaNicholas Proffitt (novel)
Ronald Bass (screenplay)
In the late 60s, during the Vietnam War, the idealistic soldier Jackie Willow arrives at Fort Meyer expecting to go to the Academy and then to the Vietnam War. Jackie is the son of a veteran sergeant and soon he becomes the protègè of the former friends of his father, Sergeant Clell Hazard and Sergeant Major 'Goody' Nelson. Jackie is promoted and gets married with his childhood friend Rachel Feld, to recommend Jackie to the Academy. He is promoted to lieutenant and asks to go to the Vietnam, returning to the Arlington National Cemetery.
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