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Brian De Palma

Casualties of War

Director Brian De Palma Composer Ennio Morricone Cast Michael J. Fox, Sean Penn, Don Harvey
113' - 1989 - Crime, Action, Drama - Dialogue: Vietnamese, English
Eriksson (Michael J. Fox), a young infantryman, arrives in Vietnam and is assigned to a unit filled with veterans. They've been in combat, on and off, for months and Sergeant Meserve (Sean Penn) is a shorttimer with less than a month to go before he can return home. On enight Meserve involves his men in a plan to kidnap a young woman, whho will be brought along on a mission to service the sexual needs of all five men. Eriksson refuses to participate in the rape (and murder) and his testimony brings the others eventually to a military court-martial and prison sentences.

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Credits

Directors

Brian De Palma

Composers

Ennio Morricone

Cast

Michael J. Fox, Sean Penn, Don Harvey

Scenario

Daniel Lang, David Rabe

Director of Photography

Stephen H. Burum

Editors

Bill Pankow

Producers

Art Linson

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Dialogue

Vietnamese, English

Countries of production

United States of America

Screenplay based on

"Casualties of War" (Daniel Lang)

Year

1989

Filmography

Brian De Palma
Icarus (short, 1960), 660124: The Story of an IBM Card (short, 1961), Woton's Wake (short, 1963), Jennifer (short, 1964), The Responsive Eye (short, 1966), Show Me a Strong Town and I'll Show You a Strong Bank (short, 1966), Murder a la Mod (1968), Greetings (1968), The Wedding Party (1969), To Bridge This Gap (short, 1969), Dionysus in '69 (1970), Hi, Mom! (1970), Get to Know Your Rabbit (1972), Sisters (1972), Phantom of the Paradise (1974), Obsession (1976), Carrie (1976), The Fury (1978), Home Movies (1979), Dressed to Kill (1980), Blow Out (1981), Scarface (1983), Body Double (1984), Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band: American Storm (music video, 1986), The Untouchables (1987), Casualties of War (1989), The Bonfire of the Vanities (1990), Raising Cain (1992), Carlito's Way (1993), Mission: Impossible (1996), Snake Eyes (1998), Mission to Mars (2000), Femme Fatale (2002), The Black Dahlia (2006), Redacted (2007), Passion (2012), Domino (2019)