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The Lords of Discipline
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User Rating:
6.5/10   1,191 votes
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Director:
Writers:
Pat Conroy (novel)
Thomas Pope (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
15 July 1983 (Australia) more
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Tagline:
One hundred years of the finest school turning out the finest young men. IT WAS ALL A LIE. One cadet is about to expose the system.
Plot:
Will arrives for his last year at Military Academy, in the Deep South USA, in the 1960's. A black student... more | add synopsis
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Lousy adaptation of perhaps the greatest book in the English language. more (21 total)

Cast

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David Keith ... Will
Robert Prosky ... Bear
G.D. Spradlin ... Gen. Bentley Durrell
Barbara Babcock ... Abigail

Michael Biehn ... John Alexander
Rick Rossovich ... Dante `Pig` Pignetti
John Lavachielli ... Mark

Mitchell Lichtenstein ... Tradd
Mark Breland ... Pearce
Malcolm Danare ... Poteete

Judge Reinhold ... Macabbee
Greg Webb ... Braselton

Bill Paxton ... Gilbreath (as 'Wild' Bill Paxton)
Dean R. Miller ... Gooch (as Dean Miller)
Ed Bishop ... Commerce
Stuart Milligan ... McIntyre
Katharine Levy ... Teresa

Jason Connery ... MacKinnon
Rolf Saxon ... Rowland
Michael Horton ... Bobby Bentley
Ian Tyler ... Cadet Colonel
Tony Sibbald ... TAC Major
Norman Chancer ... TAC Captain
Ronald Fernee ... TAC Officer
Michael Fitzpatrick ... TAC Officer
Richard Oldfield ... TAC Officer
Matt Frewer ... Senior

William Hope ... Senior
Peter Hutchinson ... Senior
Peter Merrill ... Senior
Sheridan Earl Russell ... Senior
Simon Shepherd ... Senior
Aaron Swartz ... Senior
Graham Cull ... Knobs
Mark Eadie ... Knobs
Tom Fry ... Knobs
Lee Galpin ... Knobs
Dean Lawrence ... Knobs
Martin Phillips ... Knobs
Joe Searby ... Knobs
Christopher Warrick ... Knobs
Sarah Brackett ... Mrs. Durrell
Mary Ellen Ray ... Mrs. Bear
Helena Stevens ... Librarian
Valerie Colgan ... General's Secretary
Nicola King ... Girlfriend
Sallyanne Law ... Girlfriend
Elizabeth Morton ... Girlfriend

Kim Thomson ... Girlfriend

Sophie Ward ... Girlfriend
Natasha Fraser-Cavassoni ... Girlfriend (as Natasha Fraser)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Hutton Cobb ... Pearce's Roommate (uncredited)

Derek Lyons ... Cpl. Beauentine (uncredited)
Peter Stevenson ... Senior (uncredited)
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Directed by
Franc Roddam 
 
Writing credits
Pat Conroy (novel "The Lords of Discipline")

Thomas Pope (screenplay) and
Lloyd Fonvielle (screenplay)

Produced by
Herb Jaffe .... producer
Gabriel Katzka .... producer
Basil Rayburn .... associate producer
 
Original Music by
Howard Blake 
 
Cinematography by
Brian Tufano 
 
Film Editing by
Michael Ellis 
 
Casting by
Ellen Chenoweth 
 
Production Design by
John Graysmark 
 
Art Direction by
Alan Cassie 
 
Set Decoration by
George DeTitta Sr. 
Peter Howitt 
 
Costume Design by
John Mollo 
 
Makeup Department
Pauline Heys .... makeup artist
Mike Lockey .... hair stylist (as Michael Lockey)
 
Production Management
Bill Watkins .... production manager: USA
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Peter Bennett Jr. .... third assistant director
Chris Brock .... second assistant director
Michael Green .... second assistant director
Roger H. Lyons .... assistant director
Michael Murray .... assistant director
Timothy Reed .... third assistant director
Waldo Roeg .... third assistant director
Chris Thompson .... third assistant director
 
Art Department
Lewis Bowen .... scenic artist
Richard M. Cole .... propmaker
George DeTitta Sr. .... set decorator: USA
Dick Frift .... construction manager
Patricia Johnson .... draughtsman
Kevin Phipps .... draughtsman
Graham Sumner .... property master
 
Sound Department
Alan Bernard .... sound mixer: USA
John Chandler .... boom operator
Don Digirolamo .... sound re-recording mixer
Robert Glass .... sound re-recording mixer
John Ireland .... sound editor
Robert Knudson .... sound re-recording mixer
Hugh Strain .... sound re-recording mixer
Bruce White .... sound mixer
 
Special Effects by
Ted Grumbt .... special effects
 
Stunts
Gerry Crampton .... stunt coordinator
 
Camera and Electrical Department
Dennis Fraser .... grip
Vinnie Gerardo .... assistant camera
Brian Martin .... best boy
Ronnie Rampton .... gaffer
Chic Waterson .... camera operator
George Whitear .... still photographer
 
Casting Department
Esta Charkham .... casting: UK
 
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Keith Denny .... wardrobe supervisor
Gilda Texter .... costume supervisor: USA
 
Editorial Department
Gordon Brown .... assistant film editor
Richard Fetterman .... assistant editor
Dennis McTaggart .... first assistant editor
 
Music Department
Milton Lustig .... music editor
 
Transportation Department
Richard Booz .... transportation
 
Other crew
Glen Carwithen .... title designer
Josie Fulford .... continuity
Bernard Hanson .... location manager
Sara Keene .... unit publicist
Basil Keys .... location coordinator
Alex Matcham .... assistant accountant
John Sargent .... production controller
Ron Veto .... crab dolly operator
 

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Additional Details

Runtime:
102 min
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Color:
Color (Eastmancolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Filming took place in London, and Bill Paxton met his future (and second) wife Louise Newbury on a #37 bus there. more
Quotes:
Gilbreath: Do you know what this is, boy?
[Holds up a coin]
Gilbreath: Pop off!
Poteete: It's a quarter, sir.
Gilbreath: Shut up! Open your mouth and stick out your tongue.
[Poteete sticks out his tongue and Gilbreath places the coin on it]
Gilbreath: Swallow it!
[Gilbreath grabs Poteete's throatt, forcing him to swallow the coin]
Gilbreath: That's good boy, that's reeeal good. You're gonna be my little piggy-bank.
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2 out of 9 people found the following review useful.
Lousy adaptation of perhaps the greatest book in the English language., 7 August 1999
1/10
Author: Nomad-7 from Lynchburg, VA

I saw this movie when it was first released. I have not seen it since. I hated it then. I hated it when I saw it today.

I don't know why I should have expected more. It would be impossible to put any of the music or poetry in Conroy's prose into a 2 hour movie script. It was a crime to even try.

The only good thing about seeing this movie again was seeing Michael Biehn before The Terminator, a nascent Judge Reinhold, Robert Prosky and a couple others as they were almost 20 years ago. There was nothing technically wrong with the movie, but it shared nothing with the book but its title and a couple of the character's names. Lousy adaptation.

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