Streamers (1983)

User Rating:

6.7/10   

Director:

Robert Altman

Writers:

David Rabe (play)
David Rabe (screenplay)

Release Date:

4 April 1984 (France)

Genre:

Drama | War

Plot:

Four young recruits about to be sent to Vietnam confront thier prejudicial feelings toward one another when it's learned one of them is homosexual.

Plot Keywords:

Homosexual | Shower Scene | Army Life | Stabbing | Male Nudity

Awards:

1 win

Cast

Matthew Modine	...	Billy
Michael Wright	...	Carlyle
Mitchell Lichtenstein	...	Richie
David Alan Grier	...	Roger
Guy Boyd	...	Rooney
George Dzundza	...	Cokes
Albert Macklin	...	Martin
B.J. Cleveland	...	Pfc. Bush
Bill Allen	...	Lt. Townsend
Paul Lazar	...	MP Lieutenant
Phil Ward	...	MP Sgt. Kilick
Terry McIlvain	...	Orderly
Todd Savell	...	MP Sgt. Savio
Mark Fickert	...	Dr. Banes
Dustye Winniford	...	Staff Sergeant

Runtime:

118 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Netherlands:12 | South Africa:16LV | USA:TV-MA (cable rating) | Australia:M | France:-12 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Building One, Studios at Las Colinas - 6301 North O'Connor Road, Irving, Texas, USA

Company:

Streamers International

Trivia:

The original Broadway production of "Streamers" by David Rabe opened at the Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater on April 21, 1976, ran for 478 performances and was nominated for the 1977 Tony Award for the Best Play.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Opera (1987)

Soundtrack:

What A Guy

Crisis like form of fight

Every crisis is a fight's form. And the crisis is the only way to know that you are alive. "Streamers" is tale about Vietnam, self discover, fear and sentiments. About trust and friendship. About intolerance's power. And about the resistance in face of same other reality. The homoerotic aspect is only an ingredient in this great expectation and heavy uncertainty. Four boys and a war. And the struggle to adjust the news rules at the familiar past. The threat is not the war or the death. Not the superiors or the others soldiers. The threat is only your person. Each gesture, each emotion, each word may change not an opinion, a nuance in the attitude/words of the other, the self respect or the values of your life but your soul. The world is your desire's projection. And if this these is fallacious? A movie about a interior world- gift and cross.