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Release Date:
10 August 1984 (USA)
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A full scale military invasion by foreign troops begins. Total surprise. Almost total success . . . . more
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It is the dawn of World War III. In mid-western America, a group of teenagers bands together to defend their town, and their country, from invading Soviet forces. full summary | full synopsis
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1 nomination
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Sums up US feelings
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Patrick Swayze | ... | Jed |
 | C. Thomas Howell | ... | Robert |
 | Lea Thompson | ... | Erica |
 | Charlie Sheen | ... | Matt |
 | Darren Dalton | ... | Daryl |
 | Jennifer Grey | ... | Toni |
 | Brad Savage | ... | Danny |
| Doug Toby | ... | Aardvark |
 | Ben Johnson | ... | Mason |
 | Harry Dean Stanton | ... | Mr. Eckert |
| Ron O'Neal | ... | Bella |
 | William Smith | ... | Strelnikov |
| Vladek Sheybal | ... | Bratchenko |
| Powers Boothe | ... | Andy |
| Frank McRae | ... | Mr. Teasdale |
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114 min
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Color (Metrocolor)
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1.85 : 1 more
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Canada:A (Nova Scotia) |
Iceland:16 |
Brazil:14 |
Argentina:Atp |
Netherlands:12 |
Netherlands:16 (DVD rating) |
Australia:M |
Canada:13+ (Quebec) |
Canada:AA (Ontario) |
Canada:PA (Manitoba) |
Finland:(Banned) (original rating) |
Finland:K-16 (re-rating) |
Norway:15 (re-rating) |
Norway:16 (original rating) |
Singapore:PG |
Sweden:15 |
UK:15 |
USA:PG-13 |
West Germany:18
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This film was entered into the Guinness Book of Records as having the most acts of violence of any film up to that time. It was calculated that on average an act of violence occurs at a rate of 134 per hour or 2.23 per minute.
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Continuity: When Jed shoots Strelnikov, Strelnikov drops his gun. A quick camera cut shows Strelnikov falling to his knees with the gun still in his hand.
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Colonel Ernesto Bella:
[in the now-occupied Calumet, Colorado] It would seem necessary to win the support of the people. As our opponents used to say in Vietnam: "Win their hearts and minds."
General Bratchenko: And they lost, Ernesto... Morale is crucial right now. Keep the men in the secured areas. You'll see how they forget about these "Wolverines."
Colonel Ernesto Bella: [Toni blows up a nearby "Soviet-American Friendship Center."] You were saying, Comrade?
General Bratchenko: Oh, shut up!
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General Bratchenko: And they lost, Ernesto... Morale is crucial right now. Keep the men in the secured areas. You'll see how they forget about these "Wolverines."
Colonel Ernesto Bella: [Toni blows up a nearby "Soviet-American Friendship Center."] You were saying, Comrade?
General Bratchenko: Oh, shut up!
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Man o man. This movie is great. As a history student its awesome to look back on these types of things and see what the buzz was around the time of the movie's release. The plot is insane, acting over-the-top, but the historical commentary is amazing. People actually believed that such a thing as this was possible in the mid-80s, pre-Gorbachev. This is not "low-level propaganda," its the most obvious pro-American movie I have EVER seen.
On the movie alone, the "film" shouldn't even rate. But as a Cold-War barometer, every interested person should see this to peer into the height of US-Soviet tensions.