Cadence (1990)

Director:

Martin Sheen

Writers (WGA):

Gordon Weaver (novel)
Dennis Shryack (screenplay)

Release Date:

18 January 1991 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Tagline:

Sometimes you've got to stand out to fit in.

Plot:

Charlie Sheen plays a rebellious inmate in an Army stockade. |

Plot Keywords:

Prison | Sergeant | Army Life | 1960s | Based On Novel

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Charlie Sheen	...	Pfc. Franklin Fairchild Bean
Martin Sheen	...	MSgt. Otis V. McKinney
Laurence Fishburne	...	Roosevelt Stokes (as Larry Fishburne)
Blu Mankuma	...	Eugene 'Spoonman' Bryce
Michael Beach	...	Edward James Webb
Harry Stewart	...	Harry 'Sweetbread' Crane
John Toles-Bey	...	Andrew Lawrence
James Marshall	...	Cpl. Harold Lamar
Ramon Estevez	...	Cpl. Gerald Gessner
Jay Brazeau	...	Mr. Vito
Samantha Langevin	...	Mrs. Vito
Ken Douglas	...	Kramer
Weston McMillan	...	DeLuc
David Michael O'Neill	...	Sager
Allan Lysell	...	Sheridan (Prosecutor)

Also Known As:

Count a Lonely Cadence
Stockade (USA) (working title)

Runtime:

97 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Iceland:12 | Singapore:PG | Australia:PG | Germany:12 | Norway:10 (original rating) | USA:PG-13

Filming Locations:

Ashcroft, British Columbia, Canada

Company:

Movie Group, The

Trivia:

In the latter half of the film Martin Sheen's character McKinney says to Charlie Sheen's Bean that he has a son "about your age." Martin Sheen is, of course, Charlie Sheen's father in real life.

Goofs:

Factual errors: The flags in the courtroom are reversed; the flag of the United States should be positioned to its own right of any other flag or standard, even on an American military installation on foreign soil. Also U.S. Army flags or standards, even the National Flag, should have spearhead pole finials instead of eagle pole finials. Eagles are reserved for civilian flags and the President of the United States.

Quotes:

[McKinney wants to be friends with Bean]
Pfc. Franklin Fairchild Bean: I can't. I can't be your friend.
MSgt. Otis V. McKinney: Why? Am I not as good as your color buddies?
Pfc. Franklin Fairchild Bean: You're a bully! And I hate EVERYTHING you stand for!
MSgt. Otis V. McKinney: GERALD!
[Gessner comes in]
MSgt. Otis V. McKinney: [to Gerald] Escort this prisoner back to the compound before I throw him out the window. Dismissed!
[Gessner and Bean leave]
MSgt. Otis V. McKinney: That son of a BITCH!

Soundtrack:

End of My Journey

Camaraderie and Class

Perhaps, it was my having seen this movie with a bunch of my Army buddies - while in the Army. Or maybe, being a Larry/Laurence Fishburne FANATIC! It could be that I saw this with my heart open and my mind closed...nah, none of the above reasons are why this movie ranks as one of my all-time favorites. It is the camaraderie and class of the relationship that Martin Sheen created with his main characters.

Never have I seen a movie with such honesty and triumph. Truly, I saw the ending before it came...but I didn't care. Isn't that what a GOOD director will do - make you appreciate the movie and not focus on what the end result will be.

The "End of My Journey" rips through me every time I hear it. A great film study on what true friendship is when race is not factored into the equation. 9/10 - And, I know flicks!