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Director:
Writers:
Robert O'Connor (book)
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Release Date:
31 October 2002 (Germany) more
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War is hell... but peace is f*#!%!! boring. more
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A criminal subculture operates among U.S. soldiers stationed in West Germany just before the fall of the Berlin wall. full summary | add synopsis
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1 win & 6 nominations more
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Bored soldiers good subject for entertaining comedy more (106 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Joaquin Phoenix ... Ray Elwood

Ed Harris ... Colonel Berman

Scott Glenn ... Sergeant Lee

Anna Paquin ... Robyn Lee

Elizabeth McGovern ... Mrs. Berman

Michael Peña ... Garcia

Leon ... Stoney (as Leon Robinson)

Gabriel Mann ... Knoll
Dean Stockwell ... General Lancaster

Brian Delate ... Colonel Marshall
Shiek Mahmud-Bey ... Sergeant Saad (as Sheik Mahmud-Bey)

Amani Gethers ... Kirschfield
Noah Lee Margetts ... Rothfuss (as Noah)
Tom Ellis ... Squash

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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Army Go Home! (Germany)
Buffalo Soldiers - Army Go Home! (Germany) (DVD title)
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MPAA:
Rated R for violence, drug content, strong language and some sexuality.
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98 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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Premiered at the Toronto Film Festival on 9 September 2001. The events that happened two days later effectively killed the film's chances of distribution within the United States. more
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Factual errors: At the end of the film, we see Elwood has been awarded the Purple Heart and Defense Superior Service Medals, and learn that Sergeant Lee was awarded a posthumous Silver Star. The Silver Star and Purple Heart are awarded for combat only. The Silver Star is for gallantry in action, and the Purple Heart for wounds sustained in combat or being killed in action. The Defense Superior Service Medal is a Department of Defense medal and is awarded almost exclusively to officers over the rank of Major. more
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Ray Elwood: Three things I love about Germany: my Mercedes-Benz, no speed limit on the autobahn and a black market for anything I can get my hands on. more
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9 out of 14 people found the following review useful.
Bored soldiers good subject for entertaining comedy, 1 July 2007
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Author: Ryu_Darkwood from Netherlands

American directors tend to glorify their war movies by adding a lot of heroism and false American nationalism. Buffalo Soldiers is a nice change on these kind of movies. It tells the story of a group of American soldiers so thoroughly bored that they kill time by smuggling drugs, drinking booze and fighting each other. It kinda reminds me of my father's stories of his short yet turbulent time in the army. He keeps on telling about all the wrong things they did to have a bit of fun in their forced presence in these days.

The movie doesn't really have a grand message to deliver to its audience, but it is most definitely good for a few laughs. And Joaquin Phoenix shows a bit of the strong charisma he has in store for us in later movies ( Walk the line- the Johnny Cash biography- as his strongest one )

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