The Boys in Company C (1978)

User Rating:

7.0/10   

Director:

Sidney J. Furie

Writers:

Sidney J. Furie (writer)
Rick Natkin (writer)

Release Date:

20 April 1978 (West Germany)

Genre:

Drama | War

Tagline:

To keep their sanity in an insane war, they had to be crazy.

Plot:

This war drama (which prefigures the later "Full Metal Jacket") follows the lives of five young Marine...

Plot Keywords:

Vietnam | Ethnic Slur | Grenade | Heroin | Gay Slur

Awards:

Nominated for Golden Globe.

Cast

Stan Shaw	...	Pfc / Sgt. Tyrone Washington
Andrew Stevens	...	Pvt. Billy Ray Pike
James Canning	...	Pvt. Alvin Foster / Narrator
Michael Lembeck	...	Pvt. Vinnie Fazio
Craig Wasson	...	Pvt. Dave Bisbee
Scott Hylands	...	Capt. Collins
James Whitmore Jr.	...	Lt. Archer
Noble Willingham	...	Gunnery Sgt. Curry
R. Lee Ermey	...	SSgt. Loyce (Drill Instructor, Co. 163) (as Lee Ermey)
Santos Morales	...	SSgt. Aquilla (Drill Instructor)
Drew Michaels	...	Col. Metcalfe
Karen Hilger	...	Betsy, Billy Ray's Girlfriend
Peggy O'Neal	...	Nancy Bisbee
Claude Wilson	...	Roy Foster
Chuck Doherty	...	George Pike

Runtime:

125 min

Country:

Hong Kong | USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Australia:R | Sweden:15 | USA:R | West Germany:16 | Norway:18 | Iceland:12

Filming Locations:

Philippines

Company:

Golden Harvest Company

Trivia:

The original script was written by Rick Natkin for a film class at Yale University in 1973.

Quotes:

Washington: "Don't mess with me. Don't mess NEAR me!"

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "The Incredible Hulk: Terror in Times Square (#1.4)" (1978)

Loved this movie

I loved it, and guess having been a soldier, I got the humor of it. Everyone compares it to "Full Metal Jacket" but "Three Kings" reminded me more of it.

I have to have this one in my DVD collection. I was told that it was done and released as a very limited number.