The Boys in Company C
1978VOTE NOW
| Columbia Pictures | Release Date: February 2, 1978 |
Starring:
Andrew Stevens, Craig Wasson, James Canning, James Whitmore Jr., Michael Lembeck, Noble Willingham, R. Lee Ermey, Santos Morales, Scott Hylands, Stan Shaw
Summary:
In 1967, five young men undergo boot camp training before being shipped out to Vietnam. Once they get there, the experience proves worse than they could have imagined.
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The director, Sidney J. Furie, brings the film energy and he keeps the gags and the sentiment coming.
The Boys in Company C is a spotty but okay popcorn trade drama about five young Marines and how their lives were changed by duty in the Vietnam war. Laden with barracks dialog and played at the enlisted man's level, the Raymond Chow production, directed well by Sidney J. Furie, features strong performances by some very fine actors.
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The finished film has no thematic or emotional integrity. It flip-flops withdesperate hypocrisy between clownish antics and indignant orations. [09 Feb 1978, p.B13]
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