Go Tell the Spartans
by Ted Post
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Actor: Burt Lancaster, Craig Wasson, Joe Unger, Jonathan Goldsmith, Marc SingerDirector: Ted Post
Brand: Warner Brothers
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language); Vietnamese (Original Language)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 114 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2005-08-30
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: Hbo Home Video
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Movie Review: A Grunt's Eye View
Summary: 5 Stars
This is an exceptionally good movie on the absurdity of the Military trying to fulfill a mission, but unfortunately the politicians, bureaucrats, and "Career Soldiers" [not Professional Soldiers]ran the show from 8,000 miles away in Washington D.C. This happens more than people will believe; that local commanders are not free to use their initiative to carry out the missions. Civilians should give the military a mission, then get the hell out of the way. This was especially true in Vietnam under L.B.J. and Mr. McNamara, who literally ran the war out of the Oval Office daily on an hourly basis. The absurdity of the war can be shown with the Easter Offensive and Linebacker-2, in 1972 when President Nixon declared ALL of North Vietnam a target. To get the North back to the peace talks from their new Offensive against South Vietnam, he sent wave after wave of B-52's North dropping bombs which brought the North to the edge of total collapse. This could have been done in 1966, and think of all of the lives on both sides that could have been spared. Instead, they were busy "sending messages" about what America could do, but was 'beneficent' in holding back.
This movie is based on a true story, but not one likely to go down in the annals of greatness of the US Army. And it was absolutely an omen of how things would go in that war. We could not win in the manner in which the war was fought.
The movie also shows the camaraderie, and the willingness of the soldiers to carry out the mission, regardless of how hopeless-take it from a Scout with the 1St Cavalry Division who knows.
One of the two best movies on Vietnam, the other being, "A Rumor of War."
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Burt Lancaster delivers one of the finest performances of his career as a hard-boiled major in command of a Vietnam outpost. A classic of wartime confrontation.Action & Adventure DVD Video
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