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Dog Soldiers [DVD] [1978]
enlarge	Director: Karel Reisz Actors: Nick Nolte, Tuesday Weld, Michael Moriarty, Anthony Zerbe Studio: MGM Entertainment Category: DVD List Price: ~~£12.99~~ Buy New: £1.40 as of 22/11/2009 06:05 GMT details You Save: £11.59 (89%) New (10) from £1.40 Seller: fastdvd2006 Rating: 2 reviews Sales Rank: 14225 Format: Dubbed, PAL, Widescreen Languages: English (Subtitles For The Hearing Impaired), German (Subtitles For The Hearing Impaired), Danish (Subtitled), Dutch (Subtitled), Finnish (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), Italian (Subtitled), Norwegian (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), Swedish (Subtitled), English (Original Language), French (Dubbed), German (Dubbed), Italian (Dubbed), Polish (Dubbed), Spanish (Dubbed) Rating: Suitable for 18 years and over Region: 2 Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1 Number Of Discs: 1 Running Time: 121 Minutes Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2 Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6 EAN: 5050070023282 ASIN: B0006L7OD4 Theatrical Release Date: 1978 Release Date: February 21, 2005 Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days


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Customer Reviews: bleak post-'Nam classic.... June 5, 2005 Jason Parkes (Worcester, UK) 7 out of 8 found this review helpful Made in 1978, 'Dog Soldiers' is an adaptation of Robert Stone's classic post-'Nam novel of the same name - though it is a film sometimes known under another title, 'Who'll Stop the Rain?'.pNick Nolte, escaping the potential typecasting of 'Rich Man, Poor Man' generic-silliness like 'The Deep', made a consious move towards grittier material and bleaker roles. 'Dog Soldiers' would put Nolte on the course that lead to challenging material like 'Under Fire',Scorsese's episode of 'New York Stories','Afterglow' 'Mother Night.' There is excellent support here in the form of Tuesday Weld (Once Upon a Time in America, Looking for Mr.Goodbar), Michael Moriarty Anthony Zerbe.pThe film itself is a faithful adaptation of Stone's novel, which captures the bleak post-'Nam/Nixon zeitgeist - centring on a Vietnam Vet (Nolte) attempting to smuggle heroin back into the U.S. and descending into a situation that reminds me of Neil Young's bleak drug-murder song 'Tired Eyes' (from 'Tonight's the Night'). As such it's one of the downer films of the late 70s and anthithesis to the shiny-happy likes of such blockbusters as 'Stars Wars' 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind.' One to file next to 'Blue Collar','Out of the Blue', 'Straight Time','Rolling Thunder' 'New York, New York.' No happy endings...p'Dog Soldiers' is a welcome issue on DVD, a film that seems overlooked- as is the work of Robert Stone come to think of it! Finally, it should be noted that as one of the initial works of U.S. cinema that addressed the stigma of Vietnam, alongside 'Hearts Minds'(1974),'Rolling Thunder'(1977),'The Deer Hunter' (1979) 'Coming Home' (1978). A bleak cult classic then- One of the best Nam films ever. July 9, 2007 blackqueen (Paris, France) 1 out of 1 found this review helpful Aw Wow I was looking for this on amazon DVD for years! All I could find was another movie by the same name. br / br /I've had this on VHS for over 20 years and am extremely happy it's now on DVD. br / br /This is a brilliant movie - I won't disclose the plot - and all of the actors are in terrific form. br / br /Don't wait - click 'Buy'

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