A RUMOR OF WAR- BRAD DAVIS

A Rumor of War (1980)- Genre: Biography / Drama / War
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Runtime: 195 min
Country: USA
Language: English
Color: Color
Sound Mix: Mono
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Cast & Crew:

Brad Davis .... Lt. Philip 'Phil' Caputo
(Mini biography---

Born in Florida in 1949, Brad Davis moved to Georgia after graduating from high school to pursue an acting career. From there, he moved to New York City, twice, to find work. By the early 1970s Davis was acting in off-Broadway plays while studying acting at the Academy of Dramatic Arts. His stage work led to his movie debut and to television shows such as the hit Sybil (1976) (TV) and the mini-series "Roots" (1977) (mini). His biggest success was in 1978 with the lead role in Midnight Express (1978) where he played Billy Hayes, a young American imprisoned in Turkey for drug smuggling. It won him a Golden Globe award.

Another memorable movie role in 1982 was playing the title character of Querelle (1982), a ruggedly lethal sailor who seduces and sets both men and women's hearts aflutter.

Davis contracted AIDS in 1979 apparently from his one-time cocaine addiction, but in response to the anti-AIDS hysteria in Hollywood, Davis kept his illness a secret for a number of years and continued to act. His later years had him finally revealing that he had AIDS and he became an AIDS activist in bashing the Hollywood industry and US government for ignoring and shunning victims suffering from the hideous disease. Davis died in 1991 at age 41. His widow, Susan Bluestein, continues his activist work in the fight against AIDS.)


Also Starring:

Keith Carradine .... Lt. Murph McCoy
Michael O'Keefe .... Lt. Walter Cohen
Richard Bradford .... Gen. Merle Rupert
Brian Dennehy .... Sgt. Ned Coleman
John Friedrich .... Cpl. Pascarella
Perry Lang .... Woodward
Steve Forrest .... Col. Atherton
Christopher Mitchum .... Capt. Peterson
Stacy Keach .... Maj. Ball
Dan Shor .... Manhole
Lane Smith .... Sgt. Willliam Holgren
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Synopsis:
Made-for-television production based on Phillip Caputo's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel about a man whose political views change after he becomes involved in the bitter war in Southeast Asia.

He is a young man full of heroic dreams. He is a true beliver in his determination to serve his country and return home with glory! Phil is a young man full of heroic dreams. He is determined to serve his country. He joins the marines and fights the Vietnam War, believing that he will return home with glory. However, when he is in Vietnam, he finds everything different from what he originally expects...
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MPAA Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 3 hours, 15 minutes

Genre: Television, Dramas, Action, Drama, Vietnam, Television, Recommended
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More:

Gripping war drama with a fine performance by Brad Davis. Ranks with many of the best of the Vietnam movie genre (Platoon, Go Tell The Spartans, Gardens of Stone, etc.). Could have easily been a theatrical release.

One of the finest made for network TV movies ever made.
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Notes:

Here's the lowdown, I bought this DVD in China and the audio is in ENGLISH but the subtitles are in Chinese and they are embedded.
I tried to remove them with Virtualdub to no avail.

The video quality is only fair because it was originally a made for TV movie but this is a hell of a story and needs to be told.

Very hard to find.
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