Casualties of War

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drama film film war film

Casualties of War is a 1989 war drama film directed by Brian De Palma that portrays a harrowing true story of moral conflict and atrocity during the Vietnam War.

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Label Occurrences
Casualties of War canonical 4
The New Yorker article "Casualties of War" 1

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf drama film ⓘ
film ⓘ
war film ⓘ
basedOn Casualties of War self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: The New Yorker article "Casualties of War"

true story ⓘ
cinematographyBy Stephen H. Burum ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
depicts conflict between conscience and obedience ⓘ
psychological trauma of war ⓘ
director Brian De Palma ⓘ
distributor Columbia Pictures ⓘ
editedBy Bill Pankow ⓘ
filmingLocation San Francisco ⓘ
Thailand ⓘ
genre drama ⓘ
war ⓘ
war drama ⓘ
hasPosterTagline "Even in war... murder is murder." ⓘ
language English ⓘ
leadActorForCharacterEriksson Michael J. Fox ⓘ
leadActorForCharacterMeserve Sean Penn ⓘ
leadCharacter Eriksson ⓘ
Meserve ⓘ
mainTheme military ethics ⓘ
moral conflict ⓘ
rape in war ⓘ
war atrocity ⓘ
motionPictureRating Rated R ⓘ
surface form: R (MPAA)
musicBy Ennio Morricone ⓘ
narrativePerspective American soldier ⓘ
portrays court-martial of U.S. soldiers ⓘ
kidnapping and rape of a Vietnamese civilian by U.S. soldiers ⓘ
producer Art Linson ⓘ
productionCompany Linson Films ⓘ
surface form: Art Linson Productions
publicationDate 1989 ⓘ
releaseYear 1989 ⓘ
runtime approximately 113 minutes ⓘ
screenwriter David Rabe ⓘ
setInPeriod Vietnam War ⓘ
setting Viet Nam ⓘ
surface form: Vietnam
starring Don Harvey ⓘ
John C. Reilly ⓘ
John Leguizamo ⓘ
Michael J. Fox ⓘ
Sean Penn ⓘ

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Brian De Palma → notableWork → Casualties of War ⓘ
Brian De Palma → directed → Casualties of War ⓘ
Casualties of War → basedOn → Casualties of War self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: The New Yorker article "Casualties of War"
Bill Pankow → notableWork → Casualties of War ⓘ
Sam Robards → notableWork → Casualties of War ⓘ