A Soldier's Sweetheart (1998)
- Starring:
- Kiefer Sutherland, Georgina Cates, (more)
- Director(s):
- Thomas Michael Donnelly
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- R
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Thomas Michael Donnelly directed this Vietnam drama, filmed in New Zealand and adapted from Tim O'Brien's short story, "Sweetheart of the Song Tra Bong," about a group of army medics in Vietnam. Rat (Kiefer Sutherland) narrates the tale seen in flashbacks: Rat's buddy Fossie (Skeet Ulrich), after learning about a unit that pooled money to bring in a hooker, manipulates the black-market to import his hometown girlfriend, innocent teen Marianne (Georgina Cates). The M*A*S*H-like unit is pleased by her presence, but Marianne finds the war carnage fascinating; she experiments with small-arms fire, goes wandering off into dangerous territory, and becomes friends with a unit of Green Berets, much to the dismay of Fossie. Just when he's on the brink of sending her home, she sets forth on an all-night patrol with the Green Berets. This film and Donnelly's The Garden of Redemption, another war drama, are two/thirds of a planned Showtime trilogy. Locations in New Zealand. Shown at the 1998 Seattle Film Festival. ~ Bhob Stewart, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast:
- Kiefer Sutherland - Rat
- Skeet Ulrich - Fossie
- Louis Vanaria - Bobbie D
- Christopher Birt - Sanders
- Georgina Cates - Marianne
- Daniel London - Eddie
- Lawrence Gilliard, Jr. - Shoeshine
- Director(s):
- Thomas Michael Donnelly
- Writer(s):
- Thomas Michael Donnelly
- Producer(s):
- William S. Gilmore
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- R(Adult Situations, Violence)
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