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Buffalo Soldiers (2001) | User Rating
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Release Date
• USA: Jul 25, 2003
• UK: 23 Aug 2002
DVD Release Date
• R1: Jan 13, 2004
• R2: 13 Jan 2004
Budget $15,000,000
BoxOffice: $0.2M
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MPAA Rating
Rated R for violence, drug content, strong language and some sexuality.
Running Time
1 hour, 38 minutes
Country UK, Germany
Studio Miramax Films
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Genre: Crime, War, Drama, Comedy, Black Comedy, Military, Murder, Satire, Infidelity, Marriage, Drugs, Gore
Tagline: Steal all that you can steal. A story so outrageous you couldn't make it up
Plot: Joaquin Phoenix stars in this dark service comedy as Ray Elwood, an Army clerk stationed in West Germany just before the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989. Part of a company made up almost entirely of ex-convicts and high school dropouts, Elwood takes advantage of his daft commanding officer, Col. Berman (Ed Harris), by selling heroin and stolen Army supplies wholesale. However, when a member of the company dies and an autopsy reveals a remarkable amount of drugs in his bloodstream, far more intense scrutiny is brought down on the base in the form of Sgt. Lee (Scott Glenn), a tough and savvy Vietnam veteran who immediately surmises that Elwood is the brains behind the base's black market operations. Unfortunately, Elwood has just happened upon the biggest score of his tour and now must unload two trucks full of arms and 30 kilos of heroin just as Sgt. Lee has begun to orchestrate his downfall.Based on Robert O'Connor's novel, BUFFALO SOLDIERS is cynical but not irreverent; it doesn't treat its characters irresponsible and often idiotic behavior lightly nor does it judge them. Director Gregor Jordan has done an excellent job of adapting the tone of the original novel to the screen, and, aided by excellent performances from Mr. Phoenix and Mr. Glenn, makes BUFFALO SOLDIERS a
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 | Ed Harris
The Truman Show, The Rock, A Beautiful Mind |
 | Scott Glenn
The Silence of the Lambs, Apocalypse Now, The Hunt for Red October |
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 | Leon
Cliffhanger, Cool Runnings, Bats |
 | Gabriel Mann
The Bourne Identity, The Bourne Supremacy, The Life of David Gale |
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