Buffalo Soldiers

original title:
Buffalo Soldiers
other titles:
(Army Go Home!)
country / year of production:
Great Britain , Germany / 2001
original length:
98 min. , color
premiere:
CDN: 9 September 2001, Toronto Film Festival
genre:
Comedy
based on:
Robert O'Connor. Buffalo Soldiers. London: Flamingo, 1993.
director:
Gregor Jordan
film script:
Robert O'Connor , Gregor Jordan
producer:
Rainer Grupe , Ariane Moody
cinematographer:
Oliver Stapleton
editor:
Lee Smith
composer:
David Holmes
cast (role):
Joaquin Raphael Phoenix (Ray Elwood) , Ed Harris (Colonel Berman) , Scott Glenn (Sergeant Lee) , Anna Paquin (Robyn Lee) , Elizabeth McGovern (Mrs. Berman) , Joaquin Raphael Phoenix , Ed Harris , Scott Glenn , Anna Paquin , Elizabeth McGovern
more:
plot synopsis:
1989- just before the fall of the Berlin Wall. Private Ray Elwood is based at a military base near Stuttgart. He is handsome, calculating and amoral and he makes his money dealing on the black market. For example he produces heroin. One day the base gets a new commander, who is willing to reestablish order among the soldiers. About this time Elwood is planning a big deal with secret weapons. And then he falls in love with the Sergeant's daughter.
keywords:
post-war era , drugs , corruption , order and obedience
war:
Cold War (1947-1989)
literature:
René Classen. "Army Go Home!". In: Film-Dienst 55 (2002), 22, 25.

Silvia Hallensleben. "Ohne Kampfauftrag - die US-Army. In: Deutschland". In: Epd-Film 19 (2002), 11, 31-32.

remarks:
Had Premiere on 9 September 2001. The events two days later diminished the film's chances of distribution in the USA.
availability:
VHS, DVD