Shot entirely in hand-held documentary style (an experiment tried before in the Vietnam segment of MORE AMERICAN GRAFFITI), 84 CHARLIE MOPIC follows a close-knit group of soldiers led by a taciturn black sergeant (Richard Brooks) as they "hump" through the brush in the Central Highlands
of Viet Nam. On the relatively miniscule budget of $1 million, writer-director Patrick Duncan, a Vietnam veteran who served as an infantryman for 13 months during 1968-69, shot this film in the hills outside Los Angeles using Super 16mm film stock, which was later blown up to 35mm for theatrical
release. The gimmick here--an entire movie seen through the eyes of an Army cameraman--w...
Released:
1989
Rated:
R
Length:
95 mins