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84 Charlie Mopic

1989, Movie, R, 95 mins

84 Charlie Mopic: Review

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 t... read more leave a comment