Streamers

In the 1980s, Robert Altman (NASHVILLE, THE PLAYER) seemed more interested in the stage than the screen, directing movie versions of critically acclaimed plays such as Secret Honor, Come Back to the 5 and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean, and Fool for Love. STREAMERS, based on a play by David Rabe, is set in an Army barracks circa 1965, where a group of young soldiers awaits assignment to Vietnam. The draftees come from a variety of backgrounds and include two black men, a country boy, and a Yale-educated homosexual. They are confronted by two brutal sergeants, veterans of the Korean War. Sexual and racial tensions build as the men await their trans...