C2700 CASUALTIES OF WAR (USA, 1989)

C2700 CASUALTIES OF WAR (USA, 1989)
(Other titles: Corazones de hierro; Verdammten des Krieges; Vittime di
guerra)
Credits: director, Brian DePalma ; writer, David Rabe ; article, Daniel Lang.
Cast: Michael J. Fox, Sean Penn.
Summary: War film set in South Vietnam in 1966. Based on the true story of a
squad of soldiers caught in the moral quagmire of wartime Vietnam. Witness
to the rape and murder of a Vietnamese woman by four American soldiers,
Private Ericksson (Fox) is forced to stand alone against the other men in his
squad, squad leader Sergeant Meserve (Penn) and the chain of command. A
tale of one man's quest for sanity and justice amidst the chaos of war.
Alleva, R. [Casualties of war] Crisis (Notre Dame, Ind.) 7 (Oct 1989), p. 53.
Allison, Rob. “Casualties of war” Soundtrack! the collector’s quarterly 9 (Jun 1990),
p. 18.
Ansen, David. “The arts: Movies: In the valley of the shadow” Newsweek 114 (Aug
21, 1989), p. 58.
Arnold, Gary. “‘Casualties of war’: stab at profundity misses mark” Washington
times (Aug 18, 1989), p. E1.
Aufderheide, Pat. [Casualties of war] In these times 13/31 (Aug 2, 1989), p. 27.
Baecque, Antoine de. “Le cauchemar d’Eriksson” Cahiers du cinema 427 (Jan 1990),
p. 34-5.
Banz, Helmut W. “Der Soldat und das Madchen” Kolner Stadt-Anzeiger (Feb 17,
1990), p. ?
Baron, Anne-Marie. “Brian de Palma a Deauville” Cinema 89 459 (Sep 1989), p. 15.
Baron, David. “Latest Vietnam epic suffers ‘Casualties’” Times-picayune (Aug 18,
1989), sec. LAG, p. 23.
Barra, Allen. “Welcome to the jungle” Village voice 34 (Aug 22, 1989), p. 37-44.
Baumann, Paul D. “Combustible vigilantes” Commonweal 116 (Sep 22, 1989), p.
502-3.
Beier, Lars-Olav (see under Midding, Gerhard)
Blair, Iain. “Movies: ‘Casualties’ puts DePalma on the line” Chicago tribune (Aug 13,
1989), Arts, p. 10.
Blowen, Michael. “‘Casualties of war’” Boston globe (Mar 18, 1990), p. B36.
Bruno, Edoardo. “Il malessere del vivere” Filmcritica 41/401-2 (Jan/Feb 1990), p. 34.
Calistro, Paddy (see under Wilmington, Michael)
Caldwell, Gail. “Vietnam in film: The catharsis continues” Boston globe (Aug 25,
1989), p. 71.
Canby, Vincent. “My hero may be your stoolie” New York times 138 (Aug 27, 1989),
sec. 2, p. 1+ [3 p.]
____________. “Review/film: In ‘Casualties of war,’ group loyalty vs. individual
conscience” New York times 138 (Aug 18, 1989), p. C10.
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_______. “DePalma confronts Vietnam” Boston globe (Aug 13, 1989), p. 77.
[Casualties of war] City limits n. 433 (Jan 18, 1990), p. 18-19.
[Casualties of war] City limits n. 434 (Jan 25, 1990), p. 32.
[Casualties of war] [DePalma comments] Films and filming n. 424 (Feb 1990), p. 3033.
[Casualties of war] Films in review 40/12 (Dec 1989), p. 615-16.
[Casualties of war] [Thy Thu Le comments] Interview 19/9 (Sep 1989), p. 22.
[Casualties of war] Listener 122/3144 (Dec 14, 1989), p. 36-7.
“Casualties of war” Neue Zurcher Zeitung (Feb 3, 1990), p. ?
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Charity, Tom. “Casualties of war” Films and filming n. 423 (Jan 1990), p. 40.
Cherchi Usai, Paolo. “Vittime gi guerra” Segnocinema 41 (Jan 1990), p. 28-9.
Clark, Mike. “Mortally wounded ‘War’” USA today (Aug 18, 1989), p. 4D.
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5G.
___________. “Vietnam veterans are simply wrong about Casualties” Miami herald
(Sep 3, 1989), p. 1K.
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Palma has moved from suspense films to another kind of horror--the
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10.
_____________. “Casualties of war” Vietnam war feature filmography (1992 draft)
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(Aug 18, 1989), p. F3.
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criticism” Variety 336 (Aug 30-Sep 5, 1989), p. 6-7.
Greenberg, James. “Imitation of life” American film 14/10 (Sep 1989), p. 13-14.
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F4.
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Guerif, Francois (see under Merrick, Helene)
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times 138 (Aug 24, 1989), p. C14.
Harmetz, Aljean. “An actor who insists on being serious” New York times 138 (Aug
10, 1989), p. C13.
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106 (Oct 18, 1989), p. 925-6.
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Howe, Desson. “On screen: self-inflicted ‘Casualties’” Washington post (Aug 18,
1989), Weekend, p. 37.
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______________. “Seriously, Michael J. Fox can act: Star proves his dramatic ability
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______________. (see also under Rabe, David)
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________________; Rosenfield, Paul; and Calistro, Paddy. “Getting close to
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upbringing into the film: How ‘Casualties’ survived: Dawn Steel walked the
point and kept the project alive for Columbia Pictures and Brian DePalma”
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