The Big Red One (1980)

Calificación de los usuarios:

7.3/10   

Director:

Samuel Fuller

Guionista:

Samuel Fuller (written by)

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

28 mayo 1980 (France)

Género:

Acción | Drama | Guerra

Frase comercial:

The real glory of war is surviving.

Plot:

The story of a sergeant and the inner core members of his unit as they try to serve in and survive World War II.

Plot Keywords:

Sergeant | French | D Day | Omaha Beach | Sicily

Premios:

2 wins & 1 nomination

Comentarios de los usuarios:

A squad experiences every possible emotion fighting its way through WWII

Reparto

Lee Marvin	...	The Sergeant
Mark Hamill	...	Pvt. Griff, 1st Squad
Robert Carradine	...	Pvt. Zab, 1st Squad
Bobby Di Cicco	...	Pvt. Vinci, 1st Squad
Kelly Ward	...	Pvt. Johnson, 1st Squad
Stéphane Audran	...	Underground Walloon fighter at asylum (as Stephane Audran)
Siegfried Rauch	...	Schroeder (German sergeant)
Serge Marquand	...	Rensonnet
Charles Macaulay	...	General / captain
Alain Doutey	...	Broban (Vichy sergeant)
Maurice Marsac	...	Vichy colonel
Colin Gilbert	...	Dog Face POW
Joseph Clark	...	Pvt. Shep (soldier on troop transport)
Ken Campbell	...	Pvt. Lemchek (#2 on Bangalore torpedo)
Doug Werner	...	Switolski

También conocida como:

The Big Red One - The Reconstuction (USA) (DVD box title)
Uno Rojo: división de choque (Spain) [es]

MPAA:

Rated R for war violence and some language. (2004 reconstruction)

Duración:

113 min | 162 min (reconstructed version)

País:

USA

Idioma:

Inglés | Francés | Italiano | Alemán

Color:

Negro y Blanco | Color (Metrocolor)

Relación de Aspecto:

1.85 : 1

Sonido:

Dolby Digital (reconstruction) | Dolby (original release)

Clasificación:

Canada:PG (Ontario) | Canada:14A | West Germany:16 (f) | Australia:M | Finland:K-16 | Norway:16 (1980) | Singapore:PG | Sweden:15 | UK:15 (video rating) (1987) | UK:AA (original rating) | USA:PG (original rating) | USA:R (2004 reconstruction) | Iceland:16

Locaciones de Filmación:

Big Bear, San Bernardino National Forest, California, USA

Compañía:

Lorac Productions

Trivialidades:

Cameo del director: [Sam Fuller]as a military cameraman documenting the troops. He's the older man with the cigar asking the troops to wave at the camera.

Errores:

Misceláneos: When the sergeant and his unit are in Sicily, they walk in front of a wall with the portrait of Mussolini and a sentence in big capital letters written in Italian. The writing is incorrect. It reads "Se avanzo, Se guitmi! Se indietreggio, uccidetemi! Se muoiu, vendicatemi! Mussolini". It should be "Se avanzo, Seguitemi! Se indietreggio, uccidetemi! Se muoio, vendicatemi! Mussolini". It means "If I move forward, follow me! If I move back, kill me! If I die, avenge me!"

Citas:

The Sergeant: Killing insane people is not good for public relations.
Griff: Killing sane people is okay?
The Sergeant: That's right.

Conexiones de Película:

Apareció en The Real Glory: Reconstructing 'The Big Red One' (2005) (V)

A squad experiences every possible emotion fighting its way through WWII

This is an under-appreciated war film. You never see it on TV, I know of no widescreen version available on video, and no one talks about it in books, newspapers or on television, but it is worth renting. Made up of a number of short vignettes, the main characters experience everything from delivering a baby (in a tank!) to D-Day on Omaha Beach to liberating a death camp as they fight their way through Africa, Sicily, and Western Europe. I understand that it is semi-autobiographical, and boy, does it pack a wallop. From the opening scene to history repeating (almost) itself at the end, it is well-crafted, says a lot and leaves the viewer changed. When the voice-over at the end says that the only glory in war is surviving, you KNOW why. Watch in particular for how Lee Marvin leads his squad, in particular when he gives an extra clip of M-1 ammunition to one of his soldiers at the Death Camp to help the soldier process, in a unique way, the horror of what they have discovered. It is unforgettable.