Buffalo Soldiers Movie Review 2001

Darkly satiric look at the military revolves around a supply unit of an American Army base in 1989 Germany. Leader of the pack is the bored, amoral Elwood (Phoenix) who gets his kicks and a few extra bucks by dabbling in the black market, dealing in heroin and illegal weapons, and other equally illicit activities. Soon, the newly prosperous Elwood is basically running things at the base until a new Top Sergeant (Glenn) cracks down. Elwood retaliates by dating Sarge's daughter (Paquin) but finds he's actually falling for her. Premiered at the Toronto Film Festival in 2001, then waited for a more appropriate release date, which never actually came (it's not exactly complimentary to the military). Based on a novel by Robert O'Connor.

Distribution

Buena Vista Home Entertainment, 500 S. Buena Vista St., Burbank, CA 91521-1120, Toll-free: 800-723-4763, URL: http://www.bvhe.com

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 98 minutes.
Originally from United States, British, German.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Military: Army, Germany, Period Piece: 1980s, Military Crimes & Trials, Satire & Parody

Screenplay

Gregor Jordan, Eric Weiss, Nora MacCoby

Cast

Joaquin Rafael (Leaf) Phoenix, Scott Glenn, Anna Paquin, Ed Harris, Leon Robinson, Dean Stockwell, Elizabeth McGovern, Gabriel Mann, Shiek Mahmud-Bey, Michael Pena, Glenn Fitzgerald, Brian Delate, Jimmie Ray Weeks

Cinematography

Oliver Stapleton

Director

Gregor Jordan

Music

David Holmes

Other

Martin Muller, Lee Smith, Christoph Simons, Odile Dicks-Mireaux, Steven Jones-Evans

Producer

Rainer Grupe, Ariane Moody, FilmFour, Odeon Pictures, Good Machine, Grosvenor Park, Miramax Films