Australian director Gregor Jordan makes his sophomore effort with this tale about crooked U.S. soldiers based in Germany during the waning days of the cold war. Special Fourth Class soldier Elwood (Joaquin Phoenix) guards against the Soviets while on duty, and rips off the U.S. military while off duty. Handsome, calculating, and thoroughly amoral, Elwood runs a profitable black-market business that operates just below the official radar. He and his associates make drugs to sell to his fellow GIs; steal Army supplies, selling them to a German connection; and a host of other dirty deeds. One day, he and his gang uncover some loot that will land them some real money — high-tech military weaponry. As they try to quietly offload the stuff, the new sergeant, Robert K. Lee (Scott Glenn), catches on to Elwood's nefarious deeds and sets out to put him out of businesses. Elwood, in turn, catches on to the fact that Lee has a very attractive daughter (Anna Paquin) and sets out to bed her. This film was screened at the 2001 Toronto Film Festival. — Jonathan Crow
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Joaquin Phoenix | Ray Elwood |
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Ed Harris | Colonel Berman |
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Scott Glenn | Sergeant Lee |
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Anna Paquin | Robyn Lee |
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Elizabeth McGovern | Mrs. Berman |
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Michael Pena | Garcia |
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Leon | Stoney |
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Gabriel Mann | Knoll |
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Dean Stockwell | General Lancaster |
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Brian Delate | Colonel Marshall |
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Shiek Mahmud-Bey | Sergeant Saad |
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Amani Gethers | Kirschfield |
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Noah Lee Margetts | Rothfuss |
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Tom Ellis | Squash |
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Kick Gurry | Video |
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Haluk Bilginer | The Turk |
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Idris Elba | Kimborough |
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Glenn Fitzgerald | Hicks |
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James 'Kimo' Wills | Walters |
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Enoch Frost | Johnnie |
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Jimmie Ray Weeks | Colonel Armstrong |
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Roger Griffiths | Simmons |
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Alexis Rodney | Parsons McCovey |
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Josef Ostendorf | Herman |
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Tom George | Nerdy Young Soldier |
| Director | Greg Jordan |
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| Writer | Robert O'Connor, Greg Jordan, Eric Weiss, Nora Maccoby | |
| Producer | Bobby Allen, Chris Chrisafis, Rainer Grupe, Oliver Huzly, Amy Kaufman, Reinhard Klooss, Kai May, Ariane Moody, James Schamus, Douglas R. Stone, Chris Thompson, Paul Webster, James Wilson | |
| Musician | David Holmes | |
| Photography | Oliver Stapleton | |
| Packaging | Keep Case |
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| Nr Discs | 1 |
| Screen Ratios | Anamorphic Widescreen (2.35:1) |
| Audio Tracks | ENGLISH: Dolby Digital 5.1 FRENCH: Dolby Digital Stereo |
| Subtitles | English | English (Closed Captioned) | Italian |
| Distributor | Miramax Home Video |
| Layers | Single side, Dual layer |
| Edition Release Date | Jan 13, 2004 |
| Regions | 1 |