Gunny (1986)
Storie di un sergente dei Marine (Highway, detto Gunny): una vita di dura disciplina e di sacrifici, un bilancio severo (Corea e Vietnam) e un petto di medaglie e nastrini. A questo veterano viene assegnato (siamo nel 1983) il comando di un plotone esploratori dei marine: scomodo elemento per il sergente Webster e per il maggiore Powers (che per la sua età di guerre non ne ha mai fatte), Highway è una ben amara sorpresa per i suoi nuovi uomini, un branco di sfaticati, avvezzi nel campo ad una vita di lassismo. Cominciano le levatacce, le marce, i sacrifici più duri; frequenti i contrasti, inesplicabili certi ordini. Ma Gunny ha un compito preciso e puntigliosamente vuole espletarlo: di un gruppo di ragazzi deve fare degli uomini, poiché di compagni Marine ne ha visti cadere troppi e sa che si deve essere pronti ad ogni impresa e, quindi, preparatissimi in tutto.
Direttore:
Clint Eastwood
Scrittori:
James Carabatsos, Joseph Stinson, Dennis Hackin.
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Clint Eastwood as Gunnery Sgt. Tom 'Gunny' Highway |
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Marsha Mason as Aggie |
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Everett McGill as Major Malcolm A. Powers |
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Moses Gunn as Staff Sergeant Webster |
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Mario Van Peebles as Corporal 'Stitch' Jones |
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Eileen Heckart as Little Mary Jackson |
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Bo Svenson as Roy Jennings |
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Boyd Gaines as Lieutenant M.R. Ring |
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Arlen Dean Snyder as Sergeant Major Choozoo |
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Vincent Irizarry as Fragetti |
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Ramón Franco as Private Aponte |
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Tom Villard as Profile |
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Begonya Plaza as Private Aponte's Wife |
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Peter Jason as Major G.F. Devin |
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Mike Gomez as Private Quinones |
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Rodney Hill as Private Collins |
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Peter Koch as 'Swede' Johanson |
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Richard Venture as Colonel Meyers |
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J.C. Quinn as Quartermaster Sgt. |
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John Eames as Judge Zane |
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Thom Sharp as Emcee |
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John Gallagher as Emcee |
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John Hostetter as Reese |
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Holly Shelton-Foy as Sarita Dwayne |
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Nicholas Worth as Jail Binger |
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Timothy Fall as Kid in Jail |
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Jon Pennell as Jail Crier |
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Trish Garland as Woman Marine Officer |
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George Hartmann as Bar Tough Guy |
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Darwyn Swalve as Bar Tough Guy |
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Christopher Michael as Marine |
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Steve Halsey as Bus Driver |
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Rebecca Perle as Student in Shower |
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Annie O'Donnell as Telephone Operator |
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Elizabeth Ruscio as Waitress |
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Lloyd Nelson as Deputy |
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Michael Maurer as Bouncer in Bar |
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Tom Ellison as Marine Corporal |
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Russell Appling as Dock Marine (uncredited) |
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Stan Rodarte as Dancer in Bar (uncredited) |
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Tom Willett as Bus Passenger (uncredited) |
| Sound | Lennie Niehaus | Original Music Composer |
| Production | Fritz Manes | Executive Producer |
| Production | Clint Eastwood | Producer |
| Editing | Joel Cox | Editor |
| Writing | James Carabatsos | Screenplay |
| Writing | Joseph Stinson | Screenplay |
| Writing | Dennis Hackin | Screenplay |
| Art | Edward C. Carfagno | Production Design |
| Directing | Clint Eastwood | Director |
| Camera | Jack N. Green | Director of Photography |
| Production | Phyllis Huffman | Casting |
| Art | Robert E. Sessa | Set Designer |
| Production | Fritz Manes | Unit Production Manager |
| Art | Robert R. Benton | Set Decoration |
| Directing | Lloyd Nelson | Script Supervisor |
| Production | Christopher Gorman | Casting Assistant |
| Costume & Make-Up | Glenn Wright | Costume Supervisor |
| Sound | Dee Dee Goetz | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Camera | Stephen St. John | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Charles Saldaña III | Key Grip |
| Lighting | Ed Ayer | Best Boy Electric |
| Art | Edward Aiona | Property Master |
| Sound | Robert G. Henderson | Supervising Sound Effects Editor |
| Art | Michael Muscarella | Construction Coordinator |
| Costume & Make-Up | Kathryn Blondell | Hairstylist |
| Directing | Paul Moen | First Assistant Director |
| Sound | Neil Burrow | Sound Editor |
| Lighting | Víctor Pérez | Lighting Technician |
| Art | William J. Foley | Leadman |
| Crew | Marco Barla | Unit Publicist |
| Sound | Bill Nelson | Sound Mixer |
| Editing | Jack Garsha | Color Timer |
| Costume & Make-Up | E. Thomas Case | Makeup Artist |
| Crew | Keith Dillin | Transportation Coordinator |
| Art | Kelly Hudson | Standby Painter |
| Camera | Mike Chevalier | Additional Camera |
| Camera | Marcia Reed | Still Photographer |
| Crew | Buddy Van Horn | Stunt Coordinator |
| Lighting | Tom Stern | Gaffer |
| Sound | Jules Strasser | Boom Operator |
| Crew | Jack Grant | Transportation Captain |
| Sound | Donald Harris | Music Editor |
| Crew | Bundy Chanock | Set Medic |
| Sound | Robert Fernandez | Scoring Mixer |
| Sound | Ron Harris | ADR Mixer |
| Editing | Donah Bassett | Negative Cutter |
| Crew | James D. Dever | Technical Advisor |
| Directing | L. Dean Jones Jr. | Second Assistant Director |
| Camera | Bill Foley | Camera Loader |
| Production | Linda Sony Kinney | Production Secretary |
| Sound | John Roesch | Foley Artist |
| Camera | Buzz Feitshans IV | Assistant Camera |
| Sound | Jay Engel | ADR Editor |
| Crew | George Orrison | Stunt Double |
| Sound | Greg Orloff | Foley Mixer |
| Camera | Kirk Bales | Dolly Grip |
| Editing | Michael Cipriano | Assistant Editor |
| Crew | Jeffrey A. Wischnack | Special Effects Technician |
| Sound | Lennie Niehaus | Conductor |
| Crew | Tom Ellison | Stunts |
| Directing | Michael Looney | Second Assistant Director |