A hard-nosed, hard-living Marine gunnery sergeant clashes with his superiors and his ex-wife as he takes command of a spoiled recon platoon with a bad attitude.
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Director:
Clint Eastwood
Stars:
Clint Eastwood,
Jeff Fahey,
Charlotte Cornwell
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Director:
Buddy Van Horn
Stars:
Clint Eastwood,
Sondra Locke,
Geoffrey Lewis
Dirty Harry must foil a terrorist organization made up of disgruntled Vietnam veterans. But this time, he's teamed with a rookie female partner that he's not too excited to be working with.
1983. Tom Highway is a well-decorated career military man in the United States Marine Corps, he who has seen action in Korea and Vietnam. His current rank is Gunnery Sergeant. His experiences have led him to become an opinionated, no nonsense man, who is prone to bursts of violence, especially when he's drunk, if the situation does not suit him, regardless of the specifics or people involved. Because of these actions, he has spent his fair share of overnighters behind bars. Close to retirement, one of his last assignments, one he requested, is back at his old unit at Cherry Point, North Carolina, from where he was transferred for insubordination. He is to train a reconnaissance platoon. His superior officer, the much younger and combat inexperienced Major Malcolm Powers, sees Highway as a relic of an old styled military. Highway's commanding officer, Lieutenant Ring, the platoon leader, is also a younger man who has no combat experience, but is academically inclined and happy-go-lucky... Written by
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The scene where GySgt Highway 1st meets his platoon is filmed in the real quonset huts of A Co., 1st Recon Bn, at Camp Talega on board Camp Pendleton. When Clint Eastwood throws the radio, Recon Marines from A Co, Todd Selner (standing blond) and Andrew Schneider (reading playboy) are in the background. See more »
Goofs
The 22nd Marine Amphibious Unit (MAU) is based out of Camp LeJeune, North Carolina. Most of the training scenes (pre-invasion) were filmed at Camp Pendleton, California. See more »
Quotes
Choozoo:
Hey crotch rot! You gonna slurp my lifer's juice out of my own cup?
Highway:
Yeah, I guess I should have gotten shots before hand.
Choozoo:
If your brain was half as smart as your mouth, skunk stool, you'd be a frickin' twenty star general by now.
Choozoo:
And if I were half as ugly as your, Sergeant Major, I'd be a poster boy for a profilactic.
Choozoo:
Still a mean and nasty bastard! Goddamn! Good to see you, Tom. Back where you belong!
Highway:
Easy now, or everyone's gonna thing I'm spoken for.
Choozoo:
[seeing the major in the doorway]
Ten-hut...
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Crazy Credits
The opening Warner Bros. logo is black and white. See more »
I have to say that I really enjoyed watching this movie.
The grizzled, maverick war veteran, Sgt. Tom 'Gunny' Highway must be one of Clint Eastwood's more comedic roles (apart from the 'every which way' films) He had me bursting out laughing every time he even opened his mouth. One particular line that had me in stitches was when he was telling a cadet to put his Kevlar helmet back on by 1900 hours 'or he wouldn't have a head to wear it on'-pure class!! I've always liked Clint for his tough no-nonsense roles. This one is no exception! As a matter of fact, there were plenty of 'laugh-out-loud moments in this film to keep everyone happy-like the smart-ass remarks from the punk cadets.
The showdown between Highway and 'The Swede' was highly enjoyable, too.
'Heartbrake Ridge' is certainly a lot more lighter and easier to swallow than the similarly-themed 'Full Metal Jacket'.
This film certainly passes as perfectly adequate, undemanding popcorn viewing.
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I have to say that I really enjoyed watching this movie.
The grizzled, maverick war veteran, Sgt. Tom 'Gunny' Highway must be one of Clint Eastwood's more comedic roles (apart from the 'every which way' films) He had me bursting out laughing every time he even opened his mouth. One particular line that had me in stitches was when he was telling a cadet to put his Kevlar helmet back on by 1900 hours 'or he wouldn't have a head to wear it on'-pure class!! I've always liked Clint for his tough no-nonsense roles. This one is no exception! As a matter of fact, there were plenty of 'laugh-out-loud moments in this film to keep everyone happy-like the smart-ass remarks from the punk cadets.
The showdown between Highway and 'The Swede' was highly enjoyable, too.
'Heartbrake Ridge' is certainly a lot more lighter and easier to swallow than the similarly-themed 'Full Metal Jacket'.
This film certainly passes as perfectly adequate, undemanding popcorn viewing.