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Overview

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Director:
Walter Hill
Writers:
Michael Kane (written by) and
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Release Date:
22 January 1982 (Finland) more
Genre:
Drama | Thriller | War more
Tagline:
The bayou has its own law... and they just broke it. more
Plot:
A squad of National Guards on an isolated weekend exercise in the Louisiana swamp must fight for their... more | add synopsis
NewsDesk:
Gay Of The Dead 9: Bruce Labruce and Otto; Or, Up With Dead People.
 (From Fangoria. 29 March 2009, 11:03 PM, PDT)

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Southern Greetings. more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Keith Carradine ... Pfc. Spencer
Powers Boothe ... Cpl. Charles Hardin

Fred Ward ... Cpl. Lonnie Reece
Franklyn Seales ... Pfc. Simms
T.K. Carter ... Pfc. Tyrone Cribbs
Lewis Smith ... Pfc. Stuckey

Les Lannom ... Sgt. Casper

Peter Coyote ... Staff Sgt. Crawford Poole
Alan Autry ... Cpl. 'Coach' Bowden (as Carlos Brown)

Brion James ... Cajun Trapper
Sonny Landham ... Hunter
Allan Graf ... Hunter
Ned Dowd ... Hunter
Rob Ryder ... Hunter
Greg Guirard ... Cajun Couple
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Additional Details

Runtime:
106 min
Country:
USA | Switzerland | UK
Language:
English | French
Colour:
Colour
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Filming Locations:
Caddo Lake, Texas, USA more

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Trivia:
Filming the movie on location in the Louisiana swamps proved to be a very rough and rigorous ordeal. It was so cold and wet almost every day that many cast and crew members came down with the flu during the shoot. more
Goofs:
Factual errors: The rifle used by the National Guard squad is the M16A1 rifle. Mixing blank rounds with live ball ammunition is possible, but the weapon would lose its semi-automatic capabilities (being able to fire a round with every squeeze of the trigger). The rifle can fire blank rounds in automatic or semi-automatic settings, but must use a blank adapter (a plug in the muzzle). more
Quotes:
Cpl. Lonnie Reece: Like steel pussies
[pointing to bear traps]
Pfc. Tyrone Cribbs: What kind of women you been hanging around with?
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in "Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Leech Woman (#9.2)" (1997) more

FAQ

What is the music playing in the Cajun village towards the end of the film?
I've heard that the film is a parable for the Vietnam War. How so?
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5 out of 5 people found the following comment useful:-
Southern Greetings., 29 November 2008
9/10
Author: lost-in-limbo from the Mad Hatter's tea party.

Now this is a atmospheric survival action film and Walter Hill at his peak. Love it! It's so simple (although streaming through it is a biting allegory about the Vietnam War), but nonetheless exhilarating, tense and raw film-making. Sure the acting and dialogues aren't master-class, but however they're commendably pulled off. In which case Powers Boothe (whose booming voice takes charge) and Keith Carradine (excellently pitched as the guy of reasoning) are terrific leads, and the support Fred Ward (a memorably hot-head and tooting turn), T.K Carter, Lewis Smith, Franklyn Seales, Peter Coyote and Brion James are also quite compelling. Tough, authentic and a real sense of claustrophobic tension stems from the actor's rapport and cynical script. This blends well with the brutal bloody violence (like the barnstorming climax with the powerful freeze frame closing) and the dank, devouring swamp terrain that ultimately swallows them up. But where I think it's at its most effective is during the interludes of Ry Cooder's fascinatingly folksy music score. Each time it creeps in, it demonstrates the right illustrations to the striking visuals and harrowing moods. Cooder's handling is multi-layered and truly echoing. From a relaxing southern flavour, to a haunting stillness and a punishing sting. It's cohesively perfect in it's random shifts. Hill's bravura direction holds up tautly, as the well-used slow motion is suitably done and the highly measured suspense piercingly infused. I liked how the hunters are kept as void-like background figures, because towards the end it makes the whole paranoid feeling and unease thrillingly justified.

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