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Duration
  

Running time
  
1h 52m

Genres
  
Drama, War film

6.2/10
IMDb

Director
  
Thomas Donnelly

Costume design
  
Leesa Evans

A Soldiers Sweetheart movie poster

Release date
  
1998 (1998)

Based on
  
"Sweetheart of the Song Tra Bong" from The Things They Carried by Tim OBrien

Writer
  
Tim OBrien (short story "Sweetheart of the Song Tra Bong"), Thomas Michael Donnelly (teleplay)

Cast
  
(Rat Kiley), (Mark Fossie), (Marianne Bell), (Eddie), (Bobbie D.),
Lawrence Gilliard Jr.
(Shoeshine)

Similar movies
  
Kiefer Sutherland appears in A Soldiers Sweetheart and 1969, We Were Soldiers (2002), The Iron Triangle (1989), 84C MoPic (1989), Platoon (1986)

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A Soldier's Sweetheart is a 1998 movie starring Kiefer Sutherland, Skeet Ulrich, and Georgina Cates. It is based on a short story by Tim O'Brien, "Sweetheart of the Song Tra Bong." The story was part of his award winning book, The Things They Carried.

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A Soldier's Sweetheart A Soldiers Sweetheart 1998

Cast

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  • Kiefer Sutherland as Rat Kiley
  • Skeet Ulrich as Mark Fossie
  • Georgina Cates as Marianne Bell
  • Daniel London as Eddie Diamond
  • Louis Vanaria as Bobbie D
  • Lawrence Gilliard, Jr. as Shoeshine
  • Christopher Birt as Lt. Mitchell Sanders
  • Tony Billy as Soldier #2
  • Release

    A Soldier's Sweetheart 1998 A Soldiers Sweetheart Kiefer Sutherland Filmographie

    The film is only available on VHS, and a petition has been set up at IMDb urging the companies that own the rights to the film to consider reissuing it in DVD format. It was also premiered at the Seattle International Film Festival in 1998. The film received a theatrical release in Belgium in 2010.

    Reception

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    Bob Batz from Dayton Daily News gave A Soldier's Sweetheart a very positive review, stating: "The film, based on Tim O'Brien's award-winning short story Sweetheart of the Song Tra Bong, is a brutal, often bloody story of the Vietnam War and how it changed many of the men - and women - who were part of it. It is filled with excellent dialogue and has enough plot twists to keep viewers riveted to their easy chairs for the entire two hours." Ken Eisner from Variety magazine also gave the film a good review, concluding: "Just when you think all the basic Vietnam stories have been told, helmer Thomas Michael Donnelly puts a new spin on America’s lost cause by viewing it from a female angle. Striving for mythic levels — although there’s plenty of scary grit to it — “A Soldier’s Sweetheart” taps into an aspect of warfare that transcends gender. Subject, then, is a difficult one, but extremely well-mounted pic could resonate with women if Paramount can find a way to package it for theatrical release".

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    A Soldier's Sweetheart was nominated for two awards. One Primetime Emmy Awards for "Outstanding Sound Editing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special" and one Golden Reel Awards for "Best Sound Editing - Television Movies of the Week - Dialogue & ADR". On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes the film currently holds 90% of audience approvation.

    References

    A Soldier's Sweetheart Wikipedia
    A Soldiers Sweetheart IMDb A Soldiers Sweetheart themoviedb.org