Summaries

In between drinking cans of Fosters beer, Australian soldiers tread on a few landmines, and generally experience the war in Vietnam.

A group of Australian SAS regiment soldiers are deployed to Vietnam around 1967/8 and encounter the realities of war, from the numbing boredom of camp life and long range patrols, raids and ambushes where nothing happens, to the the terror of enduring mortar barrages from an unseen enemy. Men die and are crippled in combat by firefights and booby traps, soldiers kill and capture the enemy, gather intelligence and retake ground only to cede it again whilst battling against the bureaucracy and obstinacy of the conventional military hierarchy. In the end they return to civilization, forever changed by their experiences but glad to return to the life they once knew.—saturn5

Details

Keywords
  • male nudity
  • pubic hair
  • male pubic hair
  • shared shower
  • outdoor shower
Genres
  • Action
  • Comedy
  • War
Release date Feb 28, 1979
Motion Picture Rating (MPA) Unrated
Countries of origin Australia
Language English
Filming locations Canungra, Queensland, Australia
Production companies Samson Productions Pty. Ltd. Australian Film Commission New South Wales Films

Box office

Budget $600000

Tech specs

Runtime 1h 32m
Sound mix Mono
Aspect ratio 1.85 : 1

Synopsis

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