Heartbreak Ridge (1986)
- Directed by
- Clint Eastwood
- Genre
- war film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 2h 10m
- Rated
- R
- Rating
- 6.9 of 10 from 1,137 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A U.S. Marine nearing retirement takes over a lazy platoon and whips them into shape. He leads his newly trained team during the invasion of Grenada.
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What happens
Heartbreak Ridge is a 1986 American war film directed, produced by, and starring Clint Eastwood. The film co-stars Marsha Mason, Everett McGill, and Mario Van Peebles, and was released in the United States on December 5, 1986. The story centers on a U.S. Marine nearing retirement who gets a platoon of undisciplined Marines into shape and leads them during the American invasion of Grenada in 1983. The title comes from the Battle of Heartbreak Ridge in the Korean War, in which Eastwood's character had been awarded the Medal of Honor. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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