A Man Called Sarge (1990)

Directed by

Stuart Gillard

Genre

parody film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 28m

Rated

PG-13

Rating

3.0 of 10 from 8 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A parody war film with slapstick and puns. It spoofs classic war movies and their stereotypes.

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What happens

A Man Called Sarge is a 1990 American parody film, written and directed by Stuart Gillard, starring Gary Kroeger, Marc Singer, Gretchen German and introducing a young Natasha Lyonne. The humour is built on slapstick and verbal puns, in the fashion of comedy filmmaking trio Zucker, Abrahams and Zucker, spoofing a variety of classic war films – notably Casablanca – and the stereotypes of the genre. Sarge (Gary Kroeger), the anti-hero protagonist, is a patriot with an over-the-top John Wayne persona. The antagonist, General Von Kraut (Marc Singer), is a derogatory portrayal of a German commander – extremely evil, perverted and a poor decision maker – emphasized by his name, as kraut is often used as a pejorative term for German soldiers. Furthermore, Sarge's group of misfit soldiers include a Native American, a New York Jew, a hillbilly and a French officer in the style of Maurice Chevalier. A memorable moment in the film is when Miss Sadie (Gretchen German), a naïve mission school teacher, sings a song called "Jesus Was a Black Dude", with a full gospel choir, to the Arab children in her class. The film was shot on location in Israel, even though it was set in North Africa. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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