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Friendly Fire (DVD) (*)

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Screened, competed or awarded at:
Emmy Awards
Golden Globes
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
German ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )

Product Origin/Format:
Germany ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
140 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1979 and produced in:
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
David Greene

Written By:
C.D.B. Bryan (book)
Fay Kanin

Actors:
Carol Burnett ..... Peg Mullen
Ned Beatty ..... Gene Mullen
Sam Waterston ..... C.D. Bryan
Dennis Erdman ..... Michael E. Mullen
Timothy Hutton ..... John Mullen
Fanny Spiess ..... Mary Mullen
Sherry Hursey ..... Patricia Mullen
Michael Flanagan ..... Father Shimon
Hilly Hicks ..... Willis Huddleston
William Jordan ..... Col. Byron Schindler
Vernon Weddle ..... Col. Georgi
Jack Rader ..... Sgt. Fitzgerald
Robert Wahler ..... Alan Hulting
David Keith ..... Leroy Hamilton
Bernard Behrens ..... Dietrich

Synopsis:

The Emmy-winning movie Friendly Fire was adapted by Fay Kanin from the fact-based book by C.D.B. Bryan. Carol Burnett and Ned Beatty play Peg and Gene Mullen, the parents of a young soldier who is killed in Vietnam. Dissatisfied with the 'official' version of their son's death, Peg and Gene conduct a soul-wrenching investigation of their own. Only after months of military stonewalling does the truth come out: their son was accidentally killed by 'friendly fire' from American artillery. This revelation leads to Peg Mullen's full-scale embracing of the anti-war movement. Even allowing for the grimness of the story, Carol Burnett's taciturn performance wears on the viewer after a while (one wonders if Peg Mullen ever smiled before her son died). Far better within the framework of the film is the superbly detailed performance of Ned Beatty as Gene.

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