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Cadence (DVD) (*)

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Screened, competed or awarded at:
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )

Product Origin/Format:
Australia ( PAL/NTSC/Region 0 )

Running Time:
97 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1990 and produced in:
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Martin Sheen

Written By:
Dennis Shryack
Gordon Weaver

Actors:
Charlie Sheen ..... Bean
Jay Brazeau ..... Mr. Vito
Matt Clark ..... Bean Sr.
Tom McBeath ..... Principal
David Glyn-Jones ..... Funeral Director
Samantha Langevin ..... Mrs. Vito
Jenn Griffin ..... Tattooist
Tony Pantages ..... G.I. - Bar
Deryl Hayes ..... M.P. in Bar
David Michael O'Neill ..... Sager
Roark Critchlow ..... Brooks
Martin Sheen ..... McKinney
Ramon Estevez ..... Gessner
James Marshall ..... Lamar
Laurence Fishburne ..... Stokes

Synopsis:

Martin Sheen's 1991 directorial debut features Sheen as the disturbed head of a military stockade where the prisoners include a troublemaking Army misfit played by his son Charlie. Private Bean (Charlie Sheen) is thrown into the stockade with a group of five blacks calling themselves the Soul Patrol, and gradually learns teamwork from the men, including their leader Stokes (Laurence Fishburne). Eventually the tug of war between Bean and the bigoted commander reaches a boiling point with tragic conclusions, and Bean learns the meaning of compassion and the difference between right and wrong. The film is nothing particularly inspiring or insightful, but the supporting players, including Fishburne, give solid performances, and Cadence affords the audience a chance to see the father and son team work together in an earnest and well-meaning drama.

It's the mid 1960s and for getting drunk and going AWOL after his father dies, Army Private Bean (Charlie Sheen), stationed in West Germany, gets 90 days in the stockade. Bean discovers that he is the only white in a block of black prisoners imprisoned for various crimes, some extremely serious.Master Sergeant McKinney (Martin Sheen, who also makes his directorial debut in this movie) commands the stockade and soon develops a dislike for Bean because Bean will not take sides against his fellow prisoners.Each day the prisoners are trucked to work on land near the stockade. In a corner of a field is a broken windmill which Bean becomes intrigued with and gets permission to repair during work breaks. Soon some of the other prisoners from the block start helping Bean with the windmill.But Sergeant McKinney's dislike of Bean keeps growing. The harder McKinney pushes, the more Bean digs in. Clearly things must come to a head. But who will come out on top?

Charlie Sheen plays a rebellious inmate in an Army stockade.

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