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The Boys in Company C is a Hongkongais film of genre Drama directed by Sidney J. Furie released in USA on 2 february 1978 with Stan Shaw
The Boys in Company C (1978)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 2 february 1978
Length 2h8
Directed by Sidney J. Furie
OriginHong kong
Themes Sports films, Association football films, Political films, United States Armed Forces in films
Rating68%
The Boys in Company C, directed by Sidney J. Furie, starring Stan Shaw, Andrew Stevens, Craig Wasson, James Canning, and Michael Lembeck, is a 1978 film about United States Marine Corps recruits preparing for duty, and their subsequent combat in the Vietnam War.
It was among the first Vietnam War films to appear after the Vietnam Era, and was also the first role for R. Lee Ermey of Full Metal Jacket fame (per Andrew Stevens on the DVD commentary, Ermey was discovered by the director, Furie).
Wasson plays guitar and sings the theme song "Here I Am", used within the film and over the end credits.
The film was a co-production of Golden Harvest and Columbia Pictures, the latter originally handling theatrical distribution. It was filmed in The Philippines.
The Boys in Company C is the first in Furie's Vietnam War motion picture trilogy, followed by 2001's Under Heavy Fire and 2006's The Veteran.
Synopsis
This war drama, which prefigures the similarly bifurcated Full Metal Jacket, follows the lives of five young Marine inductees from their boot camp training at Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego in 1967 through a tour of duty in the Vietnam War in 1968.Actors
Stan Shaw
(Pfc / Sgt. Tyrone Washington)
Andrew Stevens
(Pvt. Billy Ray Pike)
R. Lee Ermey
(Sergeant Loyce)
James Withmore Jr.
(Lt. Archer)
Scott Hylands
(Capt. Collins)
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