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	Casualties of War - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Casualties of War is a 1989 war drama about the Vietnam War, starring Michael J. Fox and Sean Penn.
		The theme of Casualties of War is how normal moral behavior is discarded during war times and shows it in the extreme when soldiers become savages who can dehumanize innocent by-standers, and also about personal responsibility for maintaining that morality in extreme conditions.
		Casualties of war: history, realism, and the limits of exclusion
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	MovieFreak.com - "Casualties of War - Extended Cut" DVD Review (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Casualties of War is a good film, but inside is a great film trying to break out.
		Eriksson’s War: A Conversation with Michael J. Fox (18 minutes) is a lengthy interview during which Fox discusses how he came to be involved with the film, describes his working relationship with Penn, and offers up numerous anecdotes regarding the actual shoot and the critical reaction to the film.
		Casualties of War is a flawed film, but its strengths outweigh its weaknesses, especially in this extended version.
	www.moviefreak.com /artman/publish/dvd_casualtiesofwar.shtml (1053 words)

	Amazon.com: Casualties of War: Video: Brian De Palma,Michael J. Fox,Sean Penn,Don Harvey,John C. Reilly,Thuy Thu ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Casualties of War stars Michael J. Fox in one of his first "serious" roles as an actor, along with Sean Penn who is great in the film.
		While Casualties of War is definitely not a bad film, it had the unfortunate distinction of being released at the same time as Full Metal Jacket, Born of the Fourth of July, and Platoon.
		Casualties of War came out towards the end of the trend of Vietnam War movies in the 1980s after the likes of Oliver Stone, Stanley Rubric and others had tried their hand at it.
	www.amazon.com /Casualties-War-Brian-Palma/dp/6301606892 (3099 words)

	TicTap: Reviews for Casualties of War at Amazon.com
		Brian de Palma's film is based on a true incident during the war in Vietnam, in which some G.I.s decided to "reward" themselves for their efforts with a South Vietnamese girl, whom they proceeded to [attack], torture, and murder.
		Her performance, indeed, makes "Casualties of War" unbearable, from her screams as she's taken in the fl of night, to her wide-eyed fear as she quakes when Michael J. Fox cleans her wounds.
		"Casualties of War" is a masterpiece, and as I look at it again with fresh eyes on DVD, I'm still amazed it did not receive more acclaim.
	www.tictap.com /reviews/B00005R23U_Casualties_of_War/6 (1011 words)

	Casualties of War - DVD Movie Central
		Casualties of War, which covers a horrific incident within the Vietnam War that was first reported in The New Yorker magazine in 1969.
		Casualties of War is one of Brian De Palma’s true masterpieces.
		About 95 percent of the movie is shot in the jungles and outskirts of Vietnam, all of which look outstanding, and vibrant with knockout colors.
	www.dvdmoviecentral.com /ReviewsText/casualties_of_war.htm (1039 words)

	Casualties of War movie Review at The Z Review UK movie review
		The horrors of war have never been the easiest subjects to approach but these are stories that have to be told and ‘Casualties of War’ tells one of the most tragic and disturbing ones.
		While there had been films before that dealt with war crimes but the abuse of prisoners during any conflict was always the domain of the enemy and not the US armed forces.
		With performances from the ensemble cast that are first rate, this is a film that takes the telling of war atrocities to a new level and that any side should answer for their crimes.
	www.thezreview.co.uk /dvdreviews/c/casualtiesofwar.htm (1169 words)

	Casualties in Iraq - 2006
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		Between 8 and 10 percent of nearly 12,000 soldiers from the war on terror, mostly from Iraq, treated at the Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Germany had "psychiatric or behavioral health issues," according to the commander of the hospital, Col. Rhonda Cornum.
		The hospital has treated 11,754 soldiers from the war on terror, with 9,651 from Iraq and the rest from Afghanistan, according to data released by the hospital.
	antiwar.com /casualties (212 words)

	Amazon.ca: Casualties Of War: DVD: Brian De Palma,Michael J. Fox,Sean Penn,Don Harvey,John C. Reilly,Thuy Thu Le,John ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Casualties of War, despites some of its flaws, is quite faithful to the original text which was a true story.
		I wish the movie had more action then it did, but the main objective of the movie is to be dramatic, not action based.
		CASUALTIES OF WAR is one of many Vietnam War movies that came out in the late 80's as a result of the success of PLATOON.
	www.amazon.ca /Casualties-War-Brian-Palma/dp/B00005R23U (2066 words)

	Casualties of War - Movie Info - Moviefone
		Synopsis: Casualties of War was based on a New Yorker article by Daniel Lang.
		Casualties of War, Brian De Palma, Michael J. Fox, Sean Penn, Don Harvey, John C. Reilly, Thuy Thu Le, John Leguizamo, Jack Gwaltney, Erik King,...
		Casualties Of War -The 1989 dramatic movie featuring Sean Penn and Michael J. Fox at the award winning 80s Movies Rewind.
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	Casualties of War
		Unlike most De Palma movies, which are made for entertainment, this is a serious film about a serious topic, and is based on a real incident.
		If you based your mental picture of the war on this film, you'd think it was a beautiful country except for the Americans.
		means the movie is not good enough to win you over if you hate the genre, but is good enough to do so if you have an open mind about this type of film.
	www.scoopy.com /casualtiesofwar.htm (809 words)

	Casualties of War movie review
		It illustrates how war demonises in a stirring manner, while also showing that it doesn't need to be that way.
		War is the refuge of the lazy and the foolish.
		By not taking a position on the Vietnam War itself, and by illustrating the resistance Erikson runs into when he wants to do something right, the film goes beyond war and points to the failure of humanity's institutions as whole.
	www.ram.org /ramblings/movies/casualties_of_war.html (439 words)

	Casualties Of War Movie -The 80s Rewind «
		The luscious photography in Causalities of War was by Stephen H. Burum.
		Casualties of War won the 'Peace' catagory from the Political Film Society (USA) in 1990.
		Casualties Of War and all movie images are ©1989 Columbia TriSstar.
	www.fast-rewind.com /casofwar.htm (1059 words)

	Casualties of War Extended Cut \| Reverse Shot
		Time has only been kind to it, and now this most uniquely stylized of the Eighties American war movies is clearly worthy of a top-seeded spot in its category, as well as in its director’s vibrant oeuvre.
		In the movie, Michael J. Fox plays Eriksson, the only soldier not to participate in the rape, and the one who eventually speaks up and assures that the perpetrators face justice at a tribunal.
		The excitement of Casualties of War is seeing the ways in which De Palma bends his singular, thrilling craft to this unique-to-him material, and how the material gains meaning and power through his style.
	www.reverseshot.com /article/casualties_of_war (683 words)

	deseretnews.com - Movie review: Casualties of War \| Deseret Morning News Web edition
		Brian DePalma's "Casualties of War" is in some ways just what you might expect from the director of horror films ranging from "Carrie" to "Body Double" — as well as his breakthrough drama of two years ago, "The Untouchables."
		"Casualties of War" is technically specific, manipulates the audience in a precise manner and is likely to touch some nerves that other — better — Vietnam films have not pricked.
		And "Casualties" is much less flamboyant than "The Untouchables" or, say, "Dressed to Kill." This is DePalma at his most compact, and though there are occasional epic proportions, "Casualties" is in many ways a small story, working from a tight, economic screenplay by award-winning playwright David Rabe.
	deseretnews.com /movies/view/1,1257,287,00.html (951 words)

	MovieMartyr.com - Casualties of War
		Instead of focusing on the dynamics of the group as most war movies would, DePalma chooses to point his attention squarely on the plight of Eriksson, embroiling him in a suspense situation that feels as if it could have been drawn from one of the director’s many Hitchcock-influenced thrillers.
		Before long it becomes apparent that the movie is functioning as an emotionally controlled melodrama, with the sort of techniques most commonly attributed to directors like Douglas Sirk.
		The incidents that lie at the center of Casualties clearly warp the psyche of Eriksson, and DePalma’s serious treatment of his predicament is one of the most compassionate moves in his career.
	www.moviemartyr.com /1989/casualtiesofwar.htm (666 words)

	Casualties of War (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
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	CASUALTIES OF WAR (1989) « Any Eventuality
		Besides the improbable rarity of seeing a war movie filmed with a steadicam, and its unlikely but ingenious marriage to a soaring Morricone score that feels more like Donaggio’s classic collaborations with De Palma, Casualties of War also has one of the most interesting “messages” of Vietnam films.
		It insists that right and wrong still exist even in a war full of terrible grays, yet it does so without over-simplifying the various motivations for war crimes, whether revenge (Sean Penn), sadism (Don Harvey), depravity (John C. Reilly), or intimidation (John Leguizamo).
		And rather than depict a cover-up driven by evil intent, it presents more than one credible reason for ignoring the atrocity, not the least of which is protecting one’s own family.
	anyeventuality.wordpress.com /2006/05/18/casualties-of-war-1989 (364 words)

	Casualties of War - Film (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Eriksson (Michael J. Fox) is on the battle-front where he gets first-hand experience in the Vietnam war.
		His superior, sergeant Meserve (Sean Penn), proposes to a group of soldiers to abduct and rape a Vietnamese girl.
		The woman is raped and killed, and now his comrades have become his enemies...
	www.movie-2-dvd.org /film/casualties-of-war.html (134 words)

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	Brian De Palma: A Bibliography of Materials in the UC Berkeley Libraries
		This is illustrated by the movies 'Body Double,' 'The King of Comedy' and 'The Shining.' Common features include intertextual overkill, failed artist nonheroes, daring to be bad parody, conflicted obsessions, self-parody directors' signatures and cultural juxtapositions as parodies." [Expanded Academic Index]
		The author analyzes 2 characters' homophobic assault on another character for his resistance to participation in a gang-rape, suggesting that it portrays men using the norm of homophobia to enforce social conformity with the male role.
		"Casualties of war" is studied as an example of war films being retroactive productions of meaning, depicting a past uncontainable within processes of signification.
	www.lib.berkeley.edu /MRC/depalma.html (3529 words)

	Casualties of War (1989) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Plot Outline: During the Vietnam War, a soldier finds himself the outsider of his own squad when they unnecessarily kidnap a female villager.
		The Vietnam war just happens to be where it really took place, so we are entered into that gritty world of sudden violence, if not sudden death.
		But there are too many hard hitting moments of realism to sink this, with the best highlight being the strong acting.
	www.imdb.com /title/tt0097027 (969 words)

	Casualties of War
		Examines the dehumanizing effects of war, and implies that the soldiers who commit the atrocities are as much a victim of that dehumanization as the girl who they victimize
		The equation of sanctioned and unsanctioned barbarism in the climactic moments of Casualties is about as damning an indictment of the way that humanity justifies immoral acts during war as I've seen.
		Based on a true incident during Vietnam War, the film testifies to our hopes that there are a few ethical souls who believe the weak must be protected.
	www.rottentomatoes.com /m/casualties_of_war (520 words)

	Movie Review - Casualties of War - eFilmCritic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Though it flopped at North American box offices, this Brian De Palma-directed war film boasts an emotional complexity and power that many of its ilk lack.
		Director Brian De Palma's powerful big-screen adaptation of Daniel Lang's harrowing same-name non-fiction book is flawed but still manages to disturb and provoke plenty of thought.
		A movie that will leave you shocked and devastated.
	www.efilmcritic.com /review.php?movie=2040 (385 words)

	Casualties Of War - Movie Review
		Starring : Michael J. Fox,Sean Penn,John C. Reilly,John Leguizamo,Don Harvey,Truy Thu Le Vietnam War movies are always tough to watch, especially for those of us who go through life burdened with liberal guilt.
		But of all the Vietnam movies out there, none is more painful to watch — and paradoxically more beautifully shot — than Casualties of War, in which all of director Brian De Palma’s prodigious talents are in full effect.
		Based on an allegedly true event that was reported in the New Yorker, Casualties is a stripped-down tale of a small platoon of Army grunts who head into the jungle only to lose their humanity, a trope that has traveled from Conrad to Coppola to here.
	www.contactmusic.com /new/film.nsf/reviews/casualtiesofwar (558 words)

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	Casualties of War - starring Sean Penn (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Hailed by critics as a masterpiece, Casualties of War is based on the true story of a squad of soldiers caught in the moral quagmire of wartime Vietnam.
		Witness to a vile crime, Private Eriksson is forced to stand alone against his fellow soldiers and commanding officer Sergeant Meserve, a powerful and charismatic man pushed over the edge of barbarism by the terror and brutality of combat.
		With sweeping scope, action and raw power, master filmmaker Brian DePalma creates a devastating and unforgettable tale of one man's quest for sanity and justice amidst the chaos of war.
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	Casualties of War (1989) Movie Overview ~ Cast and Crew, Trailer, Pictures, Synopsis, Release Date - RopeofSilicon.com
		Casualties of War (1989) Movie Overview ~ Cast and Crew, Trailer, Pictures, Synopsis, Release Date - RopeofSilicon.com
		Witness to a vile crime, Private Eriksson (Michael J. Fox, TV's, Spin City) is forced to stand alone against his fellow soldiers and commanding officer Sergeant Meserve (Sean Penn, Dead Man Walking), a powerful and charismatic man pushed over the edge of barbarism by the terror and brutality of combat.
		With sweeping scope, action and raw power, master filmmaker Brian DePalma (The Untouchables) creates a devastating and unforgettable tale of one man's quest for sanity and justice amidst the chaos of war.
	www.ropeofsilicon.com /movies.php?id=3106 (167 words)

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