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The Beast (also known as The Beast of War) is a 1988 American war film directed by Kevin Reynolds and based on a William Mastrosimone play Nanawatai. The plot concerns a Soviet T-55 tank lost during the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. The movie has enjoyed a cult-favorite status in spite of its low box office statistics.
The film is prefaced with a quotation from the poem "The Young British Soldier" by Rudyard Kipling:
When you're wounded an' left on Afghanistan's plains
An' the women come out to cut up your remains
Jus' roll to your rifle an' blow out your brains
An' go to your Gawd like a soldier.
In 1981 Afghanistan, a Soviet tank unit viciously attacks a Pashtun village harboring a group of mujahideen fighters. Following the assault, one of the tanks, commanded by the ruthless Commander Daskal (George Dzundza), gets separated from the unit and enters a blind valley. Taj (Steven Bauer) returns to discover the village destroyed, his father killed and his brother martyred by being crushed under the tank, to serve as execution for disabling and killing a Russian tank crew. As the new khan, following his brother's death, Taj is spurred to seek revenge by his cousin, the opportunistic scavenger Mustafa - and together they lead a band of mujahideen fighters into the valley to pursue the separated tank, counting on their captured RPG-7 anti-tank weapon to destroy it.
Actors: Suzi Lorraine (actress), Suzi Lorraine (actress), Chris R. Notarile (actor), Chris R. Notarile (editor), Chris R. Notarile (director), Chris R. Notarile (writer), Chris R. Notarile (producer), Diana Laura (actress), Michael Bienvenu (actor), Michael Bienvenu (actor), Anthony Espina (composer), Glenda Galeano (actress), Renda Writer (actor), Paul Raimondo (actor), Nastasshia Hurtado (actress),
Genres: Drama, Short, Thriller,Actors: John Anton (actor), Jeffery T. Schultz (editor), Jeffery T. Schultz (producer), Jeffery T. Schultz (writer), Jeffery T. Schultz (director), Daniel J. Mahoney (writer), Daniel J. Mahoney (actor), Jennifer Atanasovski (producer), Jennifer Atanasovski (costume designer), Chris Kingins (composer), Jaidyn Mansfield (actor),
Plot: A tale of repentance, death and hope as a man struggles with the power of his conscience. In this psychological thriller, the truth seems to be catching up with him in a nightly torture of reoccurring dreams. We are forced to join him on his unending journey to make peace with his accuser. The audience is allowed the opportunity to draw their own conclusion whether he succeeds or fails. Told entirely without dialogue.
Genres: Drama, Mystery, Short, Thriller,Actors: Keith Romine (director), Keith Romine (producer), Keith Romine (editor), Keith Romine (writer), Justin R. Romine (producer), Justin R. Romine (editor), Dan O'Connor (composer), Susie Wallin (actress), Wyatt Elliott (miscellaneous crew), Michael Bloom (actor), Phil Baker (actor), Matthew Hawkins (actor),
Genres: Action, Short,Actors: Kevin J. O'Neill (actor), David Mackey (actor), Owen Miller (actor), Keith Alan Morris (writer), Keith Alan Morris (director), Keith Alan Morris (producer), Nicole Abisinio (producer), Darryl Baldwin (actor), Gregory Kerrick (miscellaneous crew), Gregory Kerrick (editor), Casey Clark (actor), Zeb Crown (actor), Paul Alessi (actor), Mason Sharrow (actor), Arthur L. Braddy III (actor),
Plot: Gutter King is an urban coming-of-age fight drama about a tough street kid just released from the Juvenile Department of Corrections. His new foster father tries to channel the boy's rage into the world of amateur bare-knuckle brawling, but his jealous brother has other plans.
Keywords: violenceActors: Simon Williams (actor), Eric Carte (actor), Lucy Fleming (actress), Dean I. Anderson (producer), Dean I. Anderson (writer), Keith L. Garside (composer), Dean I. Anderson (director), Adrienne Carlyle (actress), Gary Westmoreland (editor), Valerie Alsop (miscellaneous crew), Dr. Fiona Bellas (miscellaneous crew), Bonnie Patricia Morgan (costume designer), Nicola Nisbet (miscellaneous crew), Robert Wood (actor), Kirstie Wilson (actress),
Genres: Horror,Actors: Conrad Brooks (writer), Conrad Brooks (producer), Conrad Brooks (actor), Conrad Brooks (director), Ellsworth Hall (actor), Bruce Lindsay (producer), Bruce Lindsay (actor), Joe Tilton (actor), Karl Hopf (actor), Marvin Kennedy Jr. (composer), Marvin Kennedy Jr. (editor), Ed Hopf (actor), George Romley (actor), Brutis Lazaro (actor), Sandy Rose (actress),
Plot: While "working" for a travelling freak show, the Hillbilly Monster escapes his life of humiliation and servitude. Alone and afraid he becomes injured by an unfriendly bear trap. Befriended by a psychologist and a strange groundskeeper, he recovers from his ordeals in the wilderness and moves on to live a free and better life.
Keywords: carnival, comic-relief, independent-film, low-budget-film, monsterActors: William Shakespeare (writer), David Brandon (writer), David Brandon (actor), Sandy Powell (costume designer), Lindsay Kemp (writer), Lindsay Kemp (actor), Lindsay Kemp (costume designer), David Meyer (actor), Jack Birkett (actor), Carlos Miranda (composer), David Meyer (producer), Javier Sanz (actor), Javier Sanz (actor), Celestino Coronado (director), François Testory (actor),
Genres: Comedy, Drama,Actors: Salvatore Baccaro (actor), Giuseppe Castellano (actor), Brad Harris (actor), Benito Pacifico (actor), Alfredo Rizzo (actor), Luigi Batzella (writer), Luigi Batzella (director), Luigi Batzella (editor), Gino Turini (actor), Brigitte Skay (actress), Edilio Kim (actor), Roberto Pérez Moreno (producer), Lorenzo Artale (writer), Xiro Papas (actor), Giuliano Sorgini (composer),
Plot: This is one of many so called Video Nasties about fictionalized World War 2 Nazi POW camp atrocities. A beautiful, nefarious senior female SS officer/doctor (Magall) creates a genetic, mutant human Beast (half man/half beast). The Beast is a rapacious, squat, mongoloid sex fiend which she uses to torture and molest female prisoners while the Nazis watch. The vertically challenged beast is kept on a diet of mega-aphrodisiacs. There is plenty of sadistic titillations, gore and nudity in this Nazi sub-genre exploitation flick.
Keywords: 1940s, atrocity, bare-breasts, bisexual, bisexuality, blood, brutality, cage, castration, cigarette-smokingActors: B.A. Rolfe (director), Joe King (actor), Harry F. Millarde (actor), Herbert Standing (actor), Eddie Sturgis (actor), Charles Logue (writer), Charles Logue (writer), Charles Logue (director), Diana Allen (actress), Tatjana Irrah (actress), Gordon Standing (actor), John L. Shine (actor), James Alling (actor), A.H. Fischer (producer), Pat Fischer (actor),
Genres: Drama,
A powerful, emotionally-charged war story pits Russian soldiers against Afghan rebels with spectacular action sequences. Labeled a traitor by his commander, a peace-minded tank driver is left to die in the desert until the enemy's leader rescues him. Together they work to kill off THE BEAST, a seemingly invincible tank. © 1988 Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
The Beast Trailer 1988 Director: Kevin Reynolds Starring: Don Harvey, George Dzundza, Jason Patric, Kabir Bedi, Stephen Baldwin, Steven Bauer Official Content From Sony Pictures Home Entertainment During the Russian invasion of Afghanistan, a group of rebels tracks a lost Soviet tank through the Afghan wilderness. Exciting and offbeat war story! Movie, The Beast Movie,The Beast Trailer,The Beast 1988, Kevin Reynolds,Don Harvey, George Dzundza, Jason Patric, Kabir Bedi, Stephen Baldwin, Steven Bauer
Το Κτήνος Του Πολέμου ΑΦΓΑΝΙΣΤΑΝ, 1981 Ένα Ρωσικό Τανκ χάνεται μέσα στην έρημο του Αφγανιστάν, μετά από μια κτηνώδη επίθεση σε αμάχους. Η περιπλάνησή του φαίνεται να 'ναι σύντομη αφού τα καύσιμα τελειώνουν. Οι Αφγανοί, που θέλουν να εκδικηθούν, παρακολουθούν το τανκ και περιμένουν την κατάλληλη στιγμή. Άγνωστο στη χώρα μας πολεμικό ψυχολογικό δράμα από τον πολύ καλό σκηνοθέτη Kevin Reynolds (Waterworld, The Count of Monte Cristo). Ο σκηνοθέτης καταφέρνει να μας δώσει μια πολύ σκληρή, ωμή και συνάμα ρεαλιστική ματιά στα επακόλουθα της εισβολής των Ρώσων, στο Αφγανιστάν. Άψογο σενάριο από την συγκινησιακά φορτισμένη πένα του William Mastrosimone που "κινεί" την ιστορία στα χνάρια της Χαμένης Μεραρχίας (του Φορντ). Ο George Dzundza (Daskal), στο ρόλο του διοικητή του τανκ, ο Jason Patric ...
The original soundtrack music was released by CBS/Columbia Records shortly after the movie's debut, written and performed entirely by Mark Isham. The back of the album suggests two tracks, "Badal" and "Nanawatai", but there are in fact ten tracks. Offered in 12-inch LP vinyl, CrO2 cassette and DDD-format compact discs, it is highly sought-after. CD versions are very rare, ranging in open-market price from $50 to $100 each, depending on condition, with ultra-rare, unopened copies fetching far more.
The original soundtrack music was released by CBS/Columbia Records shortly after the movie's debut, written and performed entirely by Mark Isham. The back of the album suggests two tracks, "Badal" and "Nanawatai", but there are in fact ten tracks. Offered in 12-inch LP vinyl, CrO2 cassette and DDD-format compact discs, it is highly sought-after. CD versions are very rare, ranging in open-market price from $50 to $100 each, depending on condition, with ultra-rare, unopened copies fetching far more.
"Nanawatai", last track from the soundtrack of "The Beast of War" (1988). Composer: Mark Isham.
The song is called the beast
It's about. feeling ugly
I've been whittling a niche a heart that's made of wood
Is feeling pitiful and sick so I'm parting ways for good
A minimal intent's on that could've would've should've
Try to look up high if I mistook the miserable events
I look up at the sky and I pry both my eyes open
So I can decide if it's worth it just to try and
This is what it's like when you fight all the nightmares
To try to find some light there and hold it all in my hands
And the parable is done ugly duckling swan dived into the barrel of a gun
I spent my afternoons alone to stare into the sun
To attract an opposite and go get married just for fun
Come undone predict another mental lapse
Screaming from the top of my lungs until the windows crack
Drinking all the vodka to hush all of my impulse that's
Seeking for the optimal buzz to get my limbs detached
And I'm a part of all the lies
This she loves me not mentality makes gardens all divide
The particle I hide is the iron in my blood
I'll set fire to the sun until the waterfalls are dry
Father son and holy ghost bottled rum and lonely folks
Dance within the lines so they can swallow some and Dosey Doe
I'm so alone I've been living in a vacant pit
Just another voodoo doll victim of relationships
I studied every single eyelash
On her little face and they look like venus flytraps
I always knew I'd meet a nice catch
I didn't think that she would bite back
So please fail me now, you with the pitchfork hey bail me out
Man I act like a man-i-ac I just can't fight back
When this greyscale surrounds me
You say hello there, I say it's hell here
Look at my face to find trace of swell years
With my tongue in my cheek in spite of when I go to bite it
So the blood is released I try to
Look inside me when I summon the beast to fight him
So I guide him right under the sheets to hide it
It's a violent thrill, rhythm of a silent film
Cycle of the moon when it's hunt and release
I might've been sent to jail when I'm dead-set to fail
I felt it coming the death sentence braille
Misery loves comforting and best friends prevail
It's The Beauty and the Beast it's La Bete et la Belle
Please come and kill me with a bullet made of silver
Or a stake inside my chest so I can finally go to sleep
When these lovely feelings are so cold it makes me shiver
When it's breaking my defense so don't go crying over me
Then dream of another fortune that's not average
Sing with a little forked tongue like a basilisk
These simple days of boredom are so cancerous
Seems like I might be sort of like a masochist
I'm so enamored by the swell marks
Breaking all the mirrors just to crawl out of my skin
I'm Ester Greenwood i've been trapped inside a Bell Jar
Believing all the speeches from a charlatan again
I got lectured on the matter
That my topics are myopic non-sequitur and scattered
He uses big words complex with all the patterns
But maybe it's for me and not you
I formerly denounce my former self and form deformities
Conform to formations that were forced to form abnormally
Before I forfeit my fortress and forget my fortune
I'll fortify so you can burn me at the stake
Tricyclics with an SSRI
Just might fix this mix of intense hard times
Light gets dim when I get this dark side
As time tic tic tics and excess stars die
Cause I'm a monster in the flesh
Being haunted by the topics that I conjure with my breath
This is how a death feels this is all that's left
When there's nowhere else to run and you're caught inside the web