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See Naples... Then Die (2008)

Actors: Scott Hellon (actor), Michael Fredianelli (actor), Michael Fredianelli (actor), Michael Fredianelli (editor), Aaron Stielstra (actor), Aaron Stielstra (actor), Aaron Stielstra (actor), Aaron Stielstra (actor), Aaron Stielstra (actor), Aaron Stielstra (actor), Aaron Stielstra (producer), Aaron Stielstra (writer), Aaron Stielstra (composer), Aaron Stielstra (director), Angelo Lopes (actor),

Genres: Action, Comedy, Crime,

Buffalo Soldiers (2001)

Actors: Paul Webster (producer), James Schamus (producer), Anna Paquin (actress), Joaquin Phoenix (actor), Robert Hatch (actor), Dean Stockwell (actor), Michael Peña (actor), Lars Rudolph (actor), Gabriel Mann (actor), Leon (actor), Ed Harris (actor), Idris Elba (actor), Scott Glenn (actor), Brendan Gunn (miscellaneous crew), Josef Brandmaier (miscellaneous crew),

Plot: 1989. The Berlin Wall is about to fall, and the world is about to be made safe for the new world order. But outside of Stuttgart, West Germany, at Theodore Roosevelt Army Base, Specialist Ray Elwood of the 317th Supply Battalion is about to find his own cold war turn white hot. Elwood's a lovable rogue, a conscript who's managed to turn his military servitude into a blossoming network of black market deals, more out of boredom than ambition. Officially, there's his day job as battalion secretary to the inept but caring Commander Wallace Berman. On the side, there's everything from selling the locals stolen Mop'N'Glo to cooking heroin for the base's ruthless head of Military Police, Sgt. Saad. When a new top sergeant arrives, with the avowed intention of cleaning the base up, Elwood thinks the new blood is nothing he can't handle, especially after he lays eyes on the top's daughter, rebellious Robyn. But that was before he figured in the $5 million in stolen arms that just landed on his lap, Berman's jealous wife, an insane Turkish drug dealer, and, of course, the resulting lust, betrayal, and murder.

Keywords: 1980s, accidental-killing, adultery, arms-dealer, army, army-base, army-training, backpack, barracks, based-on-novel
Genres: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller, War,
Taglines: War is hell... but peace is f*#!%!! boring. Steal all that you can steal. A story so outrageous you couldn't make it up

Quotes:

Robyn Lee: [in Elwood's top-of-the-line Mercedes-Benz SEC] How the hell can you afford this car?::Ray Elwood: Oh, I got a great deal. Mercs are a lot cheaper in Germany.

Ray Elwood: Falling. My worst fear is falling, falling like a bomb. You see, life for me is about distractions. I try to keep looking up and forget about what's down. But when I dream... I fall.

Ray Elwood: These were my guys. Fighting the dull fight. Soldiers with nothing to kill except time. They know that war is hell, but peace... peace is fucking boring.

Ray Elwood: There's basically two types of guys in the army - the motherfuckers and the motherfucked. Sergeant Saad is the third kind, he fucks the motherfuckers. Which is doable when you're the chief MP by day and the director of retail heroin sales by night.

[During an indoor game of American football, Parsons McCovey gets tackled and hits his head hard on the corner of a table. As the others argue about the game, Elwood examines Parsons, who hasn't gotten up]::Ray Elwood: Uh, guys... guys...::[louder]::Ray Elwood: Guys!::Kirschfield: [irritated] What?::Ray Elwood: Uh, just letting you know, Parsons is dead.

Colonel Berman: [reading a coroner's report] Heroin, cocaine, marijuana, lysergic acid, deithyl... whatever the hell that is, amphetamines, traces of barbiturates, estrogen. Estrogen? McCovey was on the pill? How could this be possible?::Ray Elwood: Well, he might have taken it by mistake, sir.::Colonel Berman: What?::Ray Elwood: The birth control pill. He might've thought it was something ele.::Colonel Berman: Well, fine, but he didn't take heroin, speed and cocaine by mistake, did he?::Ray Elwood: It seems unlikely, sir.

Ray Elwood: Sir, you've got to relax...::Colonel Berman: Don't you tell me to relax, goddammit! You're an E4, I'm a goddamm full bird Colonel! You don't talk to me like that. You understand me, soldier?::Ray Elwood: Yes, sir.::Colonel Berman: Oh, Jesus, Elwood, I'm... I didn't mean to take it out on you. Elwood, I'm sorry.::Ray Elwood: That's OK, sir, I understand the kind of pressure you're under.

Hicks: [inside the tank] What was that bump?::Walters: Oh shit, man. We just ran over a car, man, we just squashed a car!::Hicks: What kind of car?::Walters: A Volkswagen, a fucking Beetle!::Hicks: Oh, no. We squashed a beetle.::[laughs]

Ray Elwood: So how come they assigned you here?::Knoll: I put in for it. My fiancée is here on base, so we arranged for a transfer together.::Ray Elwood: Oh, how sweet. Who's she?::Knoll: Margolis, Carol-Anne. Private First Class.::Ray Elwood: You call her by her last name? What do you do, salute in bed?

Ray Elwood: [being given a big M-60 machine gun] The 60's a heavy mother.::Sgt. Lee: So am I.