84 Charlie Mopic (84C Mopic) is the best movie ever made about small unit warfare. If that's what you're into, you're golden with this mock documentary about a LRRP/Ranger unit. A cast of unknown actors (Richard Brooks of Law & Order, Glenn Morshower of CSI, Christopher Burgard, Nicholas Gascone) generate extraordinary performances. Watching 84 Charlie MoPic right after watching Rambo: First Blood Part II is like watching a difference between a Republican and a Democrat. You get to see all of the mindless, brawny stuff, the nonsense and the mayhem, and in the end everything is supposed to turn out alright when it really shouldn't.
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84C MoPic | |
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Directed by | Patrick Sheane Duncan |
Produced by | Michael Nolin |
Written by | Patrick Sheane Duncan |
Music by | Donovan |
Edited by | Stephen Purvis |
Distributed by | New Century Vista Film Company |
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95 minutes | |
Country | United States |
Language | English Vietnamese |
Box office | $154,264 (US) |
84C MoPic (also known as 84 Charlie MoPic) is a 1989[1] American independent found footagewardrama film written and directed by Patrick Sheane Duncan.[2]
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Premise[edit]
The film is a mock documentary of a Long Range Reconnaissance Patrol (LRRP) mission during the Vietnam War. The point of view is from a cameraman following a LRRP team on a five-day patrol deep in 'Indian Country' (territory controlled by the North Vietnamese). The cameraman is nicknamed 'MoPic' by the team, because of his alphanumeric military occupational specialty, 84C20, Motion Picture Specialist. The supposedly routine mission, however, goes wrong and eventually turns into a struggle for survival. At first the squad seems in control. Their leader, the black sergeant “OD” detects booby traps, and the squad lays some booby traps of their own. They evade detection by an NVA patrol, and press deep behind enemy lines. One night, over the radio, they hear a whole army company being overrun by an NVA unit. They catch an NVA regiment in the open, and order an artillery strike, taking out much of the enemy. However, aware that the NVA knows there are Americans nearby, they avoid any gunfire and make their escape in the thick brush as silently as possible. OD catches a 6 man NVA patrol on their tail, only 50 meters away. The squad takes them out, and carry a wounded NVA soldier with them. Their position is exposed by the noise, and a sniper takes out Pretty Boy. The sniper repeatedly shoots him in the limbs, torturing him, in an attempt to lure other squad members out into the open.
Unable to rescue him, OD mercy kills him. He then demands the LT kill the NVA soldier with a knife to avoid any more noise. He sadistically makes the LT look at pictures of the NVA soldier’s family before LT kills the soldier. Revue technique pdf opel corsa b.
The squad continues their escape, but encounter VC troops which wound OD, and kill Cracker. With OD barely able to walk, Hammer, a less experienced squad member, takes point. He triggers a booby trap almost immediately, killing him. Iptv tool for mac.
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With half the squad killed, the survivors make their way to their evacuation point. After a final firefight, MOPIC is killed. OD, LT, and Easy escape in the chopper as the film ends.
Cast[edit]
- Jonathan Emerson as LT
- Nicholas Cascone as Easy
- Jason Tomlins as Pretty Boy
- Christopher Burgard as Hammer
- Glenn Morshower as Cracker
- Richard Brooks as OD
- Byron Thames as MoPic
Production[edit]
84C MoPic was filmed on a low budget in Southern California.[4][5] The film is one of the earlier examples of found footage, a style famously implemented by The Blair Witch Project and Paranormal Activity.[6] Gm global tis keygen software download pc.
Reception[edit]
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84 Charlie MoPic has an 83% 'Fresh' rating on Rotten Tomatoes, based on 6 reviews.[7]Roger Ebert, awarding the film three stars out of four, wrote:
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'84 Charlie MoPic' deserves a place by itself among the films about Vietnam. It is a brave and original attempt to record nothing more or less than the actual daily experience of a unit on patrol, drawn out of the memories of men who were there. I’ve never seen a combat movie that seemed this close to actual experience, to the kinds of hard lessons that soldiers are taught by their enemies. The filmmakers have earned their right to shoot with a subjective camera — because the eyes we are really seeing through are their own.'[8]
The film received three nominations:
- 1989 Sundance Film Festival, Grand Jury Prize, Dramatic (Patrick Sheane Duncan)
- 1990 Independent Spirit Award, Best First Feature, Patrick Sheane Duncan (Director); Michael Nolin (Producer)
- 1990 Independent Spirit Award, Best Screenplay, Patrick Sheane Duncan[9]
The film is listed among recommended Vietnam war films in a blog post on the Council on Foreign Relations.[10]
References[edit]
- ^The Washington Post
- ^'84 Charlie Mopic (1988) - Overview - TCM.com'. Turner Classic Movies.
- ^'84 Charlie Mopic'. Time Out London.
- ^'84 Charlie Mopic | TV Guide'. TVGuide.com.
- ^Siskel, Gene. '`84 CHARLIE MOPIC` TAKES YOU ON PATROL IN VIETNAM'. chicagotribune.com.
- ^Jr, Glenn Heath. 'Summer of '89: 84 Charlie MoPic'.
- ^'84 Charlie MoPic,' RottenTomatoes.com. Accessed May 9, 2018.
- ^Ebert, Roger. '84 Charlie MoPic,'Chicago Sun-Times (April 28, 1989).
- ^'Film Independent Spirit Awards (1990)'. IMDb.
- ^Lindsay, James M. 'Ten More Vietnam War Movies,' Council on Foreign Relations website (May 20, 2017).
External links[edit]
- 84C MoPic on IMDb
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