84C MoPic
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| 84C MoPic | |
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| Directed by | Patrick Sheane Duncan |
| Produced by | Michael Nolin |
| Written by | Patrick Sheane Duncan |
| Starring | Jonathan Emerson Nicholas Cascone |
| Music by | Donovan |
| Editing by | Stephen Purvis |
| Distributed by | New Century Vista Film Company |
| Release date(s) | April 7, 1989 |
| Running time | 95 min. |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English Vietnamese |
84C MoPic (also 84 Charlie MoPic) is a 1989 American film by Patrick Sheane Duncan. The film documents a Vietnam War Long Range Reconnaissance Patrol (LRRP) documenting an operational "lessons learned" patrol. The perspective is that of the motion picture cameraman —MoPic — filming the infantrymen on a five-day LRRP in "Indian Country", land controlled by the Communist North Vietnamese; the five-man reconnaissance team, includes MoPic and a new lieutenant.
At story's start, the cameraman, nicknamed "MoPic" by the infantrymen, because of his alphanumeric military occupational specialty, 84C20, Motion Picture Specialist. In the course of the story, he describes mo-pic missions from which only the exposed film returned. Technically, the film is innovatively spartan, appearing unedited, like film returned directly from the field.
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[edit] Cast
- 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
[edit] Award nominations
- 1990 - Independent Spirit Award, Best First Feature, Patrick Sheane Duncan (Director)
- 1990 - Independent Spirit Award, Best First Feature, Michael Nolan (Producer)
- 1989 - Sundance Film Festival, Grand Jury Prize, Dramatic (Patrick Sheane Duncan)
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- 84C MoPic at the Internet Movie Database
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