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Summary: real horse soliders
Review: this was the kind of movie i grew with. it had a story and characters i could believe in. i cant seem to find any historical background on the storyline but that's not what matters. these were people dealing with issues of right and wrong. not of "whats in it for me". it dealt with the dirt and misery of commitment to an ideal. it was not full of sex and blood just for the schock value. the life of a calvary man was no picnic... when a person stands up for something that matters to them, it matters that they keep standing no matter what faces them at the end. that was the message i got from this movie and made me wish we had more movies like it. this was a wonderful change from car chases and blood just for bloods sake........maryann hughes
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Summary: An enjoyable movie with *some* basis on historical events
Review: Those viewers with prior service, especially during wartime, will enjoy "In Pursuit of Honor" all the more.Perhaps the biggest surprise was how admirably well Don Johnson carried off the roll of a battle hardened old boot. The director and writer "hollywoodized" some events and created a film which brought tears to this old sergeant's eyes. The depiction of General MacArthur is appropo; but the body of the movie is the plight of a small contingency of men against tall odds and direct orders. Would this country ever destroy cavalry horses? We left behind "legions" of finely trained military dogs (K-9's) in Vietnam where a staple is canine flesh. The two main excuses I was told in the field were: budget cuts and the fear of spreading heartworms. There were innumerable instances which defied commonsense and ethics during the Vietnam War, errr, Conflict. Reality check time. The era depicted in this film is a time of the United States history which has been clouded by agenda and spin. There were marches in the streets, payrolls were cut, veteran benefits were cut, pensions were cut, veterans were clubbed, millions were suffering for lack of food and housing (tons of federally stored milk, butter, and cheese were destroyed instead of being distributed to the needy), as told to me by my Grandfather who served as cavalry blacksmith during and after World War I. He later crosstrained into cooks. Either way, he said, there was no getting away from horses....:p
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Summary: A butch tearjerker
Review: What's not to like? Horses, soldiers, evil generals and idealistic young officers, crusty salt-of-the-earth seargents, plucky women, escape and pursuit, sadness, victory and oodles of male bonding. Don Johnson and the underestimated Craig Sheffer do a nice job.
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Summary: Modernization, Tradition, and Social Change
Review: While this story is developed around some historial events such as veterans being pummeled by the government they served and the pompous General Douglas MacArthur modernizing the U.S. Army, this sets the stage of "civil disobedience" by four old cavalry sergeants led by a boot Lieutenant to take a herd of horses into protective custody after they are "murdered" by Army machine guns as an asset reduction exercise. Prior to this fateful incident, their commanding officer tells them that change is underway. There is to be a reduction in remounts and the cavalry saber is discontinued - both central to a gemeinschaft of cavalry troopers. There is conflict between tradition and the future played out in the drama of the story. The young Lt., upon completing his mission of protecting horses, says to Top that he will return to fight to preserve tradition. This is an excellent movie to illustrate modernization and social change for beginning sociology students, and for them to know, that they too, like the young Lt., can fight with others to preserve meaning in their own lives as powerful external forces backed by brute force and arms impose their will on society.
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