Taglines: Steal all that you can steal.
Buffalo Soldiers movie storyline. 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.
Buffalo Soldiers is a 2001 satire film, based on the 1993 novel by Robert O’Connor, which follows the rogue activities of a group of US soldiers based in West Germany during 1989 when the fall of the Berlin Wall is imminent. It stars Joaquin Phoenix, Ed Harris, Anna Paquin, Haluk Bilginer, Scott Glenn, and Elizabeth McGovern and is directed by Gregor Jordan.
The world premiere was held at the 2001 Toronto International Film Festival in early September. However, being a satire of the US military, the film’s wider theatrical run was delayed by approximately two years because of the September 11 attacks until it was released on July 25, 2003.
Buffalo Soldiers (2003)
Directed by: Gregor Jordan
Starring: Joaquin Phoenix, Anna Paquin, Ed Harris, Michael Peña, Haluk Bilginer, Gabriel Mann, Dean Stockwell, Brian Delate, Kick Gurry, Noah Lee Margetts
Screenplay by: Gregor Jordan, Eric Weiss, Nora Maccoby
Production Design by: Steven Jones-Evans
Cinematography by: Oliver Stapleton
Film Editing by: Lee Smith
Costume Design by: Odile Dicks-Mireaux
Set Decoration by: Judy Farr, Olaf Lemitz
Art Direcetion by: Christoph Simons, Frank Walsh
Music by: David Holmes
MPAA Rating: R for violence, drug content, strong language and some sexuality.
Distributed by: Miramax Films
Release Date: July 25, 2003
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