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Gardens Of Stone [1987]
starring: James Caan, Anjelica Huston, James Earl Jones, D.B. Sweeney, Dean Stockwell
directed by: Francis Ford Coppola

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Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days Audience Rating: Suitable for 15 years and over
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 5013738373150
Format: PAL
Label: 4 Front Video
Manufacturer: 4 Front Video
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: 4 Front Video
Release Date: January 13, 2003
Running Time: 107 minutes
Studio: 4 Front Video
Theatrical Release Date: May 08, 1987
Sales Rank: 23108

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Amazon.co.uk Review:
The subtext of Gardens of Stone, a grim, snail-paced Francis Ford Coppola film, is the death of Coppola's son Giancarlo in a boating accident. Coppola came back with this Vietnam-era military drama about the men assigned to patrol and serve at the funerals at Arlington National Cemetery. James Caan is the world-weary patrol leader with a fatherly interest in a gung-ho cadet (DB Sweeney). Caan tries to show Sweeney the potentially fatal future that awaits him if he volunteers for combat, but he can't break through his young charge's zealousness. The subplot involves crusty Caan's attempts at romance with Anjelica Huston, who can't quite fathom his contradictions. The story is all glum and lumbering, despite a warm, full-bodied performance by James Earl Jones as one of Caan's buddies.--Marshall Fine

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Average Rating: out of 5 stars

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- Once a Soldier
Touching and subtle film about the entertwining fates of a group of soldiers and their families and friends, with a real human touch. Deftly handled subjective views reflecting the 60's personal values in the era of the Vietnam War.

Coppola doesn't let the film descend in to patriotic mush, but handles beautifully the characters as they form a family of the likeminded with different views. In many ways this was a trip down memory lane, reminding of many a young soldier I have met. This film is a fine tribute to the memory of their youthful eagerness and the meaning of life as it unfolds in the choices made for and by them.

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- In eternal glory
This is a film with a difference -- many people come to it with preconceived notions of how a military-themed film should be, and are somewhat disappointed. This is not an action film, and while it fits the overall genre of being a protest film about Vietnam, it is not unambiguously so. It is an anti-war film, to be sure, but is not an anti-military or even anti-American film. It has an emphasis on duty and honour that transcends minor considerations of the particular patriotism for particular nations -- the themes as old as the Roman centurion's honour for fallen compatriots run through to the Old Guard at Arlington National Cemetary.

The plot winds its way around the Old Guard, the honour guard at Arlington National Cemetary, charged ... Read More:

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