
Overview:
A hard-nosed, hard-living Marine gunnery sergeant clashes with his superiors and his ex-wife as he takes command of a spoiled recon platoon with a bad attitude.Status: | Released (1986-12-05) |
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Awards: | Nominated for 1 Oscar. 2 wins & 1 nomination total |
BoxOffice: | $42,724,017 |
Screen: | James Carabatsos, Dennis Hackin, Joseph Stinson |
Productions: | Jay Weston Productions, Malpaso Productions |
Production Countries: | United States of America |
Spoken Languages: | Español, English |




Casts
- 190: Clint Eastwood - Gunnery Sgt. Tom 'Gunny' Highway
- 19131: Marsha Mason - Aggie
- 5616: Everett McGill - Major Malcolm A. Powers
- 6561: Moses Gunn - Staff Sergeant Webster
- 16214: Mario Van Peebles - Corporal 'Stitch' Jones
- 40618: Eileen Heckart - Little Mary Jackson
- 30044: Bo Svenson - Roy Jennings
Crews
- 190: Clint Eastwood - Director - Directing
- 62038: James Carabatsos - Screenplay - Writing
- 62039: Joseph Stinson - Screenplay - Writing
- 190: Clint Eastwood - Producer - Production
- 56192: Fritz Manes - Executive Producer - Production
- 195: Lennie Niehaus - Original Music Composer - Sound
- 356: Jack N. Green - Director of Photography - Camera
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Reviews
Wuchak
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***A more comedic version of “The Dirty Dozen,” but taking place in 1983 and starring Clint Eastwood*** Clint Eastwood’s "Heartbreak Ridge" (1986) stars Eastwood as a tough, soon-to-retire Marine gunnery sergeant who conflicts with the brass and his former-wife (Marsha Mason) as ....
Continue reading ->John Chard
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Crusty Clint is still not to be messed with. One of Clint Eastwood's most accessible 80s movies, Heartbreak Ridge sees the gruff actor on very fine form, this even though the "war is hell" core that fills out the last quarter via a rather silly gun toting rescue mission in Grenada ....
Continue reading ->r96sk
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<em>'Heartbreak Ridge'</em> is a rather good war film, one I enjoyed a fair bit. Clint Eastwood, to no-one's surprise, is the best performer from the onscreen talent, though I did like the support cast - namely Mario Van Peebles, Boyd Gaines and Arlen Dean Snyder. The plot is, ....
Continue reading ->CinemaSerf
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Given the amount of homophobic/erotic banter going on here, it might have been more memorable if Clint Eastwood had actually had a gay character save the day in this otherwise bland and forgettable version of the “I wanna be your drill instructor” movie. He’s the sergeant who is retu ....
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