The Most
Important 'Anti-War' War Film Ever Made!
"Without Cornel Wilde's BEACH RED,
there would be no APOCALYPSE NOW"
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NEW YORK TIMES
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director:
Cornel Wilde
starring:
Cornel Wilde · Rip Torn · Burr DeBenning · Patrick Wolfe · Jean Wallace
The late
Cornel Wilde made a career of beefcake roles in Hollywood actioners until
he formed his own production company and started directing in the mid-sixties
(his breakout film was THE NAKED PREY in 1966). Most significantly, Mr
Wilde has left two major cult films in his legacy... NO
BLADE OF GRASS (1972) and this one, BEACH RED. Here, he
delivers a stingingly unrestrained statement about the futility of war
(notably released at the height of the Viet Nam conflict) and he did it
with "massive doses of graphic gore while creating a sensitive rhetoric
of human drama."
After
a brutal battle to take the beach on a Japanese-held island in the Pacific,
Capt MacDonald ask Sgt Honeywell to lead a squad on a journey deep into
the jungle to find the enemy's stronghold. The scouts soon learn that
the Japanese are preparing to strike back hard and fast.
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An
American film; original widescreen format (16:9) or full screen format
(1.33:1), totally uncut versions at 104 minutes, encoded for REGION
ONE NTSC, playable on any American machine; in English language (with
optional English, French or Spanish subtitles).
Graphic Violence/Adult
Material/Gore/War Conflict
For Adult Audiences
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