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- Release date: February 28, 1985 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088146/
- Director: Norman Jewison http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088146/
- Writer: Charles Fuller http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088146/
- Editor: Mark Warner, Caroline Biggerstaff http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1800119176...
- Production company: Columbia Pictures http://www.allmovie.com/work/a-soldiers-...
- Studio: Sony Pictures http://www.amazon.com/A-Soldiers-Story/d...
- Running time: 101 minutes http://www.allmovie.com/work/a-soldiers-...
- MPAA rating: PG http://www.allmovie.com/work/a-soldiers-...
- Genre: Drama, Mystery, War http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088146/
- Based on the play A Soldier's Play http://www.allmovie.com/work/a-soldiers-...
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A Soldier's Story is a war drama written by Charles Fuller and directed by Norman Jewison. The movie is based off the play A Soldier's Play and was released on February 28, 1985. The movie stars Howard E. Rollins, Jr. as Captain Davenport, who investigates the murder of a Sergeant Waters, played by Adolph Caesar. A Soldier's Story grossed $22,100,000 at the box office.http://www.allmovie.com/work/a-soldiers-story-45520
Plot Synopsis
A Soldier's Story tells the story about a military base in Louisiana during World War II. The black soldiers were not sent to war, but were kept back to play baseball against teams from the other armed forces. Sergeant Waters, played by Adolph Caesar, is killed which brings Captain Davenport in to investigate the murder. Initially assuming that some white men killed Waters, it is quickly revealed that anyone, regardless of race had reason to kill Waters.Reviews
"Occasionally preachy, but otherwise intense and provocative racially provocative drama."—Dan Jardine, AllMovie.comhttp://www.allmovie.com/work/a-soldiers-story-45520/review"Did this movie have to be so lockstep, so trapped by its mechanical plot, so limited by a murder mystery? What the movie has to say is so pale and limited that, ironically, the most interesting character in the movie is the victim..." —Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Timeshttp://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/19840101/REVIEWS/401010385/1023
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