Gardens of Stone is a war drama written by Ronald Bass and directed by Francis Ford Coppola. It was released on May 8, 1987. The movie is set during the Vietnam War and stars James Caan as Sergeant Clell Hazard. D.B. Sweeney plays private Jackie Willow, who wants to go to war for his country, a completely opposite view of Hazard's, who believes the United States should withdraw from the war.

Gardens of Stone tells the story of Sergeant Clell Hazard (James Caan), who believes the United States should withdraw from the Vietnam War. Private Jackie Willow's opinion of the war is contrary to that of Hazard's and he wants to go to war for his country. Hazard tries to get Willow to change his mind by encouraging him to get back together with his ex-girlfriend, Rachel, played by Mary Stuart Masterson. Anjelica Huston, Dean Stockwell and James Earl Jones co-star.

• James Caan as Sergeant Clell Hazard

• Anjelica Huston as Samantha Davis

• James Earl Jones as Sergeant Major 'Goody' Nelson

• D.B. Sweeney as Jackie Willow

• Dean Stockwell as Captain Homer Thomas

• Mary Stuart Masterson as Rachel Feld

"Subtle, elegiac and lyrical, this anti-Vietnam War meditation is one of Coppola's best but most misunderstood films."—Emmanuel Levy, EmmanuelLevy.comhttp://www.emanuellevy.com/search/details.cfm?id=6597

"Every moment is right, and yet the film as a whole is incomplete."—Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Timeshttp://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/19870506/REVIEWS/705060301/1023