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    Gardens of Stone Director: Francis Ford Coppola Cast: James Caan, Anjelica Huston, James Earl Jones, D.B. Sweeney

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    • DVD Release Date: 06/25/2002
    • Original Release: 1987
    • Rating: Rated R
    • Sales Rank: 10,735

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    Set in Washington D.C. during the Vietnam War era, Gardens of Stone concentrates on the trials and tribulations of the Arlington National Cemetery home guard. James Caan plays career soldier Sgt. Clell Hazard, who has come to the sad conclusion that Vietnam is unwinnable and that America should withdraw as soon as possible. His attitude is contrasted to that held by Private Jackie Willow (D.B. Sweeney), who wants nothing more in life than to go into battle for his country. Though Hazard cannot officially dissuade Willow from this yearning, he pulls a few surreptitious strings to change the lad's mind, including encouraging a renewed romance between Jackie and his former girlfriend Rachel (Mary Stuart Masterton). After so many big-budgeters, Coppola determined that Gardens would be a deliberately "small" picture, concentrating on personalities rather than opulence; the director's father, Carmine Coppola, supplied the music, while Peter Masterton and Carlyn Glynn, the real-life parents of Mary Stuart Masterton, play Mary's on-screen dad and mom. Gardens of Stone was adapted by Ronald Bass from the novel by Nicholas Proffitt. Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

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    October 29, 2005: This movie is unusual in that it is not a combat thriller but a very poignant look at the way the Vietnam war affected the stateside soldiers and those they loved. Objectively apolitical in nature, it embraces both the stark contrasting viewpoints of the hawks and doves so noted by history but also the infinite shades of grey that represented the soldiers' own sentiments towards the war. Emotions run the entire gambit in this movie that I consider a classic in its own right.

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    February 09, 2003: This movie was one that I saw before joining the military. The same movie that taught me quite a bit about leadership and helped me understand what true ''leadership'' consisted of. Gardens of Stone unleashed a myriad of thought processes to include civilians, anti-war activist, military men that were stationed stateside, and with grave finality what is was for all of them to lose a friend and/or a family member. Watch this movie with someone you truly care about, a hankerchief, and your American Flag as we move toward another conflict that may bring sorrow to a divided nation.