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The 317th Platoon
Why this pick
Its exhausted jungle patrols, sparse combat, and sense of men enduring weather, waiting, and sudden danger closely echo the unsensational field-level realism of The Odd Angry Shot.
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MOVIE1979 1h 32m AUS
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Why this pick
It shares the mud, exhaustion, patrol tension, and fractured comradeship of a unit in Vietnam, though with a more intense moral and emotional temperature.
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
Bill, a young new recruit in the Australian Special Air Service, arrives for his year-long tour of duty in Vietnam. Other members of his section include Harry, the section's Corporal and the oldest and most worldly-wise of the group, along with Bung, Rogers, Dawson and Scott. The close-knit group cope with their circumstances with a mixture of humour, cheek, practical jokes and copious quantities of beer. Harry has an ongoing verbal feud with the squadron cook over the questionable quality of the food. During the first weeks of their stay in Vietnam, their biggest enemies are mud, boredom, tinea and the never-ending torrential rains. However the real war strikes suddenly one night when an enemy mortar barrage hits their camp, causing a number of casualties. The section's first operation takes place shortly afterwards; a short sharp engagement in the dense jungle, which leaves Scott mortally wounded and one wounded Viet Cong who escapes. This encounter sets the tone for the remainder of their tour. Long, exhausting patrols which are periodically interrupted by short savage encounters with either the enemy, mines or booby-traps.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Graham Kennedy
Harry
John Hargreaves
Bung
John Jarratt
Bill
Bryan Brown
Rogers