The Walking Dead (1995 film)
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The Walking Dead | |
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Starring | |
Cinematography | John L. Demps Jr. |
Edited by | Don Brochu William C. Carruth |
Music by | Gary Chang |
Distributed by | Savoy Pictures |
Release date | February 24, 1995 |
Running time | 88 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Box office | $6,014,341 |
The Walking Dead is a 1995 war film written and directed by Preston A. Whitmore II and starring Allen Payne, Joe Morton and Eddie Griffin. The film depicts the lives of five Marines who are all assigned to rescue a group of POW during the Vietnam War in 1972. It opened to poor reviews and low box office receipts. Previews billed it as "the black experience in Vietnam".
The box-office gross was over $6,000,000.00.[1]
Plot
In 1972
The group then recollect about each of their individual reasons for joining the Marines. Sgt Barkley was a preacher at a church until he came home to his bedroom seeing his wife in bed having sex with another man, Barkley shoots and kills the man and catches the train out of town. Hoover works for a meat packing place until he got fired for stealing meat. Cole tries to rent an apartment, but he is turned down by the real estate agent, because of his race. Brooks tells his girlfriend that he's joining the Marine Corps to be like his grandfather, Pippins was working for Ray until he is killed by gangsters and chased into the military enlistment line without getting caught. While Cole and Barkley go ahead to survey the area, Hoover and Brooks smoke cannabis and talk about Brooks' girlfriend, who just dumped him via the mail. During their break, Pippins escapes and takes Brooks' pistol. The four men regroup and head out without Pippins. When they reach the camp, they discover a deranged Pippins holding a Vietnamese woman hostage. After killing the woman in front of them, Pippis turns on them with a gun and is killed by Sgt. Barkley. After seeing the camp is empty, the men realize they are expendable decoys. They radio in and are informed that the Marines cleared the POW camp four hours earlier, and that they have 20 minutes to reach their pickup point before the entire area is bombed. As the men go to leave bombs begin dropping on them. They escape the bombardment and head through the jungle to the landing zone, but are ambushed by more NVA soldiers. Brooks is killed, and Cole and Barkley wounded. Hoover goes back and rescues Barkley and the three men are evacuated by helicopter. During an epilogue, we are told that Cole became a career Marine who retired after 20 years of service, Sgt. Barkley took a job counseling troubled teens in Georgia, and Hoover went back home, married his girlfriend and opened up his own business.
Cast
- Allen Payne as Cole Evans
- Eddie Griffin as Pvt. Hoover Brache
- Joe Morton as SSgt. Barkley
- Vonte Sweet as PFC. Joe Brooks
- Roger Floyd as Cpl. Pippins
- Bernie Mac as Ray
- Ion Overman as Shirley Evans
- Kyley Jackman as Sandra Evans
- Jean-Claude La Marre as Pvt. Earl Anderson (as Jean LaMarre)
- Lena Sang as Barbra Jean
- Wendy Raquel Robinson as Celeste
- Dana Point as Edna
- Doil Williams as Harold
- Damon Jones as 2nd Lt. Duffy
- Kevin Jackson as Deuce
Soundtrack
The Walking Dead | |
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Motown Records | |
Producer | Various artists |
Singles from The Walking Dead soundtrack | |
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Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
Allmusic | [3] |
The soundtrack album for the film was released on March 7, 1995, by
Track listing
- "How I Wish"- 4:49 (Queen Latifah)
- "Smiling Faces Sometimes"- 3:13 (The Undisputed Truth)
- "What's Going On"- 3:52 (Marvin Gaye)
- "Ooo Baby Baby"- 2:43 (The Miracles)
- "The Tracks of My Tears"- 3:01 (The Miracles)
- "Cloud Nine"- 3:36 (The Temptations)
- "Get Ready"- 2:47 (Rare Earth)
- "I Heard It Through the Grapevine"- 5:53 (Marvin Gaye)
- "War"- 3:26 (Edwin Starr)
- "Among the Walking Dead"- 3:39 (Scarface)
- "Conflict"- 4:33 (Whitehead Bros. ft. Queen Latifah and Big Rube)
References
- ^ The Walking Dead – Box Office Mojo, checked on January 5th, 2011
- ^ Viet Nam Generation, Inc. (1966). "Glossary of Military Terms & Slang from the Vietnam War D-J". The 60's Project. Retrieved 2011-11-16.
- ^ https://www.allmusic.com/album/r209962