Synopsis
In our time, no foreign army has ever occupied American soil. Until now.
It is the dawn of World War III. In mid-western America, a group of teenagers band together to defend their town—and their country—from invading Soviet forces.
Red Dawn
Cast
Patrick Swayze Charlie Sheen C. Thomas Howell Lea Thompson Darren Dalton Jennifer Grey Powers Boothe Brad Savage Ben Johnson Harry Dean Stanton William Smith Ron O'Neal Vladek Sheybal Frank McRae Lane Smith Roy Jenson Pepe Serna Radames Pera Judd Omen Zitto Kazann Doug Toby Michael D'Agosta Johelen Carleton George Ganchev Waldemar Kalinowski Sam Slovick Lois Kimbrell Elan Oberon Harley Christensen Show All…
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Terry Leonard Chris Howell Jimmy Medearis Glenn Randall Jr. Larry Randles Tom Elliott Cindy Folkerson Bob Lockrow Buddy Edmondson Frank James Sparks Kenny Call Jeff Ramsey Kerry Rossall Mike H. McGaughy Terry Jackson Ben Scott John-Clay Scott Clifford Happy Ross Reynolds Soren Jensen Thomas Rosales Jr.
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Joe Kenworthy Bub Asman Fred J. Brown Michele Sharp Michael J. Kohut Carlos Delarios Aaron Rochin Alex Bamattre
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Alternative Titles
Red Dawn (1984), RED DAWN 1984, wakaki yuusya tachi, سحرگاه سرخ, Amanecer rojo, Η Κόκκινη Αυγή, Die rote Flut, Alba rossa, L'Aube rouge, Röd Gryning, Amanhecer Violento, Rudý úsvit, Красный рассвет, 若き勇者たち, 天狐入侵, Vörös hajnal, Invazia roșie, Blodrødt Daggry, שחר אדום, Червоний світанок, Kızıl Şafak, Czerwony świt, Червена зора, 젊은 용사들, Crvena zora, Aurora roja, Bình Minh Đỏ, เรด ดอว์น อรุณเดือด
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Theatrical
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USAPG-13
09 Nov 1984
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UK15
07 Dec 1984
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Ireland18
15 Dec 1984
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Japan
20 Dec 1984
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Netherlands12
21 Dec 1984
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Germany18
24 Dec 1984
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Greece15
09 Jan 1985
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France
Digital
25 Jul 2019
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France
Physical
19 Sep 1992
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USAPG-13
07 Jun 2006
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France
07 Nov 2012
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Netherlands12
04 Dec 2013
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France
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Netherlands12
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13 Mar 2009
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Netherlands12
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France
09 Jan 1985
- Theatrical
07 Jun 2006
- Physical DVD
04 Dec 2013
- Physical Blu-Ray
25 Jul 2019
- Digital VOD
Germany
21 Dec 1984
- Theatrical18
Greece
24 Dec 1984
- Theatrical15
Ireland
07 Dec 1984
- Theatrical18
Japan
15 Dec 1984
- Theatrical
Netherlands
20 Dec 1984
- Theatrical12
13 Mar 2009
- TV12 SBS 6
07 Nov 2012
- Physical12 Blu ray
04 Dec 2013
- Physical12 DVD
UK
09 Nov 1984
- Theatrical15
USA
10 Aug 1984
- TheatricalPG-13
19 Sep 1992
- PhysicalPG-13 MGM/UA Home Video #M800499 [𝐕𝐇𝐒📼] 𝟭𝟭𝟰 mínutєѕ
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My friend’s dad was a cop and after hearing me say communism “works in theory!” made me watch this in their basement. After the movie ended he was like “I didn’t remember that movie being so bad” and I was like “I mean it wasn’t awful” and so nobody really learned anything.
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A touchstone in 80s propaganda. Has to be seen to actually believe. The longer this film ages the more alienating and absurd yet profound it becomes. A spectacle like few I've seen, experiencing Red Dawn can only enlighten future generations at this point. "Aveeeenge me!"
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I've only watched the first 10 minutes of this so far and I am already planning on kicking my older brother in the balls the next time I see him for not putting this into my hands 25 years ago when he should have been doing his goddamned job of being an older brother.
Paratrooper Russians, Charlie Sheen, Patrick Swayze? I've died and gone to white trash heaven.
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John Milius takes an apparently tragic, anti-war Lord of Flies-esque script about a bunch of boys who become a warmongering, bloodthirsty army of guerilla warfare killers in the face of WWIII by Kevin Reynolds (that he I guess intended as like the kid version of The Deer Hunter or something?), and teams up with a writer's room that included a US Army general/Nixon & Reagan Chief of Staff, a conservative think tank, and Herman Kahn (the inspiration of Dr. Strangelove!) to turn it into expensive PG summer action trash propaganda more about how them becoming soldiers is actually sort of good. They even left in the detail that most of them die but instead of making that ugly and awful, it's…
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the melancholy of resistance. a near-century of anti-communist propaganda, duck-and-cover, better-dead-than-red, and the children are expected to carry the burden of the front-line? all the rah-rah bullshit american 80s action bombast, all the copious gunfire and explosions, all-out guerilla war against a cardboard opponent, all of that so you can be forgotten, your name chiseled on a monument that no one bothers to see -- every war has an end, and that means every warrior is sooner or later equalized with everything they fought against, guns and blades dissolved in the mists of time -- what's the difference between the invader and the invaded? one lives here and the other doesn't -- the inherent stupidity of all human conflict lies…
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The last few years have felt like living in the opening credits of “Red Dawn.”
Ominous music with orange bullet point text precedes the first shot of the film:
"Soviet Union suffers worst wheat harvest in 55 years. Labor and food riots in Poland. Soviet troops invade. Cuba and Nicaragua reach troop strength goals of 500,000. …..NATO dissolves. United States stands alone".
The prologue might as well function as a sort of fairytale ‘Once Upon a Time’ for director and screenwriter John Milius, the reactionary wunderkind of the same school of filmmakers that included Spielberg, Lucas, and Coppola. Where his contemporaries created fictions of gentle aliens, space samurais, and gentlemen gangsters, Milius was busy making mythic versions of American exceptionalism…
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Me? Liking a piece of propaganda that I disagree with on almost every level? More likely than you’d think.
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i mean not only is it incredibly stupid propaganda it's also just very boring. the action is not interesting to watch and the movie is 2 hours long for no good reason. big thumbs down from me. the opening scene with the parachutes was cool as hell though. i think the movie would have been better if it all took place on that first day instead of being like lets have a bunch of kids hanging out in the mountains for an hour and 50 minutes
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I finally decided to check out the original Red Dawn.
In 2012 when the remake came out I honestly didn’t hate it I also had no idea there was an original Red Dawn until a few years ago… my bad.
But holy shit was this better by miles…
Outstanding cast, beautiful chemistry and a story that is far better than the remake. I mean the score was amazing same with cinematography. Overall I’m very impressed and it’s another one of those movies I wish I had seen way sooner.
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