The rules of the dogfight were simple. Everyone puts in fifty bucks. The guy with the ugliest "date" wins.
In the fall of 1963, Eddie Birdlace is an 18-year-old Marine Corps volunteer who is about to ship out with three of his buddies for a tour of duty in Vietnam. Planning a massive blowout for their last night in San Francisco, Eddie, his buddies, and a number of other Marines set up a contest they call a "dogfight”.
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Classical in form, nostalgic, grave and earnest.
- classical in formformally daring
- contemporarynostalgic
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- intimateepic
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Cast
- River PhoenixEddie Birdlace
- Lili TaylorRose Fenny
- Richard PanebiancoBerzin
- Anthony ClarkOakie
- Mitchell WhitfieldBenjamin
- Holly NearRose Sr.
- E. G. DailyMarcie
- Sue MoralesRuth Two Bears
- Christina MastinLinda
- Christopher ShawDonavin
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- Nancy SavocaDirector
- Bob ComfortScreenplay
- Bobby BukowskiDirector of Photography
- John TintoriEditor
- Peter NewmanProducer
- Richard GuayProducer
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