Tigerland
The system wanted them to become soldiers. One soldier just wanted to be human.
Country
Production
Budget
$10 000 000
Box office
$148 701
Director
Actors
Scenario
Ross Klavan, Michael McGruther
Producer
Arnon Milchan, Steven Haft, Beau Flynn
Camera operator
Composer
Nathan Larson
Artist
Andrew Laws
Audition
Editing
Mark Stevens
Whole Team (20)
Whole Team (20)
Short description
A group of recruits go through Advanced Infantry Training at Fort Polk, Louisiana's infamous Tigerland, last stop before Vietnam for tens of thousands of young men in 1971.
What's left behind the scenes
- The expletive 'fuck' was uttered a total of 276 times in 98 minutes of screen time – approximately three times per minute.
- The film was shot on 16mm film to make the image grainy, reminiscent of documentary footage.
- The film was shown in only five cinemas.
- "Tigerland" was the name of training camps where American soldiers prepared for combat operations in Southeast Asia.
- The book Boz reads at the beginning of the film is Dalton Trumbo's well-known anti-war novel, 'Johnny Got His Gun,' about a disfigured veteran of World War I.
- During filming, the actors had no trailers, hairdressers, chairs, or any of the typical comforts found on any film set.
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