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Tribes

  • 1970
  • G
  • 1h 30m
IMDb RATING
7.3/10
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Tribes (1970)
Drama

Marine Corps drill instructor Tom Drake, who is disgusted by the fact that the Corps now accepts draftees, is pitted against drafted, iconoclastic hippie Adrian who refuses to accept the mil... Read allMarine Corps drill instructor Tom Drake, who is disgusted by the fact that the Corps now accepts draftees, is pitted against drafted, iconoclastic hippie Adrian who refuses to accept the military's way of doing things.Marine Corps drill instructor Tom Drake, who is disgusted by the fact that the Corps now accepts draftees, is pitted against drafted, iconoclastic hippie Adrian who refuses to accept the military's way of doing things.

  • Director
    • Joseph Sargent
  • Writers
    • Tracy Keenan Wynn
    • Marvin Schwartz
  • Stars
    • Darren McGavin
    • Earl Holliman
    • Jan-Michael Vincent
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.3/10
    952
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Joseph Sargent
    • Writers
      • Tracy Keenan Wynn
      • Marvin Schwartz
    • Stars
      • Darren McGavin
      • Earl Holliman
      • Jan-Michael Vincent
    • 35User reviews
    • 8Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Won 3 Primetime Emmys
      • 3 wins & 2 nominations total

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    Darren McGavin
    Darren McGavin
    • Drake
    Earl Holliman
    Earl Holliman
    • DePayster
    Jan-Michael Vincent
    Jan-Michael Vincent
    • Adrian
    John Gruber
    • Quentin
    Danny Goldman
    Danny Goldman
    • Sidney
    Richard Yniguez
    Richard Yniguez
    • Sanchez
    Antone Curtis
    • Marcellus
    Peter Hooten
    Peter Hooten
    • Scrunch
    David Buchanan
    • Armstrong
    Ric Weaver
    • Morton
    • (as Rick Weaver)
    Harry Carter
    Harry Carter
    • Passerby Outside Bus Depot
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Joseph Sargent
    • Writers
      • Tracy Keenan Wynn
      • Marvin Schwartz
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    User reviews35

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    8danmcn61

    Very good portrayal of boot camp

    As an ex-Marine, I was keenly interested in seeing this movie of the week rerun when it aired, I think at 2 am, but what the heck I was on night shift anyway.

    First off, I liked it, I really liked it and not because it "took sides" because frankly I don't think it did. A VERY young Jan-Michael Vincent played the part of a spacy draftee quite well and Darren McGavin was his usual excellent self. Parts of the film were filmed at MCRD (Marine Corps Recruit Depot) in San Diego, with real recruits going through drill training on the grinder. Even though it was filmed at the height of the Vietnam war, politics was left out of the film, but they did manage to show the conflict between the hippie and the more conventional recruits.

    The best performance though was from Earl Holliman in my opinion. He played the hard-ass DI to the hilt and provided the strongest contrast to the hippie's live-and-let-live anarchy, even stronger than McGavin's character.

    The movie didn't offer answers, nor did it preach about who was right and who wasn't (maybe that was the point anyway, nobody is really 100% "right" in any conflict).
    9Bejtlich

    Enjoyable twist on military basic training movie

    I am an Air Force officer. I appreciated this movie's adherence to depicting basic training in a fairly accurate light. Placed in the context of early 1970's America, "Tribes" strikes a realistic balance between "hippie culture" and military regimentation. I partly expected the movie to take a sappy turn, whereby the entire platoon converted to flower-power and refused to fight. Thankfully, the ending is far more original, although saddening.

    Jan-Michael Vincent acted superbly. Besides the classic 1980s Airwolf TV series, I was never really impressed by his acting ability, until now. Darren McGavin of "The Christmas Story" fame was excellent also, and the two interacted well on screen.

    This movie is a fun Saturday afternoon commentary on the tension between the desensitization of military training and the desire to preserve individual values. I voted a 9 out of 10.

    Richard Bejtlich
    10chris-636

    An excellent TV film

    I was a mere 12 years old when I first viewed this film back in 1970 and I loved it. It now reminds me of a future "Full Metal Jacket" without the profanity and violence that that film carried some 17 years later. All the performers, Vincent, McGavin and Holliman were simply all superb. Being a retired military man now, I can highly appreciate military films and "Tribes" will always be amongst those that stand out. This was one truly superb film and I highly recommend it. Although Vincent went on to become a big star in major motion pictures and the TV series "Airwolf", it was shameful that his career was cut short due to his addiction to drugs and alcohol. Nevertheless, this film will always be a memorable one for me indeed. It would be interesting to have this film come out on DVD with comments from all three leading actors and the director.
    10Skragg

    Very, very well-done

    I gave it a 10, not because it's perfect, but I'm pretty prejudiced about it. "Tribes" is really part of a long tradition in the movies (the misfit becomes a model soldier because of the tough but decent sergeant), but of course it plays around with all the rules - in the first place, you're practically certain that the misfit WON'T be influenced all that much (or that he SHOULD BE), and in the second place, HE begins to influence the SERGEANT! Against his will, of course ("It's not my drawing!"). In spite of being made in 1970, it's far from being strictly a Vietnam-oriented movie. And it's even more than a "hippie vs. the Establishment" movie (though those are fine with me), but a lot more general (I've heard that it was endorsed by the Marine Corps, I guess because it they considered it pretty "balanced".) I don't know much about meditation, but one of the best scenes in this film has Private Adrian describing it to the other recruits, while they listen with "rapt attention", including Scrunch Gordon, the "jock" who hated him at first. Which is another thing - it does without genuine stereotypes, except for Earl Holliman's DePayster, who's nice enough in other scenes, but becomes an over-the-top redneck at the sight of Adrian. (And Holliman is completely entertaining doing those scenes.) Of course, it does have "stock characters", ones that work - like John Gruber as the tragic character, Danny Goldman as the completely comical one. (According to this listing, Bud Cort was in it, though I've never recognized him.) As far as the completely funny scenes, Darrin McGavin is really great in them, giving almost an Oliver Hardy kind of look sometimes (a little like his wonderful character in "A Christmas Story"). And he's never less than great in the other scenes (he and Vincent seemed to work perfectly together). And Jan-Michael Vincent is completely believable as Adrian (because of that, I've always "typecast" him as that kind of character, even though I've hardly ever SEEN him play a similar one).
    8tiwannae

    A well-written and performed counter-culture-conflict film.

    I am usually not a fan of war films or war-themed films, but this one was reely (I meant the spelling) good. It was a fine character study of opposites, with Darren McGavin and Jan-Michael Vincent in stand-out performances. One day I have to try the meditation tricks that Vincent's character uses to mentally take himself away from the unpleasantries he had to deal with at the boot camp.

    On the note of the cast, can someone tell me where is Bud Cort in this film? He's listed as a 'draftee nerd,' but I don't see him. I am wondering if he has been mistaken for Danny Goldman, who was in a lot of Bud's early films ("M*A*S*H" and "The Strawberry Statement" come to mind), and if you didn't look well enough, could have been mistaken for him. (I made that mistake regarding one dramatic scene that takes place in the men's room at the barracks. I had to watch it twice to correct myself that it wasn't Bud Cort).

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    • Trivia
      Ironically, Darren McGavin was of draft age but medically disqualified for military service during World War II, while Jan-Michael Vincent had been in the Army National Guard or Army Reserve for several years at the time of filming.
    • Goofs
      The rifles used by the platoon to which Pvt. Adrian belongs are actually M1 Garands which had been cosmetically modified to attempt to make them look like the M14 rifles in use at that time.
    • Quotes

      DePayster: You hear about those boys in 'Nam, smokin' marijuana? Any of my boys do that, I'll kill 'em!

      Drake: What? What are you talking about, you don't have any "boys."

      DePayster: Aw, I'll kill 'em anyway.

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      Tribes
      Words and Music by Marty Cooper

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    • Release date
      • November 10, 1970 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • The Tribe
    • Filming locations
      • Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, San Diego, California, USA
    • Production companies
      • Marvin Schwartz Productions
      • 20th Century Fox Television
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    • Runtime
      • 1h 30m(90 min)
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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