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Tribes

  • 1970
  • G
  • 1h 30m
IMDb RATING
7.3/10
952
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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
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • 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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    8bkoganbing

    What was that Marine recruit spotter thinking?

    Just to get it accurate I found out back in the day that the US Marines actually did take draftees during part of Vietnam at least. Apparently they would send recruiters to army induction centers like Whitehall Street in New York City and at big places like that would select four or five and say you lucky ones are part of the Marines as opposed to the army. Around the time I was doing my basic training at Fort Polk, Louisiana, Tribes was popular, so popular this made for TV film actually got a theatrical release.

    I was not the most military of trainees, but I was Sergeant York next to Jan-Michael Vincent. I have to ask myself what was that Marine Corps spotter thinking when he picked him? There he was with that adorable long blond hair and that unforgivable fashion faux pas socks and sandals, looking every inch like he belonged at Woodstock.

    I'd have had the same reaction that gunnery sergeant Darren McGavin did, someone is playing a joke on me. But it's for real and Vincent with his meditation, his yoga starts undermining the whole platoon except for a few gung ho recruits. He drives McGavin batty, but he intrigues him nevertheless. Neither can understand what makes the other tick.

    The one Jan-Michael really drives nuts is the sergeant just above him in rank Earl Holliman. He's got special plans for this hippie freak that McGavin thinks are not appropriate.

    The draft is gone now and the Marines probably for their own good as an elite fighting force dropped it on their own years earlier. It was a Vietnam experiment that could really go wrong if a Jan-Michael Vincent got in the mix in a few places.

    Vincent, McGavin, and Holliman and the rest do some of their best work in Tribes. One of the best made for TV movies ever done.
    cineman777

    mind over matter

    I saw this movie when it came out 35 years ago (has it really been that long?). Most memorable scene was the one in which free spirit hippie Jan-Michael Vincent was forced to hold up two full buckets of water (one in each hand) shoulder high as punishment by taskmaster Darrin McGavin. Vincent turned the tables by meditating on a carefree afternoon spent frolicking on a sun-dappled hillside with a comely young miss. His blissed-out state enabled him to maintain the buckets aloft indefinitely. This naturally drove the by-the-book McGavin to distraction. Enjoyed the culture clash theme. Exemplary writing, directing, and especially acting (McGavin superb as the grizzled DI, and Vincent at his charismatic best).
    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).
    10furbishlousewort

    great movie

    I saw this when I was 14 in 1970 and it had a big impact on me. Everything about it was excellent. Special kudos to Vincent for insisting they shave his actual hair for realism. (I read about that in one of the teen magazines of the time, lol)

    Anyone interested in the late 60s early 70s "hippie" movement should watch this, and anyone who wonders about the military's methods of transforming ordinary citizens into military personnel. As other reviewers have noted, this film doesn't take sides, but presents a sympathetic view to both the DI and the drafted hippie, and protrays them both as willing and able to see other points of view. A good film for parents to watch with teens; it will lead to interesting discussions.
    mml-5

    It's us against them

    I haven't seen this since my first viewing in 1970 but I remember the reactions of my peers ( I was 16) very well. We thought it was great! It was wonderful to see "one of our own" succeed against the military that threatened all of us at that time. It may be hard to understand today, but in those times of the draft, the Kent State shootings, and the war in Viet Nam, those of us with long hair or alternative views took pleasure in seeing those reflected in the popular media of the day which was anything but "alternative".

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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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    • Soundtracks
      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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