Au coeur de l'enfer

Original title: Purple Hearts

1984
R
1h 56m

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5.7/10

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Cheryl Ladd and Ken Wahl in Au coeur de l'enfer (1984)

In middle of the Vietnam War, a Navy surgeon and a nurse fall in love. Their affection for one another provides a striking contrast to the violence of warfare.

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In middle of the Vietnam War, a Navy surgeon and a nurse fall in love. Their affection for one another provides a striking contrast to the violence of warfare.In middle of the Vietnam War, a Navy surgeon and a nurse fall in love. Their affection for one another provides a striking contrast to the violence of warfare.In middle of the Vietnam War, a Navy surgeon and a nurse fall in love. Their affection for one another provides a striking contrast to the violence of warfare.

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IMDb RATING

5.7/10

1.1K

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Jill
(as Hillary Bailey)

R. Lee Ermey

Gunny
(as Lee Ermey)

Drew Snyder

Lt. Col. Larimore

Lane Smith

Cmdr. Markel

James Whitmore Jr.

Bwana

Kevin Alyn Elders

CIA Driver
(as Kevin Elders)

Janie Squire

Nurse
(as Sydney Squire)

David Brass

Lt. Grayson
(as David Bass)

Bruce Guichard

Jackson
(as Bruce Guilchard)

Rod Birch

1st Patient

Joel Escamilla

2nd Patient

Director
- Sidney J. Furie
Writers
- Rick Natkin
- Sidney J. Furie
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Trivia
The picture opens with a dedication to the 347,304 Purple Heart recipients from the Vietnam War.

"This film is dedicated to the 347,309 Americans who received the Purple Heart awarded for wounds suffered in the Vietnam Conflict."

Goofs
Conover, the door gunner on the Army Huey with Doc Jardian, was wearing a unit patch for the 173rd Airborne Brigade (Army), but was mentioned posthumously as "Lance Corporal Conover". Lance Corporal is a Marine (USMC) rank, not an Army rank.

Quotes
Zuma: Are you going to eat that rice?
Don Jardian: I had to kill a man to get this rice.
Zuma: Yeah, and the whole fucking valley heard you do it, too.

Crazy credits
This film is dedicated to the 347,309 Americans who received the Purple Heart awarded for wounds suffered in the Vietnam Conflict

Connections
Featured in At the Movies: Sixteen Candles/The Bounty/Alphabet City/Purple Hearts (1984)

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8/10

A good war movie to watch with a girl

One of the best and least known post Vietnam War movies. Wahl and Ladd are great, and it has a great supporting cast. I love Cyril O'Reilly in this movie, as the Special Operations, semi-psycho Zuma, and he has some of the best lines. He makes a great juxtaposition to Wahl's character.

It's amazing how good the filming of the battle scenes are. Much better than a lot of really high budget war films. And, again the supporting cast is absolutely golden (I mean, it's got R. Lee Ermey in it, before he was in Full Metal Jacket, and just as good). Stephen Lee is great, too, and I became a fan of his and Cyril O'Reilly's just from watching this movie.

And, the writing, and the story is almost perfect. A war movie that you can watch with your girl and you will both enjoy it.