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Go Tell the Spartans (DVD)

Ted Post (Director), Burt Lancaster (Actor), Craig Wasson (Actor) Rated:
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4.5 4.5 out of 5 stars 304 ratings
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Genre Drama, Military & War
Format NTSC, Color, Closed-captioned, Subtitled, Multiple Formats
Contributor Dennis Howard, Craig Wasson, Ted Post, Wendell Mayes, Burt Lancaster, Jonathon Goldsmith
Language English
Runtime 1 hour and 53 minutes
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Go Tell the Spartans (DVD)

Academy Award-winner Burt Lancaster delivers the finest performances of his illustrious career as a hard-boiled major in command of a grubby Vietnam outpost in this classic film of wartime confrontation. The war was still a "conflict" and American soldiers were merely "advisors," yet the ambushes, the betrayals and the brutality were all very real. While the riveting action concentrates on a single obscure incident, this excellent, understated and sharply intelligent film illuminates the vast landscape of an era.

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  • Aspect Ratio ‏ : ‎ 1.33:1
  • Is Discontinued By Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No
  • MPAA rating ‏ : ‎ R (Restricted)
  • Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.5 x 5.5 x 0.5 inches; 3.84 ounces
  • Item model number ‏ : ‎ 2221059
  • Director ‏ : ‎ Ted Post
  • Media Format ‏ : ‎ NTSC, Color, Closed-captioned, Subtitled, Multiple Formats
  • Run time ‏ : ‎ 1 hour and 53 minutes
  • Release date ‏ : ‎ May 30, 2006
  • Actors ‏ : ‎ Burt Lancaster, Craig Wasson, Jonathon Goldsmith, Dennis Howard
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo)
  • Studio ‏ : ‎ HBO Studios
  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0007TKNDI
  • Writers ‏ : ‎ Wendell Mayes
  • Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1
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David E. Baldwin
5.0 out of 5 stars A Compelling Piece of the Larger Picture That Was Vietnam
Reviewed in the United States on September 26, 2005
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I was too young to remember the Vietnam conflict firsthand so I do not have strong passions one way or the other. I do, however, hope that any portrayal of the war treat the men who fought there fairly and honorably. On this count "Go Tell the Spartans" does so. The setting of the film is in the rural outskirts of South Vietnam where a few American advisors are posted with a few ARVN regulars under their command. Their assignment is to protect a seemingly insignificant village outpost. It wouldn't seem that this would be a target of Vietcong activity but little in this war made sense conventionally. What the makers of this film are trying to convey is that this skirmish is a microcosm of the larger battle that was to come. They wait until the end of the picture to announce to powerful effect that it is 1964, the year prior to the escalation of the war. The battle of Muc Wa is a small piece of a big puzzle but it is a harbinger of the ominous things to come. Burt Lancaster is effectively worldweary as Major Barker, a man who fought honorably in two prior conflicts but has the foresight to see his current assignment as a sucker's deal. The largely unknown cast, both American and Asian, are effectively utilized here. Standouts are Craig Wasson as a soldier who idealistically volunteers for Vietnam only to have his illusions shattered and Jonathan Goldsmith as a sergeant whose been in Vietnam too long. The Vietnam conflict has produced many compelling films and "Go Tell the Spartans" can be honorably mentioned in this impressive canon of films.
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Jonathan Weller
5.0 out of 5 stars One of the very best war movies ever
Reviewed in the United States on June 2, 2013
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"Go Tell the Spartans" is a 1978 movie based on Daniel Ford's 1967 novel "Incident at Muc Wa." The movie is unique in the fact that it deals with the U.S. Advisory Command in Vietnam and not the full-blown war we are all used to. Finding anything about the Advisory Command is tough, and this movie delivers with great action and pleasure.

This movie to me is Burt Lancaster's best role ever. He absolutely nails the part of hard nosed, tough and rough Major Asa Barker. Marc Singer and Jonathan Goldsmith(the most interesting man in the world guy) also ass wonderful parts as well. The premise of the movie is U.S. Advisors training South Vietnamese troops to combat the communist North. This, as we all well know, didn't work out too well. The movie shows how we as Americans blindly think that everyone in the world is an American waiting to get out, but often times these people don't want us anywhere around them. The part of the movie where Cprl. Lincoln says, "these people could switch sides and never know any difference" sums the war up in a nutshell. The movie also mixes in some comedy, and this is what sets the movie apart from most other Nam movies of the era. Lancaster and Singer make me laugh several times throughout, but they never lead you too far away from the stuff happening in the field.

I served in the U.S. Army Airborne and am darned proud of it. I love history and watching war movies, and this is one of the, if not the best one available for my money.
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Glenn A. Buttkus
4.0 out of 5 stars Death of Illusion
Reviewed in the United States on August 20, 2007
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Based on the fine novel INCIDENT AT MUC WA by Daniel Ford, here is a gem of a war movie; full of insights, barbs, politics, exciting battle scenes, and caustic wit. Burt Lancaster played Maj. Asa Barker, a 30 year career officer, long ago adjusted to being assigned to "garbage details"--after a disastrous incident, a youthful and macho escapade, left him vulnerable and in need of being "punished" for the rest of his career. His terrific one-liners and anti-hero weariness initially created a kind of M.A.S.H. environment, whereby it seemed that all the foul-up in the U.S. Army was sent to his outfit. But in no time the film shifts its serio-comic aspects into a grim primer about the price of arrogance and ignorance strutting around in some else's country.

A young Marc Singer, fresh from his theatrical triumph as Petrucio at ACT San Francisco, played Capt. Olivetti -a very brash second-in-command who felt that "a little combat" put him on the fast track for career advancements. The delicious scene between him and Lancaster, as Maj. Barker explained why "after 30 years and a bucket of medals" he was still a major is priceless; a real high point to be added to Lancaster's lexicon of great scenes in great films.

Craig Wasson played Cpl.Courcey, a draftee who "volunteered for combat", who felt the need to reach out to the people, the villagers, until he was disastrously betrayed by his own naiveté -having to accept the fact that no one was trustworthy, not women or children. Jonathan Goldsmith, a very good actor who spent most of his career doing television roles, shined as Sgt. Oleonowski. For a time, his take-charge non-com saved everyone's bacon, until the terrible ghosts of his past and PTSD caught up with him and pulverized him emotionally first into lethargy and then into suicide. Goldsmith's character stole every scene he was in. We wanted to see more of this sergeant, and to let this character have more focus; like a shining story within a story. In just a few brief scenes it was obvious that his back story was very clear to this actor.

Dolph Sweet was Gen. Harnitz, who was determined that by God no Americans would ever face the humiliating defeats that the French had experienced. We watch as America's great mistakes in Southeast Asia were planted as seeds of hubris, underestimating the enemy, and attempting to fight a conventional war against guerillas -against an indigent population who had fought all their lives, first against the Japanese, then the Chinese, the French, and now the ugly Americans.

The movie was directed by Ted Post, a veteran TV director from the golden age of television who did not graduate to feature films until the 60's; but he never had the verve or style of say a Robert Altman, John Frankenheimer, or Sydney Pollack. His directing on GO TELL THE SPARTANS (1978) was a bit lackluster at best. Some of his earlier efforts included HANG `EM HIGH (1968), BENEATH THE PLANET OF THE APES (1970), and MAGNUM FORCE (1973). He did have a good but uninspired cinematographer, Harry Stradling Jr., and with a modest budget, a brilliant script, and a powerhouse cast, Ted Post gave use a very good military film that paved the way for other anti-war films to follow it. One of my favorites was HBO's A BRIGHT SHINING LIE (1998) with Bill Paxton.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Loved it
Reviewed in Canada on May 20, 2022
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Arrived fast. Enjoyed it. Rewatch it once in a while. Worth it.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Quality and service.
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Jim Kames
5.0 out of 5 stars The Vietnam War In The Beginning
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 6, 2015
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This to my mind is the best film made about the Vietnam conflict. It focuses on an incident which occurred in 1964 at the early part of American involvement but really mirrors the whole Vietnam war. It is supremely well acted down to the smallest character part and Burt Lancaster deserved an academy award. I have seen Apocalypse Now,The Deer Hunter and Platoon which were all fine movies but I believe Go Tell The Spartans surpasses them.
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Jean LE GOFF
4.0 out of 5 stars Un bon film de guerre sur le bourbier vietnamien de l'armée américaine
Reviewed in France on May 26, 2010
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En 1964, l'armée américaine assiste le sud Vietnam contre les incursions communistes du Nord. Les conseillers militaires américains commandent en réalité déjà les troupes et prennent part au combat.
Le major Barker (Burt Lancaster) dirige un poste. C'est un vétéran de toutes les guerres, la deuxième guerre mondiale et la guerre de Corée
Chargé de recevoir les nouvelles recrues avec le nonchalant capitaine Olivetti (Marc Singer), il voit débarquer toutes sortes d'hommes : un jeune lieutenant inexpérimenté mais croyant dur comme fer dans l'idéal américain, Hamilton, un sergent désabusé mais très expérimenté qu'il a eu ses ordres en Corée, Oléonovski (Jonathan Goldsmith), un jeune caporal, Courcey (Craig Wasson), un officier qui passe son temps à fabriquer des indices et des tableaux censés indiquer où se produiront les prochaines attaques de l'ennemi...

Ses supérieurs lui donnent l'ordre d'occuper un lieu-dit, Muc-Wa, un ancien poste français que ceux-ci ont abandonné il y a longtemps. Il y envoie sans se faire d'illusion le lieutenant Hamilton, auquel il conseille de s'en remettre au sergent Oléonovski, le caporal Courcey et une petite troupe hétéroclite de soldats sud vietnamien.

La troupe occupe Muc-Wa et les tableaux d'indices ne tardent pas à montrer que le poste est particulièrement exposé.

Sorti en 1978, Go Tell The Spartans est un film réaliste et critique sur la guerre du Vietnam. Contrairement à ce que pourrait laisser penser le titre an anglais, ce n'est pas un film engagé en faveur de la guerre du Vietnam.

Il montre que cette guerre ne peut pas être gagnée. Les Américains y sont montrés comme manquant de volonté de gagner. Cette guerre n'est pas vraiment la leur. Ils ont beaucoup de mal à comprendre et à admettre les méthodes des sud vietnamiens.
L'histoire y semble un éternel recommencement. La pancarte à l'entrée du cimetière français « Allez dire aux spartiates que nous sommes morts ici pour défendre leurs lois » se réfère à un combat qui leur semble bien loin et étranger. La guerre ne laisse pas de place aux bons sentiments. Elle est sans pitié pour les soldats manquant d'expérience mais n'épargne pas non plus les plus rodés.

Pour Tavernier et Coursaudon (50 ans de cinéma américain), « Go Tell The Spartans est l'un des meilleurs films consacrés à la guerre du Viêt-Nam, sorti malheureusement à l'époque où le sujet n'était pas redevenu à la mode et passa inaperçu. Un très remarquable scénario de Wendell Mayes écrit plus de six ans auparavant décrit minutieusement l'embourbement mental et physique de soldats qui ne parviennent à comprendre ni l'ennemi, ni la civilisation qui les entourent.» Pour eux, c'est « l'un des rares films américains qui essaye de décrire le caractère spécifique de cette guerre, l'incompréhension entre les américains et leurs alliés, l'inadaptation de l'Etat-major, le sentiment de l'échec irrémédiable. L'amertume du ton, le refus de s'abriter derrière des positions Idéologiques confortables, libérales ou nationalistes. La manière de filmer la violence et la mort renvoient dans un autre genre à Ulzana's raid d'Aldrich. La présence de Burt Lancaster, témoin lucide et désespéré, augmente les rapports entre les deux aeuvres, toutes deux à redécouvrir.

Il s'agit en tout cas d'un bon film de guerre, réaliste et intelligent et de l'un des meilleurs films de Ted Post, l'un des réalisateurs préférés de Clint Eastwood.

Le DVD disponible et commenté ici est uniquement en anglais, sans aucun sous-titre même anglais. Les dialogues sont parfois un peu difficiles à comprendre, même si le contexte permet de deviner facilement le sens du texte.
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Major Mike
4.0 out of 5 stars Vietnam small-unit actioner depicts the early days
Reviewed in Canada on March 4, 2015
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This is a low-budget but well-done Vietnam war movie with a twist: it is set back around 1963/64, BEFORE the US military began its massive deployment and combat activities so often depicted in everything from "We Were Soldiers" to "Hamburger Hill" and "Platoon". Instead, we're in the "advisor" phase of the American involvement, and most of the soldiers here are ill-trained South Vietnamese village militia (not even the regular ARVN army) who are assigned -- under the guidance of a handful of US Army advisors, led by major Burt Lancaster, to re-establish and hold a previously abandoned outpost. A taut and fairly realistic yarn that doesn't end well for the "good guys".
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