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This film follows five Marines from boot camp to a tour of duty in the Vietnam War in 1968. Disheartened by futile combat, corruption, and incompetence, the five seek a way out. They are told that if they can defeat a rival soccer team, they can spend the rest of their tour playing exhibition games behind the lines. 1978 Brothers: Jim Sheridan
The movie is based on the recollections of U.S. Marine Lt. Col Michael Strobl, a real person, who accompanied the remains of Lance Corporal Chance Phelps, a Marine fatally wounded by gunfire near Baghdad during the Iraq War, from Dover Air Force Base to Dubois, Wyoming in April 2004. He attended both Phelps's funeral and his memorial service ...
On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 85% of 162 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 7/10.The website's consensus reads: "Nyad is an uplifting sports biopic strictly on the merits of its story, but it's the outstanding performances from Annette Bening and Jodie Foster that really keep this picture afloat."
The Inspection is a 2022 American drama film written and directed by Elegance Bratton.Inspired by Bratton's real-life experiences, the film follows a young gay black man who defiantly endures brutal training at a Marine Corps boot camp, seeking approval from his homophobic mother.
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And so they [the Marines] let me go to the boot camp," said Williams. Katt Williams at a film premiere in Los Angeles in 2017. / Credit: Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP
The recruits came at a trot down the Boulevard de France at the storied Marine Corps boot camp at Parris Island, S.C., shouting cadence from their precise parade ranks. Parents gathered on the sidewalks pressed forward, brandishing cameras and flags, yelling the names of the sons and daughters they hadn’t seen in three months.
Jon Gosselin has been in contact with his son Collin Gosselin after the teenager enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps earlier this year. “I got some letters from him from boot camp, from Parris ...