Southern Comfort (1981 film)
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| Directed by | Walter Hill |
| Produced by | David Giler |
| Written by |
Michael Kane Walter Hill David Giler |
| Starring |
Keith Carradine Powers Boothe Fred Ward T. K. Carter Franklyn Seales |
| Music by | Ry Cooder |
| Cinematography | Andrew Laszlo |
| Edited by | Freeman A. Davies |
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Cinema Group Ventures
Phoenix (II) |
| Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
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105 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $7.6 million |
| Box office | 262,625 admissions (France) |
Southern Comfort is a 1981 American action/thriller film directed by Walter Hill and written by Michael Kane, and Hill and his longtime collaborator David Giler. It stars Keith Carradine, Powers Boothe, Fred Ward, T. K. Carter, Franklyn Seales, and Peter Coyote. The film, set in 1973, features a Louisiana Army National Guard squad of nine on weekend maneuvers in rural bayou country as they antagonize some local Cajun people and become hunted.
A squad of nine Louisiana National Guard soldiers convene in a local bayou for weekend maneuvers. New to the squad is Corporal Hardin (Boothe), a cynical transfer from the Texas National Guard. He soon becomes disgusted with the arrogant behavior and attitudes of the men. A happily-married engineer in his civilian life, Hardin wants no part of a date with prostitutes which PFC Spencer (Carradine) has arranged for himself and their squad-mates. Nevertheless, he hits it off with the amiable Spencer; both find themselves to be the most level-headed soldiers in their squad.
The nine soldiers set out on patrol and soon get lost in the swamp. They come across a seemingly-abandoned campsite with several pirogues. To continue onward, the NGs will need the pirogues; otherwise, they will need to turn back. The squad's leader, Staff Sergeant Poole (Peter Coyote), orders the soldiers into three of the pirogues. As they set out and ride across the bayou, a group of Cajun hunter-trappers return and yell at the soldiers for having taken their pirogues. In response, as a practical joke, PFC Stuckey fires blanks from his M-60 machine gun at the Cajuns. They return fire, killing Poole, and sending the squad into a frenzy as they make their way toward cover.
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