Gardens of Stone

Tagline : The story of the war at home, and the people who lived through it.

Runtime : 111 mins

Genre : War Drama History

Vote Rating : 6.3/10

Revenue : 5.3 million $ USD


Reviews for this movie are available below.

Plot : A sergeant; stationed in Arlington, Virginia in the late 1960s; must deal with his desires to save the lives of young soldiers being sent to Vietnam. Continuously denied the chance to teach the soldiers about his experiences, he settles for trying to help the son of an old army buddy.

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Reviews

**_Coppola’s obscure gem about the war at home during the Vietnam conflict_** In the late 60s, a cynical Korean vet (James Caan) would rather be training soldiers for Vietnam in Georgia, but instead he’s stuck at Arlington National Cemetery playing what he calls “toy soldier” with his colleagues (James Earl Jones, etc.). When an old buddy’s gung-ho son shows up (D.B. Sweeney), he settles for trying to keep him from becoming another statistic in The ’Nam. Anjelica Huston plays his potential girlfriend and Mary Stuart Masterson the greenhorn’s girl. Directed by Francis Ford Coppola based on the 1983 novel, "Gardens of Stone" (1987) is a worthy companion piece to all those Vietnam War flicks of the 70s-90s as it chronicles what was happening on the home front. It’s a war drama, but not a war action film, yet not a dull, lifeless drama (more on this in a moment). Caan and Jones have good chemistry as old Army buds and Sweeney works well as the “new kid” (he looks like a young Ben Affleck when he broke out ten years later). Meanwhile Mary Stuart Masterson was never more beautiful. In ways the movie’s reminiscent of Eastwood's "Heartbreak Ridge" (1986) with its spunkiness and a smidgen of comedy (which I wasn’t anticipating), although don’t expect the cartoonish character of Cpl. Stitch Jones (Mario Van Peebles). In other words, the proceedings aren’t all dour. Yet there are heavy, moving parts given the topic. Coppola contrasts the beginning scene and ending scene. They’re the same sequence, but it holds more weight the second time around for reasons you’ll discover. I was entertained, amused and moved. It’s a necessary piece of the puzzle in understanding the era of the Vietnam War. While it’s not on the level of greatness of Coppola’s “Apocalypse Now” (1979) or “Forrest Gump” (1994), it’s still a solid Coppola movie with a little sloppiness here and there. For instance, the war games episode could’ve been done more coherently and entertainingly, as was done in “The Dirty Dozen” (1967). But time means money in cinema and they had a deadline. I've heard people complain about how this or that wasn't technically accurate or realistic, but filmmakers aren't interested in being 100% true-to-life. If they were, no one would go see their flicks. Let me put it this way, movies are real-life with the boring parts taken out, as well as exaggerations thrown in. Take "Platoon" (1986), for example. Do ya really think everything that took place in that movie happened to _ONE_ platoon in real life? Of course not. Oliver Stone simply took many different highlights of the 'Nam experience and condensed them into one 2-hour tale of a single platoon. The notable cast also includes the likes of Dean Stockwell, Sam Bottoms, Larry Fishburne, Dick Anthony Williams and Elias Koteas. Bottoms and Fishburne of course worked previously with Coppola on “Apocalypse Now.” Before shooting commenced, Francis’ 23 year-old son, Gian-Carlo Coppola, was tragically killed in a speedboat accident in May, 1986. The reckless driver of the boat was Griffin O'Neal (Ryan’s son), who was slated to play the role given to Elias Koteas. The film runs 1 hour, 51 minutes, and was shot at Fort Myer & Arlington National Cemetery and nearby Washington DC. GRADE: B

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