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The subtext of this grim, snail-paced Francis Ford Coppola film is the death of Coppola's son, Giancarlo, in a boating accident. Coppola came back with this Vietnam-era military drama about the men assigned to patrol and serve at the funerals at Arlington National Cemetery. James Caan is the world-weary patrol leader with a fatherly interest in a gung-ho cadet (D.B. Sweeney). Caan tries to show Sweeney the potentially fatal future that awaits him if he volunteers for combat, but he can't break through his young charge's zealousness. The subplot involves crusty Caan's attempts at romance with Anjelica Huston, who can't quite fathom his contradictions. The story is all glum and lumbering, despite a warm, full-bodied performance by James Earl Jones as one of Caan's buddies. --Marshall Fine
- Package Dimensions : 7.32 x 4.19 x 1.12 inches; 6.08 ounces
- Director : Francis Ford Coppola
- Run time : 1 hour and 51 minutes
- Release date : January 19, 1999
- Date First Available : October 26, 2006
- Actors : James Caan, Anjelica Huston, James Earl Jones, D.B. Sweeney, Dean Stockwell
- Studio : Sony Pictures
- Producers : David Valdes, Francis Ford Coppola, Fred Roos, Jay Emmett, Michael I. Levy
- Writers : Nicholas Proffitt, Ronald Bass
