Southern Comfort

"It's the land of hospitality... unless you don't belong there."

1981 1h 46m EN

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6.8

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★6.8TMDB · 375

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Synopsis

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A squad of National Guards on an isolated weekend exercise in the Louisiana swamp must fight for their lives when they anger local Cajuns by stealing their canoes. Without live ammunition and in a strange country, their experience begins to mirror the Vietnam experience.

“It's the land of hospitality... unless you don't belong there.”

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Cast

Keith Carradine
Spencer
Powers Boothe
Hardin
Fred Ward
Reece
Franklyn Seales
Simms
T.K. Carter
Cribbs
Lewis Smith
Stuckey
Les Lannom
Casper
Peter Coyote
Poole

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Walter Hill
Writers: Walter Hill, David Giler, Michael Kane
Languages: French, English
Countries: United States of America

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ERA

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45 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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2 / 8

WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 2 languages: French, English.

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3 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Walter Hill, shot by Andrew Laszlo. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Ry Cooder. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Freeman A. Davies shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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6 / 8

CAST

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Keith Carradine and Powers Boothe and Fred Ward carry the top of the cast.

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7 / 8

RUNTIME

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Marketing tagline: "It's the land of hospitality... unless you don't belong there.".

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8 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0083111 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

Walter Hill directs. Andrew Laszlo behind the camera. Ry Cooder scores. Freeman A. Davies cuts. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in French, English.

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145 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
2Dialogue crosses 2 languages: French, English.
3Directed by Walter Hill, shot by Andrew Laszlo. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
4Original score by Ry Cooder. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
5Editor Freeman A. Davies shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Keith Carradine and Powers Boothe and Fred Ward carry the top of the cast.
7Marketing tagline: "It's the land of hospitality... unless you don't belong there.".
8IMDB entry: tt0083111 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
9Classified under 16 themes, including "rescue", "louisiana", "wilderness", "swamp".