Director: John Milius
Cast:
Patrick Swayze: Jed
Charlie Sheen: Matt Eckert
C. Thomas Howell: Robert
Jennifer Grey: Toni
Lea Thompson: Erica
Darren Dalton: Daryl
Brad Savage: Danny
Doug Toby: Aardvark
81. Charlie Sheen's feature film debut.
82. First motion picture to get a PG-13 rating.
83. The script was originally named "Ten Soldiers".
84. Jennifer Grey and Patrick Swayze worked on this film before immediately going to work on Dirty Dancing
85. As most of you know, there was a remake of this film that came out in 2012.
86. 5 parachuters were blown a mile of course during the filming of the first scene.
87. Swayze and Grey didn't get along on set.
88. When Swayze's character, Jed cries when he says bye to his father, he is really crying. He has stated that those tears are for his real father, because he never got to say bye to him.
89. The cast went through 8 weeks of military camp before shooting this film.
90. Charlie Sheen injured his cornea during filming and couldn't work for 4 days.
91. It was filmed half in Las Vegas and half in New Mexico, even though the film took place in Colorado. (Provided by @annaleelee)
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Sorry that this wasn't my best- to be honest (don't get mad) I didn't really like this movie. It wasn't my favorite one. Sorry Red Dawn lovers.
If you have any 80s movie recommendations, let me know! I'll be happy to do it!
