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Name: A Soldier's Story
Released: 1984-9-14
Cast: Howard E. Rollins Jr., Adolph Caesar, Denzel Washington, David Grier, Wings Hauser

A Soldier's Story

PG
1h 41m
1984

91%

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Tensions flare in this gripping film about a murder on a black army base near the end of World War II. Captain Davenport (Howard E. Rollins, JR.), a proud black army attorney, is sent to Fort Neal, Louisiana, to investigate the ruthless shooting death of Sergeant Waters (Adolph Caesar). Through interviews with Sarge's men, Davenport learns that he was a vicious man who served the white world and despised his own roots. Was the killer a bigoted white officer? Or could he have been a black soldier embittered by Waters' constant race baiting? Directed by Norman Jewison from Charles Fuller's Pulitzer Prize-winning play, A Soldier's Story is both a spellbinding mystery and a superb drama that transcends race.

Director:

Norman Jewison

Producer:

Norman Jewison, Patrick J. Palmer, Ronald L. Schwary

Writer:

Charles Fuller

Cast:

Howard E. Rollins Jr., Adolph Caesar, Denzel Washington, David Grier, Wings Hauser

Rotten Tomatoes® Score

TOMATOMETER®

91%

Critics Consensus: A meticulously-crafted murder mystery with incisive observations about race in America, A Soldier's Story benefits from a roundly excellent ensemble and Charles Fuller's politically urgent screenplay.

Reviews

Radio Times

David Parkinson

Everyone has motive and opportunity and, under Norman Jewison's tight direction, the supporting cast, led by Denzel Washington and the Oscar-nominated Adolph Caesar, give next to nothing away.

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A Soldier's Story is a moving piece of human drama that not only draws the viewer into the interior life of the characters -- the task of the dramatist -- but makes him work as well.

...a slow-moving drama that admittedly does suffer from a hit-and-miss first half...

Fuller's writing and Caesar's performance, the power of this Soldier's Story is impressive.

July 25, 2018

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