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Italy released, PAL/Region 0 DVD: it WILL NOT play on standard US DVD player. You need multi-region PAL/NTSC DVD player to view it in USA/Canada: LANGUAGES: English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 ), English ( Mono ), Italian ( Dolby Digital 2.0 ), Italian ( Dolby Digital 5.1 ), Italian ( Mono ), Italian ( Subtitles ), WIDESCREEN (1.85:1), SPECIAL FEATURES: Cast/Crew Interview(s), Interactive Menu, Scene Access, Trailer(s), SYNOPSIS: Based on the virulently antimilitary play by David Rabe, Streamers is set in a basic-training barracks. Matthew Modine is among the raw recruits who alternate between strutting around like bantam cocks to snivelling like frightened children. To test one another's manhood, the recruits indulge in violent physical and verbal game playing. Special attention is given those whose skin color or outlook on life is at odds with the 'standards' of the group. SCREENED/AWARDED AT: Venice Film Festival, ...Streamers (1983)
Man, is there any other modern director with so many small indie gems out there? I don't think so. This ones takes aim at war, and it does a pretty fantastic job at giving gays in the military their due order WAY before the topic was all that popular.Like most of his films, Altman was way ahead of his time in regard to natural dialog and thematic tensions that are relevant to society. This is from the David Rabe play and it's his own adaptation.This might not be your favorite Altman film, but it's a wonderful look at the service and all the issues in Vietnam. Not an easy film to watch at times, but it offers so much humanity that one would be stupid not to see it once. Even Ebert gave this relatively lost film 4 stars on its debut. Altman shot in only 18 days in Dallas and released in Fall of 1983. You really do owe it to yourself to track down a couple of the smaller films Altman directed, as I find the more I watch the more I love from this auteur.
