Gardens of Stone
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| Directed by | Francis Ford Coppola |
| Produced by | Francis Ford Coppola, Michael I. Levy |
| Written by | Ronald Bass |
| Starring | James Caan Anjelica Huston James Earl Jones D.B. Sweeney Dean Stockwell Mary Stuart Masterson |
| Distributed by | Tri-Star Pictures |
| Release date(s) | May 8, 1987 |
| Running time | 112 min. |
| Language | English |
| IMDb profile | |
Gardens of Stone is a 1987 film by Francis Ford Coppola. It tells the story of a hardened Korean and Vietnam War veteran Sgt. Clell Hazard (James Caan); he longs to train soldiers for Vietnam but is instead put in the 1st battalion 3rd infantry regiment (The Old Guard) at Fort Meyer, Virginia. The Old Guard does the funerals at Arlington National Cemetery. Hazard calls them the "toy soldiers" and hates his job until Jackie Willow (D.B. Sweeney), the son of an old friend and fellow veteran, turns up in his company and he sees an opportunity to make sure at least one man comes home alive. He tries to warn Willow about Vietnam but the young man sees it as his duty as a soldier to fight for his country, no matter what kind of war.
James Earl Jones plays Hazard's longtime friend, Sergeant Major "Goody" Nelson. Anjelica Huston portrays Hazard's girlfriend, Samantha Davis, a writer for the Washington Post who is against the Vietnam War for different reasons than Hazard.
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Categories
1987 films | Drama films | Vietnam War films | Films directed by Francis Ford Coppola