Movies set during the Gulf War?
December 2, 2006 3:10 PM Subscribe
I'm looking for movies about the first Gulf War.
The only films that I can think of where the action is actually about the Persian Gulf War are Three Kings and Jarhead, which given how many movies there are about other wars, and the fact that there have already been two movies directly about 9/11, seems odd.
Are there others? I'm looking for fiction films.
Bonus points: are there films in which news of the war is played out in the background, like in The Big Lebowski?
The only films that I can think of where the action is actually about the Persian Gulf War are Three Kings and Jarhead, which given how many movies there are about other wars, and the fact that there have already been two movies directly about 9/11, seems odd.
Are there others? I'm looking for fiction films.
Bonus points: are there films in which news of the war is played out in the background, like in The Big Lebowski?
Oh, sorry, missed the "fictional films" bit, so ignore Bravo Two Zero and The One That Got Away.
posted by EndsOfInvention at 3:28 PM on December 2, 2006
posted by EndsOfInvention at 3:28 PM on December 2, 2006
Actually you can do a keyword search on IMDB for Gulf War. Not a complete list but a good start
posted by Razzle Bathbone at 3:34 PM on December 2, 2006
posted by Razzle Bathbone at 3:34 PM on December 2, 2006
The Manchurian Candidate (2004), the Jonathan Demme remake featuring Denzel Washington, Liev Shrieber, and Meryl Streep. The Jacket (2005) features Adrien Brody as a Gulf War veteran. Bravo Two Zero (1999) and The One That Got Away (1996) are British TV films on the SAS patrol tasked with finding Scud missile launchers during the first Gulf War.
posted by plokent at 3:39 PM on December 2, 2006
posted by plokent at 3:39 PM on December 2, 2006
Wasn't Three Kings? Man I love Live From Baghdad, I've watched it probably 10 times!
posted by thilmony at 3:53 PM on December 2, 2006
posted by thilmony at 3:53 PM on December 2, 2006
Response by poster: Razzle: I didn't realize that the new Manchurian Candidate dealt with the Gulf War, I skipped it out of loyalty to the original. Thanks! The problem with that search, and the reason I asked, is that most of those are documentaries, and it also includes In The Army Now, starring Pauly Shore, which I guess is a valid one, but, ew.
EndsOfInvention: I meant more as opposed to documentaries: "based on a true story" totally works.
posted by SoftRain at 5:12 PM on December 2, 2006
EndsOfInvention: I meant more as opposed to documentaries: "based on a true story" totally works.
posted by SoftRain at 5:12 PM on December 2, 2006
I don't think In The Army Now was the Gulf War. Not according to the IMDB summary at least: it says the desert that they were water truck drivers for was the Sahara and that they were in Libya/Chad.
posted by smackfu at 7:13 PM on December 2, 2006
posted by smackfu at 7:13 PM on December 2, 2006
No one's mentioned Jarhead yet? You guys are off the ball.
posted by delmoi at 8:26 PM on December 2, 2006 [1 favorite]
posted by delmoi at 8:26 PM on December 2, 2006 [1 favorite]
only the original poster delmoi
posted by now i'm piste at 8:56 PM on December 2, 2006
posted by now i'm piste at 8:56 PM on December 2, 2006
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Live from Baghdad
The One That Got Away (based on the same story as Bravo Two Zero)
posted by EndsOfInvention at 3:27 PM on December 2, 2006