The Great Santini

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The Great Santini is a 1979 film which tells the story of a Marine officer whose success as an F-4 Phantom military aviator contrasts with his shortcomings as a husband and father. The film explores the high price of heroism and self-sacrifice. It stars Robert Duvall, Blythe Danner, Michael O'Keefe, Lisa Jane Persky, Julie Anne Haddock, Brian Andrews, Stan Shaw and David Keith.
The film is set in 1962 before widespread American involvement in the Vietnam War and is based on the novel of the same name by Pat Conroy. In the novel Conroy makes the point that Santini is a warrior without a war, and in turn is at war alternately with the service that he loves and his family.

Much darker than I was expecting. Performances by Duvall and O'Keefe were top notch.

It's funny how in 1962 the basketball players showed more skin than the cheerleaders.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0079239

 

[UncleChris]

This is a tremendous film. It's one of the very few that I give 5 stars to.

 

[Stout]

Fantastic movie. We used this for a project on family systems in one of my classes.

 

[Bada0Bing]

This is a tremendous film. It's one of the very few that I give 5 stars to.

Yeah, I was very surprised to read this:

The movie was originally released directly to cable and airlines, under the title "The Ace". When the NY Times reviewed it very favorably, it was pulled from cable, and released to theaters under the title "The Great Santini".