Lt col andrew tanner Continue This article is about the 1984 film. For the 2012 remake, watch the film Red Dawn (2012). For other purposes, see Red Dawn (disambiguation). 1984 action movie directed by John Milius Red DawnOriginal theatrical poster John AlvinDirector John MiliusProduzyBuzz FeitshansBarry BeckermanSidney BeckermanScreenplay Kevin ReynoldsJohn MiliusStroy Kevin ReynoldsStarring Patrick Swayze C. Thomas Howell Lea Thompson Ben Johnson Harry Dean Stanton Ron O'Neill William Smith Powers Booth Music Poseila PoledourisCinematographyRic WaiteEdited byThom NobleProductioncompany United ArtistsValkyrie FilmsDistributed byMGM/UA Entertainment CompanyRelease Date August 10, 1984 (1984-08-10) 114 minutes(114 minutes) - American action film directed by John Milius in 1984, Red Dawn, based on the screenplay by Kevin Reynolds and Milius. Starring Patrick Swayze, Charlie Sheen, C. Thomas Howell, Lea Thompson, Jennifer Gray, Ben Johnson, Harry Dean Stanton, Ron O'Neill, William Smith, and Powers Booth. It was the first film released in the United States with a PG-13 rating (according to the modified rating system introduced on July 1, 1984). The film depicts the United States, captured by the Soviet Union and its Cuban and Nicaraguan allies. However, the beginning of the Third World War is in the background and has not been fully worked out. The story follows a group of American schoolchildren who resist occupation with guerrilla warfare, calling themselves Wolverines, after their high school mascot. The United States became strategically isolated after NATO was completely dissolved. At the same time, the Soviet Union and its Allies under the Warsaw Pact are actively expanding their sphere of influence. In addition, the Ukrainian wheat crop fails, while in Mexico there is a socialist coup d'etat. In September morning in the small town of Calumet, Colorado, a local high school teacher pauses as he sees Soviet troops parachute into an An-12 transport plane in a nearby field. The paratroopers open fire when the teacher goes outside to interrogate them. The pandemonium follows as students flee amid heavy shelling. Jed Eckert, who dumped his brother Matt in high school, ragging him about the recent loss of a football game, returns to school and picks up Matt and a few of their friends, narrowly avoiding everything that happens. In the center of Kalumet, Cuban, Nicaraguan and Soviet troops are trying to bring order after the abluce of the occupation. Cuban Colonel Bella instructs the KGB to go to a local sports goods store and get records of arms sales in the store on Form 4473 OF THE ASF, which lists citizens who have bought firearms. Brothers Jed and Matt Eckert, along with their friends Robert Morris, Danny, Daryl Bates, and Arturo Aardvark Mondragon, escape into the wilderness after equip yourself in a sporting goods store owned by Robert's father. On the way to the mountains, they run to the Soviet checkpoint, but rescued by an attacking helicopter UVz-1 of the U.S. Army. After a few weeks in the woods, they make their way back to town, where Jed and Matt learn that their father is in a camp for overwork. They visit this place and talk to him over the fence and find out that their mother is already dead; Mr. Eckert, reminding his sons of how he deliberately raised them in a tense manner, orders his sons to avenge his imminent death and the death of his wife. Children visit Freemasons and learn that they are behind enemy lines in occupied America. It turned out that Robert's father was executed because of the missing inventory from his store. Masons charge Jed and Matt with the care of their two granddaughters, Tony and Eric. Killing Soviet soldiers in the forest, young people begin armed resistance to the occupying forces, calling themselves Wolverines after their school mascot. The occupying forces first try to retribution, executing groups of civilians after each Wolverine attack. In one of these mass executions, the fathers of Jed, Matt and Aardwark were killed. Daryl's father, Mayor Bates, tries to soften the blow on Kalum and save the lives of captured citizens, appeasing the occupation authorities, effectively becoming a collaborator, but to no avail. Despite the tactics of retribution, the occupying forces are not going anywhere. Wolverines meet American fighter pilot Lt. Col. Andrew Tanner (Powers Boothe), who was shot down by a Cuban MiG-21. Tanner informs them of the current state of war: several American cities, including Washington, D.C., were destroyed by nuclear strikes; The Strategic Air Command was maimed by Cuban saboteurs, and paratroopers were dropped from fake commercial airliners to seize key positions in preparation for subsequent attacks through Mexico and Alaska. Much of the southern United States and northwestern Canada was taken over by the Soviets, but U.S. counterattacks halted the Soviet offensive along the Rocky Mountains and the Mississippi River, and the lines stabilized. The only remaining U.S. allies, the United Kingdom and the People's Republic of China, are in military cripple. Concerned about the nuclear consequences, both sides refrain from further use of nuclear weapons. Tanner helps Wolverine to organize raids on the Soviets. Their actions attract the attention of the Soviet general, who orders repressions against the civilian population. Wolverine's actions and repression of civilians eventually lead to the command of both sides of the war being known as Wolverine, and Soviet generals have publicly stated that the area cannot be peaceful for much longer. Coming soon during a visit to the front line, Tanner and Aardwark are killed in the crossfire of a tank battle. Daryl was caught by the Councils after he was turned over by his partner father. Using threats of torture, KGB officers force Daryl to swallow a tracking device and then release him to return to the guerrillas. Specials goes to the mountains with portable radio equipment, but is ambushed by wolverines. The team traces the source of the radio-english signal to Daryl, who confesses and pleads for mercy. He is executed along with a special forces operative increasingly hardened Robert, when the rest can not find the heart to kill his friend. The rest of the Wolverines were ambushed by Mi- 24 helicopter gunships, and Tony and Robert were killed, Robert successfully but suicidally attacked the warship. Jed and Matt attack the Soviet headquarters in Calumet to distract the troops while Danny and Erica escape. The plan works, but both Jed and Matt are mortally wounded. Colonel Bella comes across the brothers, but feeling the already too great loss of war, the colonel is unable to bring himself to kill them, and so he moves them. The brothers reach the park benches where they spent time as children, holding each other as they die. Meanwhile, Danny and Erica pass through the rocky desert, where they reach the border of Free America. In the final scene, a plaque is seen with Guerrilla Rock in the background. The rock is fenced, and the American flag is flying nearby. The plaque reads: ... In the early days of World War III, the guerrillas - mostly children - placed the names of their lost on this rock. They fought here alone and gave their lives to prevent this people from dying from the earth. Starring Patrick Swayze as Jed Eckert K. Thomas Howell as Robert Morris Lee Thompson as Erica Mason Charlie Sheen as Matt Eckert Darren Dalton as Daryl Bates Jennifer Gray as Tony Mason Brad Savage as Danny Doug Toby as Arturo Aardvark Of The Lords as General Bratchenko Frank McRae as Mr. Tisdale Roy Jenson, as Mr. Samuel Morris Pepe Serna as Mr. Mondragon Lane Smith as Mayor Bates Judd Omen, as Nicaraguan Captain Radames Pera, as Sergeant Stepan Gorsky Production This section relies heavily or entirely on one source. The relevant discussion can be found on the conversation page. Please help improve this article by typing links to additional sources. Find sources: Red Dawn - News newspaper book scientist JSTOR (April 2020) Ten Soldiers Movie originally called Ten Soldiers and was written by Kevin Reynolds. It was installed in the nearest as the combined forces of the Russians and Cubans began to invade the southwestern United States. Ten children go out to the hills when their small town is captured and they turn into a skilled and deadly guerrilla group. Producer Barry Beckerman read the script, and, in the words of Peter Barth, thought he had the potential to become a tough, strained, artistic painting made on a modest budget that could break out to find a wider audience. He made his father Sidney Beckerman help him pay $5,000. Reynolds wanted to lead, but the Beckermans wanted someone more established. Walter Hill briefly reviewed the script before turning it down. Other directors did the same. The Beckermans handed the project over to David Begelman when he was at MGM, and he was turned down. They tried again in this studio when it was run by Frank Yablans. Senior Vice President of Production Peter Barth, who remembers it as a sharply written anti-war film ... Lord of the Flies took the project to the head of the studio, Frank Yablance. The chances of a script adaptation increased when Kevin Reynolds became a mentor to Steven Spielberg, who helped him make Fandango. MGM bought the script. John Milius Barth remembers that everything changed when the chiefs at MGM got the best idea. Instead of a poignant little anti-war film, why not make a teen Rambo and turn the project to John Milious, a brilliant and rotten director who loved war movies and also loved war? The idea was particularly popular with MGM's board member, General Alexander Hague, Nixon's former chief of staff, who was eager to personally control the film and develop a film career.