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| CATEGORY: | DVD |
| DIRECTOR: | Frank Pierson |
| THEATRICAL RELEASE DATE: | 31 May, 2003 |
| MANUFACTURER: | Showtime Entertainme |
| MPAA RATING: | R (Restricted) |
| TYPE: | Feature Film-drama |
| MEDIA: | DVD |
| # OF MEDIA: | 1 |
| UPC: | 758445109825 |
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Customer Reviews of Soldier's Girl
Heart breaking, respectful and a MUST SEE!!!! "Soldier's Girl" is an example of the important and well made movies that cable tv is capable of producing. This film, based on the murder of Barry Winchell, is a testament to good film making, good direction and incredible acting. This could have been a movie that focused on the sensationalism of the subject matter but the director made this into a respectful and heart breaking love story.
The story is about a young man based at Fort Cambell, Kentucky, and the harrassment he suffers from those in his barracks over a relationship he begins with a transgendered performer named Calpernia. After meeting her at a club in Nashville, Tennessee, the young private becomes smitten and falls in love, a decision that ultimately leads to his mistreatment by other soldiers and eventually his death.
Troy Garity gives a dignified performance and deserved the attention and the award nominations he received for this role. Lee Pace also does well in his role as Calpernia, the transgendered woman that Barry falls in love with. Shawn Hatosy plays Justin, the young man who sets all the tragic events in emotion. He is a disturbed young man, with a drinking and drug problem with prejudices that he cannot get past.
The dvd also features interviews with the actors as well as the real Calpernia and the mother of victim, Barry Winchell. The dvd is a good dvd overall but it is the film and its message of love and accepting people as they are that is the most important aspect you should take away from this movie. I highly recommend this film. I will be adding it to my dvd collection!
Troy Garity is amazing!
Troy Garity is amazing in the real life role of Barry Winchell. This movie was a very moving movie and a very important movie. I first saw it on SHOWTIME the first time it aired, and it left me completely stunned, amazed, and crying. This movie was a excellent movie to make on the "Don't Ask Don't Tell" policy of the U.S. military. I now have it on DVD when I could have recorded it, but I needed to buy it to show my appreciation of the film. I am not and have never known a real life transgendered peson but this movie makes you understand that they exist and are people like you and me, and somebody like Troy Garity to do the role of the man who fell in love with a pre-op transexual was a great thing for him to do. I'm still upset that he didn't win the golden globe for this movie because he truly deserves it, and he is definately a talented and gifted actor. I know people may say he only became famous because of his family and mother (Jane Fonda), that couldn't be further from the truth, this man CAN act, and he does it brilliantly. This movie is an important one, and one that I hope you have the chance to see, well you have the chance order it now. Also, I want to mention I have shown this movie to at least eight people that I can think of... So you may and I am sure you will like and maybe even love this movie that was done so brilliantly by the whole cast and everyone involved. TROY GARITY IS A GREAT ACTOR!!!!!
Truthful Oversight on Homosexuals in the Military
This movie is an eyeopener for all people gay or straight. The contents of the movie lets people understand the difficulties homoxesual people go through in life, not only with possibly denying who they really are, but also with the worries of being accepted by their peers. It shows that ignorance is amongst all people rather it be in the military or not. As a homosexual in the military this film helped me realize that being open can cause a lot of emotional and physical pain, however nobody should be scared to live a life that they feel is right. My mother has watched this film with me and agrees that it is difficult to understand why people can be so hateful to others just because they don't like the same things that we do.
This film will open the eyes of anybody straight or gay that has any questions about the difficulties of being a homosexual in the military. The possibilities are hard, but the truth can be even harder.