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Rockets Red Glare

Rockets Red Glare

This anti-war film tells the story of two brothers, Tom and Eddie, who fight in Vietnam where a freak occurrence happens to Eddie, caused by Tom who was trying to save him. After both brothers return, Tom leads what looks to be a normal life caring for Eddie and his friends at the VA hospital. But in reality, survival guilt has damaged Tom's psyche and distorted his reasoning leading him to take a job as a contract killer to support Eddie and to his past being challenged by a woman with secrets of her own.

  • Directed by: Joseph Manduke
  • Written by: Joseph Manduke, Victor Bardack
  • Produced by: Victor Bardack
  • Director of Photography: Jacques Haitkin
  • Production Design by: Philip Vasels
  • Edited by: Aaron I. Yamamoto
  • Unit Production Manager: Claude Lawrence
  • First Assistant Director: Larry Kostroff
  • Second Assistant Director: Melissa Brabetz

Starring: Chris Potter, Paul Scherrer, Amanda Foreman, Tony Denison, Andrea Thompson, Ray McKinnon, Steve Vinovich, Scott Valentine, Eric Cadora, Hector Mercado, David Hussey, Jeff Mackay.

Running Time: 104 minutes

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