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Red Dawn
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Red Dawn is a 1984 American action and thriller film directed by John Milius. The screenplay was written by Kevin Reynolds, John Milius, and Tony Gilroy. The cast includes Patrick Swayze, C. Thomas Howell, Lea Thompson, and Ben Johnson. Produced by Buzz Feitshans, the film was distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and United Artists. It features music by Basil Poledouris and was edited by Thom Noble.
Set in Colorado and filmed in New Mexico, the movie addresses the Cold War. It has a runtime of 114 minutes and was released in English. The production had a budget of $17,000,000 and generated $38,400,000 in revenue. The film received a PG-13 rating.
Audience and critic scores vary across platforms. IMDb lists a rating of 6.4 based on 68,962 votes, while TMDb reports a 6.3 average from 882 votes. Metacritic assigned a score of 53/100, and Rotten Tomatoes gave it a 48% score. The film received two nominations.
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6.3It is the dawn of World War III. In mid-western America, a group of teenagers band together to defend their town—and their country—from invading Soviet forces.
Cast
- Patrick Swayze as Jed
- Charlie Sheen as Matt
- C. Thomas Howell as Robert
- Lea Thompson as Erica
- Darren Dalton as Daryl
- Jennifer Grey as Toni
Themes
- guerrilla warfare
- future
- fight
- colorado
- invasion
- anti-communism
- fighting
- school shooting
- red army
- town
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Ratings
IMDb
6.3/10
68,214 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
48%
Metacritic
53/100
- Year
- 1984
- Runtime
- 114 min
- Genres
- Action, Drama, Thriller
- Rated
- PG-13
- Awards
- 2 nominations total
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Key facts
- Directed by
- John Milius
- Screenplay by
- Kevin Reynolds John Milius
- Story by
- Kevin Reynolds
- Produced by
- Buzz Feitshans Barry Beckerman Sidney Beckerman
- Starring
- Patrick Swayze C. Thomas Howell Lea Thompson Ben Johnson Harry Dean Stanton Ron O'Neal William Smith Powers Boothe
- Cinematography
- Ric Waite
- Edited by
- Thom Noble
- Music by
- Basil Poledouris
- Production companies
- United Artists Valkyrie Films
- Distributed by
- MGM/UA Entertainment Company
- Release date
- August 10, 1984 ( 1984-08-10 )
- Running time
- 114 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Languages
- English Spanish Russian
- Budget
- $17 million
- Box office
- $38 million
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- adventure film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Main subject
- Cold War
- Director
- John Milius
- Screenwriter
- Tony Gilroy
- Composer
- Basil Poledouris
- Producer
- Buzz Feitshans
- Production company
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- Narrative location
- Colorado
- Filming location
- New Mexico
- Duration
- 112
- FilmAffinity ID
- 690723
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- Commons category
- Red Dawn (1984 film)
- publication date
- 1984-11-09
- film editor
- Thom Noble
- title
- Red Dawn
- distributed by
- Netflix
- derivative work
- Red Dawn
- review score
- 53/100
- box office
- 38376497
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Encyclopedic overview
Red Dawn is a 1984 American action drama film directed by John Milius, from a screenplay co-written with Kevin Reynolds, and starring Patrick Swayze, Charlie Sheen, C. Thomas Howell, Lea Thompson and Jennifer Grey, with supporting roles played by Ben Johnson, Darren Dalton, Harry Dean Stanton, Ron O'Neal, William Smith and Powers Boothe. Set during a fictional World War III between an increasingly isolated United States and the Soviet Union, the film follows a group of teenage guerrillas, known as the Wolverines, fighting against a joint Soviet-Latin American invasion force in Colorado.
Despite mixed reviews from critics, the film became a commercial success, grossing $38 million against a budget of $17 million. It was the first film to be released in the United States with a PG-13 rating under the modified rating system introduced on July 1, 1984. A remake was released in 2012.
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