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The Beast is a 1988 American drama and war film directed by Kevin Reynolds. The movie features a cast including George Dzundza, Jason Patric, Steven Bauer, and Stephen Baldwin. It was produced by Columbia Pictures and Brightstar Films, with distribution handled by Columbia Pictures and Netflix. The narrative is set in Afghanistan and centers on the Cold War.
The film has a runtime of 111 minutes and was composed by Mark Isham, with editing by Peter Boyle. It was released in 1988, with specific dates including January 1, September 14, September 16, and September 29. The production cost was 8,000,000. It is available as video on demand and carries the tagline "War brings out the beast in every man." Keywords associated with the work include war and tanks.
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7.1During the war in Afghanistan a Soviet tank crew commanded by a tyrannical officer find themselves lost and in a struggle against a band of Mujahadeen guerrillas in the mountains.
Cast
- George Dzundza as Daskal
- Jason Patric as Konstantin Koverchenko
- Steven Bauer as Khan Taj
- Stephen Baldwin as Anthony Golikov
- Don Harvey as Kaminski
- Kabir Bedi as Akbar
Themes
- war
- tanks
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- war film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Main subject
- Cold War
- Director
- Kevin Reynolds
- Cast member
- Donald Patrick Harvey
- Composer
- Mark Isham
- Production company
- Columbia Pictures
- Cinematographer
- Douglas Milsome
- Narrative location
- Afghanistan
- Duration
- 111
- FilmAffinity ID
- 596930
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 1988-09-16
- film editor
- Peter Boyle
- title
- The Beast
- distributed by
- Netflix
- capital cost
- 8000000
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