84C MoPic

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name = 84C MoPic


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director = Patrick Sheane Duncan
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writer = Patrick Sheane Duncan
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starring = Jonathan Emerson
Nicholas Cascone
music = Donovan
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editing = Stephen Purvis
distributor = New Century Vista Film Company
released = 7 April 1989
runtime = 95 min.
country = USA
language = English Vietnamese
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imdb_id = 0096744

"84C MoPic" (also "84 Charlie MoPic") (1989), by Patrick Sheane Duncan, documents a Vietnam War Long Range Reconnaissance Patrol (LRRP) documenting an operational "lessons learned" patrol. The perspective is that of the motion picture cameraman —MoPic — filming the infantrymen on a five-day LRRP in "Indian Country", land controlled by the Communist North Vietnamese; the five-man reconnaissance team, includes MoPic and a new lieutenant.

At story's start, the cameraman, nicknamed "MoPic" by the infantrymen, because of his alphanumeric military occupational specialty, 84C20, Motion Picture Specialist. In the course of the story, he describes mo-pic missions from which only the exposed film returned. Technically, the film is innovatively spartan, appearing unedited, like film returned directly from the field.

Primary cast

*Jonathan Emerson - LT
*Nicholas Cascone - Easy
*Jason Tomlins - Pretty Boy
*Christopher Burgard - Hammer
*Glenn Morshower - Cracker
*Richard Brooks - OD
*Byron Thames - MoPic

Award nominations

*1990 - Independent Spirit Award, Best First Feature, Patrick Sheane Duncan (Director)
*1990 - Independent Spirit Award, Best First Feature, Michael Nolan (Producer)
*1989 - Sundance Film Festival, Grand Jury Prize, Dramatic (Patrick Sheane Duncan)

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