The Lords of Discipline
The Lords of Discipline is a 1983 American film based on the 1980 novel by Pat Conroy and directed by Franc Roddam. The story is about a military academy and a secret society within it.
Plot
Will McLean is a senior cadet at the Carolina Military Institute, a school that outwardly promises to produce men of honor but practices brutal hazing against its plebes (freshman cadets). Among these plebes are the overweight Poteete and the Institute's first black cadet, Tom Pearce. McLean's mentor, Lt. Col. "Bear" Berrineau, asks him to protect Pearce. McLean's roommates at the Institute are Dante "Pig" Pignetti, Mark Santoro and Tradd St. Croix, the last of whom offers him a key to his parents' house.
Cast
- Barbara Babcock
- Bill Paxton
- David Keith
- Ed Bishop
- G. D. Spradlin
- Jason Connery
- John Lavachielli
- Judge Reinhold
- Malcolm Danare
- Mark Breland
- Mary Ellen Ray
- Matt Frewer
- Michael Biehn
- Michael Horton
- Mitchell Lichtenstein
- Richard Oldfield
- Rick Rossovich
- Robert Prosky
- Sarah Brackett
- Simon Shepherd
- Sophie Ward
- Stuart Milligan
- Tony Sibbald
- William Hope
More details
| author | Lloyd Fonvielle Thomas Pope |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | South Carolina |
| director | Franc Roddam |
| editor | Michael Ellis |
| genre | drama |
| keywords | attack break commanding officer death by burning dedicate end expel fall haze immolation meet morning razor blade shock |
| musicBy | Howard Blake |
| producer | Gabriel Katzka Herb Jaffe |
| publisher | Paramount Pictures |