Dead Presidents
Dead Presidents is a 1995 American crime film co-written, produced and directed by the Hughes Brothers. The film chronicles the life of Anthony Curtis (Larenz Tate), focusing on his teenage years as a high school graduate and his experiences during the Vietnam War as a Recon Marine. As he returns to his hometown in The Bronx, Curtis finds himself struggling to support himself and his family, eventually turning to a life of crime.
Plot
In the North East section of the Bronx, New York during the spring of 1969, Anthony Curtis is about to graduate from high school, and decides to enlist in the U.S. Marine Corps rather than go to college. He is sent to Vietnam, leaving behind his middle-class family, his girlfriend Juanita, and small-time crook Kirby, who is like a second father. Anthony's close friend, Skip, later joins Curtis' Recon squad after deciding not to go to Hunter College and his other friend Jose, is drafted into the U.S. Army. Once in Vietnam, Curtis and his squad lose several fellow Marines during combat, and commit several atrocities of their own, such as executing enemy prisoners and beheading corpses for war trophies.
More details
author | Hughes brothers |
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contentLocation | Brooklyn |
director | Albert Hughes Allen Hughes |
editor | Dan Lebental |
events | Vietnam War |
genre | crime drama |
keywords | agent orange amputee armored car behead bronx build burn car crash demolition expert draft face paint federal reserve bank heroin heroin addict hunter college james a. farley building kill lay off marine corps marine division reconnaissance nat turner new york police department nypd police raid prison bus pyromaniac recon role reversal security guard sent to vietnam serve silver star spring u.s. army u.s. marine corps united states army united states marine corps world war ii |
musicBy | Danny Elfman |
producer | Albert Hughes Allen Hughes |
productionCompany | Caravan Pictures Hollywood Pictures |
publisher | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
theme | heist high school hood neo-noir war |