Dennis Hopper,
Frances McDormand,
Gary Oldman,
Lee Wilkof,
M. Emmet Walsh
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Based on a true story, Chattahoochee depicts the life of Emmett Foley (Gary Oldman), a Korean War hero who becomes an unlikely crusader on behalf of mental health patients. Unable to adjust to life af...( read more
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DVD Release Date: September 16, 2003
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August 5, 2007Hard as hell to sit through, but SO worth it if you do. Gary Oldman plays a Korean War veteran who cracks up and is sent to an asylum/prison camp that makes the farm in Cool Hand Luke look like Disneyland. Supposedly based on a true story about a place in Louisiana. Oldman is fan...( read more)
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June 11, 2007Based on a true story, a Korean war vet named Emmett Folley (played by Gary Oldman) can't adjust to life back home and has a crisis with the law. He is sent to Chattahoochee, an outhouse of an institution where the state of Florida locks the mentally ill and the criminals togethe...( read more)
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February 9, 2009It was nice to see Oldman and Hopper in the same movie. A graphic look at the abuse that took place, based on true events.
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December 27, 2008A good showcase of the standard yet subpar institutions that pervaded the mental help landscape for some time. It is pretty brutal, and Oldman does a superb job as always. Hopper isn't bad himself, and you have to love the awkwardness of the scene where Hopper asks Oldman how b...( read more)
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May 2, 2008Gary Oldman is amazing thats all i can say. Every time I see him in something it always takes me a minute to figure out who the actor is because hes so good. there some great performances in the one form Gary and Hopper. check it out.(n)
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August 13, 2007Like a darker version of One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest. Gary Oldman is fantastic!
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