Adam Storke, Bob Hess, Brad Johnson

To help the Cuban rebels struggling against Spanish rule, gung-ho Naval Secretary Theodore Roosevelt (Tom Berenger) created the first U.S. volunteer cavalry regiment in 1898. The motley crew of about ...( read more  read more... )500 fighters had to learn to work together as a team against a superior adversary. This rousing war epic -- costarring Gary Busey and Sam Elliott -- depicts the true story of the "Rough Riders" and their part in the Spanish-American War.

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Directed by: John Milius

Release Date: December 31, 1997

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DVD Release Date: May 30, 2006

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  • November 8, 2009
    Includes the Black Cavalry, Indians & Mexican participants commonly whitewashed out of Spanish-American War history; with John Milius at the helm (Dirty Harry, Dillinger, Red Dawn) you know "blood & thunder" action is going to be done right!. Tom Berenger's p...( read more)ortrayal of Teddy Roosevelt, warts and all, is so well done you suspend disbelief after a few minutes. Cast is heavy with skilled experienced character acting stalwarts such as Illeana Douglas, Sam Elliot, R.Lee Ermey, George Hamilton, Chris Noth, Dale Dye, Gary Busey, Brian Keith, Geoffry Lewis, Marshall R. Teague, Brad Johnson, Rafael Castillo and many more are a delight to watch (If you blink you will miss an uncredited Ashton Kutcher also). Historically accurate setups with weapons, equipment, etc and the "muscular patriotism" of the era and dedicated Utopians, yet showing how the manly virtues were cynically used for the gain of egotistic frauds (Hamilton as Hearst being an obvious example), Milius gives a well rounded canvas with no lack of excellently staged combat scenarios. A "thinking man's" entry for aficionados of the "rugged all the way" genre of western flavored action films, this one delivers the goods in spades. Stirring musical score by veteran genius Elmer "Magnificent 7" Bernstein. For the record, I should note that as Teddy went to the top in politics, he downplayed his high praise for the Buffalo Soldiers given at the time of the war, reportedly to appease the southern (racist "dixe-crat") vote. A bit of dishonor from one who constantly claimed honor to be such a high virtue. One should also note a similar trend with "Black Jack" Pershing, also portrayed in the film, who made his career on the shoulders of regular army Black Troops, yet when he rose to become commanding general of the American Expeditionary force in World War 1, treated his Black units less than fairly to say the least.
  • February 25, 2009
    I don't really care for western and war stuff at all and this movie just sums it up. It doesn't even interest me in the least bit at all. If anyone like this go on ahead and watch it, but leave me out of it.
  • July 17, 2008
    holy cow, i've loved this movie since i was like... 8.... its still one of the greatest movies of all time

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