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This Brian De Palma Flop Is One Of The Greatest Vietnam War Films Ever Made
SlashFilmStory by staff@slashfilm.com (Jeremy Smith)
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Brian De Palma's Vietnam War epic 'Casualties of War' is a critical darling buried under commercial failure, but primed for a long-overdue reappraisal.
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- Starring Michael J. Fox and Sean Penn, 'Casualties of War' was a major box office bomb in 1989, grossing just $18.7 million - a far cry from the $65 million budget.
- Despite the financial failure, the film has since been hailed as one of the greatest and most harrowing portrayals of the Vietnam War, with critics calling it a 'searing masterpiece' that deserves reexamination.
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Brian De Palma, Michael J. Fox, Sean Penn, Casualties of War, Casualties of War