Main Cast: Byron Thames, Jonathan Emerson, Nicholas Cascone, Jason Tomlins, Chris Burgard, Glenn Morshower, Richard Brooks
Release Year: 1989
Country: US
Run Time: 89 minutes
Plot
84 Charlie Mopic offers the Vietnam experience as seen through the eyes of a combat photographer (Mopic is slang for the Army Motion Picture Unit). Byron Thames plays a combat cameraman who has already been on two tours of duty; he goes on a third because he is intrigued by a reel of film found on the body of a dead photographer. Thames must answer to green lieutenant Jonathan Emerson and experienced sergeant Richard Brooks. In straight-on, non-judgemental fashion, we are shown the day-to-day struggle to stay alive, meeting the main characters in the natural course of action. As the mission winds down, Thames is compelled to abandon his camera to rescue a fellow soldier; as a result, yet another roll of film returns to headquarters without the photographer. 84 Charlie Mopic isn't about politics or collective guilt; it's about survival. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Capt. Russ "Gunny" Thurman; Joseph Hieu; Don Schiff; Byron Thames - MoPic
Credit
Douglas Dick - Art Director, Stephen Flick - Associate Producer, Jill Griffith - Co-producer, Michael F. Nolin - Co-producer, Lyn Elizabeth Paolo - Costume Designer, Benita Allen - First Assistant Director, Patrick Sheane Duncan - Director, Stephen Purvis - Editor, Donovan - Composer (Music Score), Ron Wild - Makeup, Alan Caso - Cinematographer, Eric Rylander - Special Effects, Patrick Sheane Duncan - Screenwriter
