Red Dawn

UPC: 027616081315

Studio: MGM

MPAA Rating: PG13   Contains:[Not For Children, Adult Language, Profanity, War Violence]

Summary: Set at an indeterminate point in the future, this drama with an overt anti-communist message begins as an ostensible war movie: Russian and Cuban forces have invaded the U.S. and are viciously eliminating the inhabitants of a small town, when a group of teens escapes and plans a counterattack. Jed (Patrick Swayze), Robert (C. Thomas Howell), and six of their friends watch in amazement as soldiers parachute into their town and start shooting. The teens grab a pickup truck, stock up on supplies at the local store, and head for the hills. Meanwhile, the men in the town -- after a minimal resistance -- are rounded up and held at a drive-in theater converted into a concentration camp. The sadistic Soviet military then make them watch acclaimed Russian director Sergei Eisenstein's 1938 classic Alexander Nevsky, as their punishing rehabilitation begins. Meanwhile, after minimal resistance from the adults, a Cuban, Bella (Ron O'Neal), is put in charge and is not certain how he can really defeat the teen army. The Soviets and Cubans have so far defeated the American Army, Navy, Marines, and Air Force, but these teens are really something else. After a successful ambush, the teen guerrillas gear up for future forays, when they are suddenly betrayed by one of their number and by doubts about the morality of what they are doing. Red Dawn is noteworthy for being the first movie released with the PG-13 rating, created by the MPAA after public outcry over violent content in the PG-rated Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom and Gremlins. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, Rovi

Category: Action

Features: Disc One
Widescreen version of the film
Carnage counter
Disc Two
Red Dawn Rising: A Retrospective look at the making of the film
Building the Red Menace: What it Took to Make World War III
Military Training Featurette
WWIII Comes to Town featurette

Red Dawn

Format: DVD

Release Date: 07/17/2007

Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1 Theatre Wide-Screen

Audio: DD2 Dolby Digital Stereo, DD1 Dolby Digital Mono

Runtime: 114 Minutes

Sides: 2

Number of Discs: 2

Language(s) English,Spanish,French

Subtitles: English,Spanish

Region: USA & territories, Canada

Chapters: Disc #1 -- Red Dawn
1. Main Titles [2:47]
2. Paratroopers [5:00]
3. Supplies & Goodbyes [3:50]
4. Colonel Bella [1:51]
5. "World War III" [4:07]
6. "Spirit of the Deer" [2:55]
7. Back Into Town [3:21]
8. "Avenge Me!" [4:35]
9. Toni & Erica [4:25]
10. Radio Free America [1:02]
11. Revisionist History [2:41]
12. Arapahd Battlefield [2:24]
13. Serious Consequences [3:48]
14. The Firing Squad [3:43]
15. Retaliation [3:14]
16. Defining Wolverine [2:13]
17. Colonel Tanner [6:10]
18. "A Bunch of Kids" [4:14]
19. Tactical Destruction [5:24]
20. The Tank [5:44]
21. Talk of Quitting [2:33]
22. "I Am a Hunter" [3:07]
23. Hunting Wolverines [2:33]
24. Betrayed [5:32]
25. Convoys & Copters [5:53]
26. Robert's Last Stand [1:44]
27. Jed & Toni [5:00]
28. Splitting Up [2:22]
29. Torn Apart [4:58]
30. Vaya Con Dios [1:58]
31. "We're Free Now" [1:28]
32. End Titles [3:02]

Cast and Crew: Judd Omen  Actor 
Lane Smith  Actor 
Zitto Kazann  Actor 
Pepe Serna  Actor 
Waldemar Kalinowski  Actor 
Roy Jenson  Actor 
Gene Scherer  Actor 
Radames Pera  Actor 
Lois Kimbrell  Actor 
David Keith  Actor 
Ben Schick  Actor 
Ben Zeller  Actor 
George Fisher  Actor 
Elan Oberon  Actor 
Christopher Janczar  Actor 
Philip L. Mead  Actor 
Sidney Beckerman  Executive Producer 
Buzz Feitshans  Producer 
John Milius  Director 
John Milius  Screenwriter 
Basil Poledouris  Composer (Music Score) 
Kevin Reynolds  Screenwriter 
Barry Beckerman  Producer 
Patrick Swayze  Actor 
C. Thomas Howell  Actor 
Ron O'Neal  Actor 
William Smith  Actor 
Powers Boothe  Actor 
Lea Thompson  Actor 
Ben Johnson  Actor 
Charlie Sheen  Actor 
Darren Dalton  Actor 
Jennifer Grey  Actor 
Brad Savage  Actor 
Doug Toby  Actor 
Harry Dean Stanton  Actor 
Vladek Sheybal  Actor 
Frank McRae  Actor 

Country: USA