| The Boys in Company C | |
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| Directed by | Sidney J. Furie |
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| Produced by | Andre Morgan |
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| Cinematography | Godfrey A. Godar |
| Edited by | Frank J. Urioste |
| Music by | Jaime Mendoza-Nava |
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| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
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Running time | 125 minutes |
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| Language | English |
| Budget | $1.6 million[1] |
The Boys in Company C is a 1978 war film directed by Sidney J. Furie about United States Marine Corps recruits preparing for duty and their subsequent combat in the Vietnam War.[2] It stars Stan Shaw, Andrew Stevens, Craig Wasson and Michael Lembeck. It was among the first Vietnam War films to appear after the Vietnam Era, and was also the first role for R. Lee Ermey of Full Metal Jacket fame.[3] It is the first in Furie's Vietnam War motion-picture trilogy, followed by Under Heavy Fire (2001) and The Veteran (2006).
The film was a co-production of Golden Harvest and Columbia Pictures, the latter originally handling theatrical distribution. It was filmed in the Philippines.
Wasson plays guitar and sings the theme song "Here I Am", used within the film and over the end credits.
- ^ Kremer, Daniel. Sidney J. Furie: Life and Films. The University Press of Kentucky, 2015. p 239
- ^ "The AFI Catalog of Feature Films:The Boys in Company C".
- ^ According to Andrew Stevens on the DVD commentary, Ermey was discovered by the director, Furie