The Lords of Discipline (film)

The Lords of Discipline
Directed byFranc Roddam
Written byLloyd Fonvielle
Thomas Pope
Based onThe Lords of Discipline (novel by Pat Conroy)
Produced byHerb Jaffe
Gabriel Katzka
Starring
CinematographyBrian Tufano
Edited byMichael Ellis
Music byHoward Blake
Distributed byParamount Pictures
Release date
  • February 18, 1983 (1983-02-18)
Running time
103 min.
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$11,787,127[1]

The Lords of Discipline is a 1983 American film based on the 1980 novel by Pat Conroy and directed by Franc Roddam.[2] The story is about a military academy and a secret society within it.

The film stars David Keith, Robert Prosky, Judge Reinhold, Bill Paxton, William Hope, Michael Biehn, Andrew Povey and Olympic boxer Mark Breland. The college scenes were filmed primarily at Wellington College in Crowthorne, Berkshire, England, as none of the American military academies would allow filming on their grounds because of the book's less-than-positive portrayal of life at a military academy.[3]

  1. ^ The Lords of Discipline at Box Office Mojo
  2. ^ Maslin, Janet (February 18, 1983). "The Lords of Discipline (1983) RODDAM'S 'LORDS OF DISCIPLINE'". The New York Times.
  3. ^ "Military-School Movie Worries the Citadel's Chiefs". The New York Times. September 6, 1982.