The Pentagon Wars
1998, Film, 104 min, Comedy, War, English, United States, MoviePedia score 68
They aimed to build the ultimate fighting machine... they missed.
From the director of “Made In America” and “The Money Pit” comes a hilarious look at one of the most expensive blunders in military history. Over 17 years and almost as many billion dollars have gone into devising the BFV (Bradley Fighting Vehicle). There's only one problem. . . it doesn't work. (Spoiler alert: 25 years later ... it does work.)
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Directed by Richard Benjamin
Cast
- Kelsey Grammer as General Partridge
- Cary Elwes as Colonel James Burton
- Viola Davis as Sgt. Fanning
- John C. McGinley as Colonel J.D. Bock
- Tom Wright as Major William Sayers
- Clifton Powell as Sgt. Benjamin Dalton
- Dewey Weber as Spec-4 Granger
- Richard Schiff as Colonel Smith
- J.C. MacKenzie as Jones
- Richard Benjamin as Casper Weinberger
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