Search - A Midnight Clear [Special Edition] on DVD

MPAA Rating: R Content Advisory: Adult Situations, Not For Children, Profanity, Watch With Your Teen, War Violence Movie Release: 1992 Format: DVD SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 47 mins Studio: Sony Pictures Members Wishing: 7 Genres: War, War Drama, Anti-War Film See Also: A Midnight Clear

Based on a novel by William Wharton, A Midnight Clear is set in the Adriennes Forest in December of 1944. A group of American GIs, all of whom have been together a bit too long, cling to the vestiges of their peacetime interests to remain sane. None are brilliant soldiers, though Will Knot Ethan Hawke is the one who exhibits the strongest leadership qualities. Billeted at a chateau, the soldiers begin hearing strange noises emanating from a graveyard, the handiwork of a group of mischievous German soldiers. The two enemy camps draw closer to one another as Christmas approaches, due in great part to the influence of GI Vince "Mother" Wilkins Gary Sinise. A sudden, impulsive hostile act results in the wholesale -- and unnecessary -- slaughter of the German soldiers. Though the exteriors are convincingly mid-European, the film was actually lensed in Utah. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Peter Berg - Bud Miller
Kevin Dillon - Mel Avakian
Arye Gross - Stan Shutzer
Ethan Hawke - Will Knott
Gary Sinise - Vince "Mother" Wilkins