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Cadence (film)
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Wikipedia article
'Cadence' is a 1990 American film directed by Martin Sheen, in which Charlie Sheen plays an inmate in a United States Army military prison in West Germany during the 1960s. Sheen plays alongside his father Martin Sheen and brother Ramon Estevez. The film is based on a novel by Gordon Weaver.
Plot
Franklin Bean (Charlie Sheen), an Army private, is sentenced to 90 days in the stockade for drunkenly assaulting a military policeman on his base in West Germany in the 1960s. Master Sergeant McKinney (Martin Sheen) is the stockade commander who takes a dislike to the rebellious Bean.
Cast
* Charlie Sheen as Pvt. Franklin Fairchild Bean
* Martin Sheen as MSgt. Otis V. McKinney
* Larry Fishburne as Roosevelt Stokes
* Blu Mankuma as Bryce
* Michael Beach as Webb
* Harry Stewart as Harry 'Sweetbread' Crane
* John Toles-Bey as Lawrence
* James Marshall as Cpl. Harold Lamar
* Ramon Estevez as Cpl. Gerald Gessner
* Jay Brazeau as Mr. Vito
* Samantha Langevin as Mrs. Vito
* Ken Douglas as Kramer
* Weston McMillan as DeLuc
* David Michael O'Neill as Sager
* Allan Lysell as Sheridan
* Don S. Davis as Haig
* Roark Critchlow as Brooks
* Alec Burden as Abel Fox
* Steven Hilton as Col. Clark
* Joe Lowry as Col. Porter
* Lochlyn Munro as Bartender
* Tom McBeath as Principal
* Jennifer Griffin as Tattoo Woman
* Brent Stait as MP
* Deryl Hayes as MP in bar
* Tony Pantages as GI in bar
* Christopher Judge as Psych. Ward M.P. #1
* Matt Clark as Franklin F. Bean, Sr.
* Robert Gazzola as Bean (age 8)
* David Glyn-Jones as Funeral Director
* F. Murray Abraham as Capt. Ramon Garcia
Production
All soldiers wearing the shoulder sleeve distinct insignia of the Seventh United States Army.
Pvt. Bean is experiencing Chain gang (stockade shuffle) for his first time.
Martin Sheen received a Critics Award nomination at the Deauville Film Festival 1990.
Filming locations were Kamloops and Ashcroft, British Columbia (both in Canada) between July and August 1989.
Reception
On Rotten Tomatoes the film has an approval rating of 42% based on reviews from 12 critics. On Metacritic it has a score of 44% based on reviews from 16 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".
References
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