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The Pentagon Wars is a american film of genre Drama directed by Richard Benjamin released in USA on 28 february 1998 with Kelsey Grammer

The Pentagon Wars (1998)

The Pentagon Wars
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Released in USA 28 february 1998
Length 1h43
Directed by
OriginUSA
Genres Drama,    War,    Comedy
Rating70% 3.546943.546943.546943.546943.54694

The Pentagon Wars is a 1998 HBO film, directed by Richard Benjamin, based on a book of the same name (The Pentagon Wars: Reformers Challenge the Old Guard) by Colonel James G. Burton, USAF (retired). Starring Kelsey Grammer, Cary Elwes and Richard Schiff, the film is a dark comedy describing the development of the M2 Bradley fighting vehicle.

Tagline: They aimed to build the ultimate fighting machine. They missed.

Synopsis

U.S. Army Major General Partridge (Grammer) appears before the House Armed Services Committee to defend his recent actions; the story is told mostly as a series of flashbacks:

Actors

Kelsey Grammer

(General Partridge)
Cary Elwes

(Colonel James Burton)
John C. McGinley

(Colonel J.D. Bock)
Viola Davis

(Sgt. Fanning)
Olympia Dukakis

(Madam Chairwoman)
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