The Pentagon Wars
1998 · Movie · R · 103 min · ★ 6.9
Truth is stranger than fiction in this satiric comedy about an honest Air Force officer's attempt to expose a case of government spending gone mad! How could the government spend 17 years and $14 billion developing a simple troop carrier? Colonel Cary Elwes is determined to find out and Pentagon general Kelsey Grammer is just as determined to stop him!
Also known as Opération Pentagone
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Details
- Years
- 1998
- Release date
- 1998-02-28
- Language
- English
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 103 min
- TMDB rating
- 6.9/10 (81 votes)
Themes
- vietnam war
- gulf war
- army
- pentagon
- dark comedy
- tank
- us army
- based on true story
- u.s. department of defense
Cast & crew
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. Benjamn Dalton
Dewey Weber
as Spec-4 Granger
Richard Schiff
as Colonel Smith
J.C. MacKenzie
as Jones
Richard Benjamin
as Casper Weinberger
Directed by Richard Benjamin