> They made a Hollywood movie on the Cuban invasion theme, too. What was it called? Jim Devine
Red Dawn Starring: Patrick Swayze, Powers Boothe, Jennifer Grey Review Summary When the Russians and the Cubans invade, Jed (Patrick Swayze) drives his Chevy pick up truck to the school picking up his brother Matt (Charlie Sheen), friend Robert (C. Thomas Howell), and other fellow students and moves them out of harms way. They proceed to Robert's Dad's gas station and load up on everything from food to guns and ammunition. Heading for the mountains, the all male crew sets up camp and plots out their strategy for survival. Along with the battle scenes, there are some eerie scenes showing what a communist US would look like. --Matt Mirmak, Resident Red Dawn Scholar http://www.allwatchers.com/Topics/info_7182.asp?BSID=15012457 This film is a war thriller set in the early 1980's about a small group of high school aged friends who escape the Soviet/communist invasion of the United States that starts World War III. They gather supplies and form a guerrila regime to attempt to defeat the invading armies. As the film proceeds, the morale of the characters begins to fade as they realize that they are facing a very powerful enemy. --Paul, Resident Red Dawn Scholar In the mid-1980's an escalating chain of events leads to the dissolution of NATO and the invasion of the United States by forces of the USSR and its allies. During the invasion and occupation of their hometown, a group of teenagers, including a star quarterback and a student body president, escape into the Colorado Rockies. There they begin an ambitous guerrilla war against the Soviets. Taking the name of the football team, the Wolverines, the guerrillas attempt hold out long enough for Free America to rescue them. In the end, only two survive, the rest haven given their lives so that America "shall not perish from the Earth". --Stephen May, Resident Red Dawn Scholar It is the 1980's and the cold war is still there. Sitting in class in high school students see Soviet paratoopers landing in the Invasion of the USA. Escaping the school where most are captured, some students escape into the mountains and start to wage gureilla warfare against the invaders in defense of their nation. They infict a heavy number of invader casualties, while losing most of their own in their epic struggle for freedom and survival. --Adam O'Donnell, Resident Red Dawn Scholar A Cold War movie about a group of teenagers who take to the Rocky Mountains when a Soviet-led invasion takes over their hometown. They inflict serious casualties on the local garrison, and a determined general tries to hunt them down, wearing down on their unity. If you don't care about political or historical accuracy, you should enjoy it. --Rob, Resident Red Dawn Scholar
