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Anybody's Son Will Do
198356 min 36 secFilm: Documentary
Direction: Paul Cowan
Production: William BrindJohn KramerBarrie Howells
Script: Gwynne Dyer
Photographed on location at the United States Marine Corps Parris Island Training Depot in South Carolina, this film follows a group of young recruits through their gruelling ten-week "basic training." Anybody's Son Will Do provides insight into techniques that all armies use to indoctrinate recruits with a new set of morals--techniques that transform ordinary citizens into soldiers ready to kill, even to die, for their country. Part two of the seven-part series War, hosted by Gwynne Dyer, examining the nature, evolution and consequences of modern warfare.
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Subject categories
- National Security and Defence > Armed Forces Programs and OperationsMilitary PerspectivesWeapons and Warfare
- War, Conflict and Peace > Militarism
Credits
- director
- Paul Cowan
- photography
- Paul Cowan
- producer
- William Brind
- John Kramer
- executive producer
- Barrie Howells
- script
- Gwynne Dyer
- sound
- James McCarthy
- editing
- Judith Merritt
- sound editing
- Bill Graziadei
- re-recording
- Jean-Pierre Joutel
- Adrian Croll
- music
- Larry Crosley
- host
- Gwynne Dyer
Awards
- Special Peace Award (ex aequo with the film «Nicaragua - A Special Report») - with a cash prize of 2,000$ Aust.International Film Festival