Film

The Pentagon Wars

1998 · 1h 44m · Comedy · Drama · War

They aimed to build the ultimate fighting machine... they missed.

IMDb

7.1

From the director of “Made In America” and “The Money Pit” comes a hilarious look at one of the most expensive blunders in military history. Over 17 years and almost as many billion dollars have gone into devising the BFV (Bradley Fighting Vehicle). There's only one problem. . . it doesn't work. (Spoiler alert: 25 years later ... it does work.)

Kelsey Grammer

General Partridge

Cary Elwes

Colonel James Burton

Viola Davis

Sgt. Fanning

John C. McGinley

Colonel J.D. Bock

Tom Wright

Major William Sayers

Clifton Powell

Sgt. Benjamn Dalton

Dewey Weber

Spec-4 Granger

Richard Schiff

Colonel Smith

J.C. MacKenzie

Jones

Richard Benjamin

Casper Weinberger

Olympia Dukakis

Madam Chairwoman

Christopher Grove

Congressman #1

Sam Anderson

Congressman #2

Darcas Macopson

USMC Guard at Subway

Dominic D. DeNiro

Guard at Military Base

Daniel Raymont

Unknown Officer

• Richard BenjaminDirector
• Howard MeltzerProducer
• Martyn BurkeExecutive Producer
• Michael ShambergExecutive Producer
• Stacey SherExecutive Producer
• Danny DeVitoExecutive Producer
• Robert D. YeomanDirector of Photography
• Joseph VitarelliOriginal Music Composer
• Jacqueline CambasEditor
• Nancy FoyCasting

Release date

February 28, 1998

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 44m

Rated

R

Genres

Comedy, Drama, War, TV Movie

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