84C MoPic

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84C MoPic
Directed by	Patrick Sheane Duncan
Written by	Patrick Sheane Duncan
Starring	Jonathan Emerson Nicholas Cascone
Music by	Donovan
Editing by	Stephen Purvis
Distributed by	New Century Vista Film Company
Release date(s)	7 April 1989
Running time	95 min.
Country	United States
Language	English Vietnamese
IMDb profile

84C MoPic (also known as 84 Charlie MoPic) is a 1989 American film written and directed by Patrick Sheane Duncan depicting a fictional Long Range Reconnaissance Patrol in the Vietnam War. Told in the form of a documentary, the cameraman ("MoPic") is filming the mission of the LRRPs to capture the "lessons learned" during the war for the Army.

At the beginning of the film, MoPic (nicknamed such because his Military Occupational Specialty is 84C20, which is a Motion Picture Cameraman) describes previous missions where the film came back and the cameraman did not. As the film appears without the trappings of normal movies (i.e., no initial titles, no soundtrack, does not appear to be edited, and no credits until the very end), it gives the impression that the film was sent directly from the field.

The five-man team (accompanied by MoPic and the unit's new Lieutenant) is inserted into "Indian country", far from American troops, and operates for five days on its own.

[edit] Primary Cast

Jonathan Emerson - LT
Nicholas Cascone - Easy
Jason Tomlins - Pretty Boy
Christopher Burgard - Hammer
Glenn Morshower - Cracker
Richard Brooks - OD
Byron Thames - MoPic

[edit] Award Nominations

1990 - Independent Spirit Award, Best First Feature, Patrick Sheane Duncan (Director)
1990 - Independent Spirit Award, Best First Feature, Michael Nolan (Producer)
1989 - Sundance Film Festival, Grand Jury Prize, Dramatic (Patrick Sheane Duncan)