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Overview. As he approaches manhood, Ben Meechum struggles to win the approval of his demanding alpha male father, an aggressively competitive, but frustrated marine pilot. Lewis John Carlino. Director, Screenplay. Pat Conroy. Novel.
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Plot summary. Hard-nosed Marine fighter pilot Lt. Col. Wilbur "Bull" Meecham calls himself "The Great Santini." He runs his family with a strict hand. In 1962, before the Vietnam War, the Meecham family struggles to fit into the Marine town of Ravenel, South Carolina (closely based on Beaufort, South Carolina) where they are newcomers.
1 hr 55 min. 7.2 (6,892) 64. The Great Santini is a 1979 American drama film directed by Lewis John Carlino and starring Robert Duvall, Blythe Danner, and Michael O'Keefe. The movie is based on Pat Conroy's semi-autobiographical novel of the same name. The story is set in the early 1960s and follows the Meechum family, a military family led by ...
Bull Meechum, the self-described "great Santini," is manic: a martinet at once enthusiastic and abusive of his family. In Beaufort, South Carolina, Bull is assigned to whip into shape a squadron of pilots, and Ben makes friends with Toomer, a slow-talking Black youth. Racial and family tensions explode in violence, and Ben must find a way to ...
