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Red Dawn. Red Dawn is a 1984 American action drama film directed by John Milius with a screenplay by Milius and Kevin Reynolds. The film depicts a fictional World War III centering on an invasion of the United States by an alliance of Soviet, Warsaw Pact, and Latin American states.
- Kevin Reynolds
- John Milius
Aug 10, 1984 · Red Dawn: Directed by John Milius. With Patrick Swayze, C. Thomas Howell, Lea Thompson, Charlie Sheen. It is the dawn of World War III. In the west mountains of America, a group of teenagers band together to defend their town, and their country, from invading Soviet forces.
- John Milius
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- John Milius rewrote the script of Red Dawn. Kevin Reynolds wrote Red Dawn while still a student at USC film school. MGM optioned the script and asked Milius to direct it.
- Milus had a very unique way of auditioning actresses for the film. Red Dawn co-casting director Jane Jenkins explained that Milius would ask each auditioning actress “What would happen if you were in the wilderness and you were starving?
- Red Dawn was described as "the most violent movie ever made." After the movie was released in 1984, The National Coalition on Television Violence deemed Red Dawn “the most violent movie ever made.”
- Milius put Patrick Swayze in charge of Red Dawn's cast. Because Patrick Swayze was older than most of the actors, and because he had more acting experience than them, Milius trusted Swayze to control his co-stars.
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Red Dawn is a 2012 American action war film directed by Dan Bradley and written by Carl Ellsworth and Jeremy Passmore. It is a remake of the 1984 film of the same name . The film stars Chris Hemsworth , Josh Peck , Josh Hutcherson , Adrianne Palicki , Isabel Lucas , and Jeffrey Dean Morgan .
- $50.9 million
- Ramin Djawadi
- $65 million
Nov 21, 2012 · Red Dawn: Directed by Dan Bradley. With Chris Hemsworth, Josh Peck, Josh Hutcherson, Adrianne Palicki. A group of teenagers look to save their town from an invasion of North Korean soldiers.
- Dan Bradley
- 2 min
It is the dawn of World War III. In the west mountains of America, a group of teenagers band together to defend their town, and their country, from invading Soviet forces. From out of the sky, Soviet, Nicaraguan, and Cuban troops begin landing on the football field of a Colorado high school. In a few seconds, the paratroopers have attacked the ...
Mar 29, 2017 · The “Red Dawn” remake was filmed in 2009, but didn’t premiere until 2012. Part of the reason for the delay was the decision to cast China, instead of Russia, as the villain.
