The vietnam war would seem an unlikely backdrop for a familyfriendly comedy involving an. Operation dumbo drop is an american feature film of the family and adventure genres. The story revolves around two special forces captains, capt. When the enemy discovers this, they kill the villages elephant as a punishment. A savvy veteran army captain is teamed with a by thebook west point officer to lead the weightiest military maneuver ever. During the vietnam war, a village that american forces are using to spy on the ho chi minh trail has its sacred elephant killed by the north vietn. An operation dumbo drop decal appears on the jacket gifted to grampa. Purchase operation dumbo drop on digital and stream instantly or download offline. The task of moving a grown elephant across 300 miles of mineladen, enemyinfested jungle is more than cahill had counted on. Operation dumbo drop works too hard to be racially and culturally sensitive while doling out plenty of comedy, action, and grossout chuckles, including one scene involving elephant depositories. Comedy adventure of an army captain and officer who must secretly transport an elephant 200 miles to a remote jungle villlage. Doyle, a hardnosed green beret, is assigned to a local village to keep watch on the ho chi minh trail. Operation dumbo drop is a terribly irresponsible picture that seems shamefully patterned after directors wincers other box office success, free willy. Operation dumbo drop is a 1995 american war comedy film directed by simon wincer that explores war, politics, and animal welfare.
It was directed by simon wincer and written by jim kouf and gene quintano based on a story treatment by jim morris. Army captain, sam cahill, wrapping up his final tour of duty in vietnam, finds himself trying to replace a villages prized elephant, which had been caught in crossfire between american troops and the north vietnamese. Operation dumbo drop has a low rotten tomatoes critics score of 31% and a less than average imdb audience rating of 5. Operation dumbo drop is a slightly funny, heartwarming tale of a group of american soldiers, fighting in the vietnam war, trying to do the right thing. Although the movie is based on a real event, the filmmakers took lots of. Download operation dumbo drop 1995 yify hd torrent. To secretly transport a fullgrown elephant across 200 miles of rugged terrain fording rivers, scaling mountains, and crossing. While the two are out scouting the trail, the nva raid the village, discovering a chocolate bar wrapper, meaning the villagers. Kids wont learn much history, but the movie is based, however loosely, on an actual incident. An exciting comedy adventure of enormous proportions, operation dumbo drop was cheered by critics and audiences across america.
To secretly transport a full grown elephant across 200 miles of rugged terrain. Hub family movie premiere operation dumbo drop promo hub network duration. Operation dumbo drop vhs, 1996 for sale online ebay. A savvy veteran army captain danny glover is teamed with a bythe book. Elephant airlift the story behind dumbo drop is no less. Were sorry but jwapp doesnt work properly without javascript enabled. Soontoretire captain sam cahill danny glover and his unit labor to build a secret relationship with a local vietnamese village in order to conduct surveillance on an enemy weaponssmuggling operation that goes through on a nightly basis.
Sam cahill promises the montagnard villagers of dak nhe that hell replace their prized elephant in time for an important ritual. Starring danny glover, denis leary, and ray liotta, the 1995 familyoriented adventure operation dumbo drop comes to dvd from disneybuena vista with a standard full frame transfer. The movie was produced by walt disney pictures and polygram filmed entertainment and interscope communications. Operation dumbo drop 1995 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. See the full list of operation dumbo drop cast and crew including actors, directors, producers and more. A savvy veteran army captain danny glover is teamed with a bythebook west point officer ray liotta to lead the weightiest military maneuver ever. A savvy veteran army captain danny glover, lethal weapon iiv, angels in the outfield is teamed with a bythebook west point officer ray liotta narc, heartbreakers to lead the weightiest military maneuver ever. Dumbo eats mcdonalds happy meal and plays fizzy and phoebe disk drop game. Operation dumbo drop pictures and movie photo gallery check out just released operation dumbo drop pics, images, clips, trailers, production photos and more from rotten tomatoes movie pictures. Five green berets stationed in vietnam in 1968 grudgingly undertake the mission of a lifetime to secretly transport an 8,000pound elephant through 200 miles of rough jungle terrain.
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Watch operation dumbo drop full movie video dailymotion. Dumbo drop stars a formidable elephant called botat, who lumbers agreeably enough on a bizarre and dangerous 200mile trek across the countryside in 1968 vietnam. Although a comedy, this movie is based on events in a true story. Watch operation dumbo drop online stream full movie. To secretly transport a full grown elephant across 200 miles of rugged terrain fording rivers, scaling mountains, and. Operation dumbo drop critics consensus the vietnam war would seem an unlikely backdrop for a familyfriendly comedy involving an airlifted elephant, and operation dumbo drop lands with a thud. Comic scenes are sometimes pointless and others rely on the bodily functions of elephants. The film stars danny glover and ray liotta as green berets during the vietnam war in 1968, who attempt to. Operation dumbo drop is a 1995 american action comedydrama war film directed by simon wincer that explores war, politics, and animal welfare. With danny glover, ray liotta, denis leary, doug e. To keep the loyalty of a village during the vietnam war, a u. It premiered in teh united states on july 28th, 1955.
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