A Field Of Honor
1973
Cat no. 3011
Comedy about an ex-serviceman who encounters many dangers in the small town where he lives.
Comedy. A nervous and fragile young ex-serviceman is released from a psychiatric hospital. He is immediately confronted with a series of incidents with which he is unable to cope and is returned to the hospital for further treatment.
Keywords
Psychiatrists; Psychiatric hospitals
Other Places
Los Angeles, California
Background Information
The film came to the attention of Steven Spielberg after winning a Student Academy Award at USC. Spielberg said "He barged past my secretary and sat me down and showed me this student film ... and I thought it was spectacular, with police cars and a riot all dubbed to Elmer Bernstein's score for `The Great Escape'.
Director : Robert Zemeckis
Script : Robert Zemeckis
Assistant director : Mustafa Gursel
Editor : Mustafa Gursel
Camera : Horace Jordan (cinematographer)
Producer : Toby Lovallo
Camera : Toby Lovallo (2nd unit cameraman)
Editor : Don Scioli (assistant editor)
Script : Steve Beard (script supervisor)
Make-up : Kate Merriman
Special effects : Bob Gale (special effects and titles)
Other : Ben Burt (stunt arranger)
Other : John Sulak (key grip)
Other : Garland Hall (still photography)
Music : Elmer Bernstein
Production company : University of Southern California, Division of Cinema
Distributor : Institute of Amateur Cinematographers
Vic Fury Peter Belcher
Vic's father Roger Pancake
Psychiatrist Roger Vaughn
Bus driver Miltos Cottis
Vic's mother Jan Musm
Manifestations
A Field Of Honor
Genre: Amateur / Comedy / Student Film
Description Type: monographic
Related to: IAC
Subject: psychiatric hospitals
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