About this episode
The episode reviews the 1970 made-for-TV movie 'Tribes' and discusses its impact on Marine Corps cinema.
Hey, Scuttlebutt listeners. Thank you for joining us and for your continued support. This week, we bring you another installment of Semper Cinema with our review of the 1970 made-for-TV movie, Tribes . Full disclosure, we chose this movie because we wanted to break the Semper Cinema paradigm and veer a bit off our normal course to go with a movie we knew was less than stellar. And Tribes does not disappoint. Aired as the ABC Movie of the Week, it is basically a boot camp movie, starring Jan Michael Vincent of Airwolf fame and Darren McGavin, probably most famously known for playing the dad in A Christmas Story . And although we have our criticisms, it did well, earning three Emmy Awards and ranking as the #8 boot camp movie by Screen Junkies. Tribes clearly influenced some of the more significant Marine Corps movies of the 80s and 90s, but for us, it mostly influenced us to not recommend portraying Marine Corps boot camp in a made-for-TV format. But as always, we have fun with it. Enjoy! <p>The post #241…
People in this episode
Host: MCA Scuttlebutt
Topics covered
- movie review
- Marine Corps
- boot camp
- television history
- Semper Cinema
Keywords
- Tribes
- Jan Michael Vincent
- Darren McGavin
- boot camp movie
- Emmy Awards
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Marine Corps Association, Screen Junkies
Books & works: Tribes
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