"China Beach" Pilot

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Posted On: July 15, 2009
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Category: 16
All Genres: Drama, War
Release Year: 1988
Country: USA
Runtime: 95
Rating: (0)
Languages: English
Director: Rod Holcomb
Sound: Mono
Taglines:

  • You'll wish it was only make-believe.
  • Andy Barclay has a new playmate who's in no mood to play.
  • This doll is killer.
  • Chucky is one mean S.O.B.
  • Something's moved in with the Barclay family, and so has terror.


    • Writing by: John Sacret Young – writer

    Produced by: Geno Escarrega – associate producer
    John Sacret Young – executive producer

    Cast: Dana Delany – Nurse Colleen McMurphy
    Nan Woods – Cherry White
    Michael Boatman – Pvt. Samuel Beckett
    Marg Helgenberger – K.C.
    Robert Picardo – Dr. Dick Richard
    Tim Ryan – Capt. Natch Austen
    Concetta Tomei – Maj. Lila Garreau
    Brian Wimmer – Cpl. Boonie Lanier
    Chloe Webb – Laurette Barber
    James Cromwell – Ambassador at Large Roland Weymouth
    Jeff Kober – Dodger

    Music: John Rubinstein
    Official Website: Visit Website


    Plot Outline: Pilot for the TV series introduces the people of the 510th Evac Hospital at China Beach Vietnam, 1967…
    Plot: Pilot for the TV series introduces the people of the 510th Evac Hospital at China Beach Vietnam, 1967 who include cool but callous Army nurse Colleen McMurphy, naive Red Cross newcomer Cherry White, singer Laurette Barber, and cynical civilian worker/prostitute K.C. Koloski trying to deal with the horrors of war which are never far away from the base and dealing with their own individual lives.

    Movie Quotes: Chucky: We're friends 'til the end, remember?
    Andy: This is the end, friend.


    Crazy Credits: We know about 1 Crazy Credits. One of them reads:
    At the start of the movie, Bugs Bunny interrupts and tells the audience to wish him a happy 50th birthday. A very brief animated celebration occurs before the movie starts up again.

    Goofs: We know about 30 goofs. Here comes one of them:
    Continuity: A basket on the TV knocked off by Chucky's foot.

    Trivia: There are 7 entries in the trivia list – like these:

    • Chucky's full name, Charles Lee Ray, is derived from the names of notorious killers Charles Manson, Lee Harvey Oswald, and James Earl Ray.
    • The babysitter's death scene originally had her being electrocuted while taking a bath. The scene was used later in Bride of Chucky (1998).
    • Original writer Don Mancini stated in an interview that his original script toyed with the audience a bit longer, making them wonder if young Andy was the killer rather than Chucky. This idea was used by Kevin Tenney in Pinocchio's Revenge (1996).



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