About to be shipped off to Vietnam, four young U.S. Army recruits are forced to confront their own prejudices when it is revealed that one of them is homosexual.

Based on his own award-winning Broadway play, David Rabe wrote the screenplay that has been masterfully directed by Academy Award winner Robert Altman(M.A.S.H., Gosford Park, Short Cuts, The Player). The film stars Matthew Modine (Full Metal Jacket), Mitchell Lichtenstein, Michael Wright (Oz), George Dzundza (Crimson Tide), Guy Boyd and David Alan Grier in his first onscreen role. Winner of 6 Golden Lions at the Venice Film Festival.