Buffalo Soldiers
Role: Robyn Lee
Director: Gregor Jordan
Writer: Robert O’Connor (book); Gregor Jordan, Eric Weiss & Nora Maccoby (screenplay)
Release: September 8, 2001 (Toronto Film Festival), October 31, 2002 (Germany), July 25, 2003 (USA: Limited)
Rating: R
Runtime: 98 min
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Crime, Thriller
Filming Locations: Multiple locations in Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Links: Official Site, Photo Gallery, IMDB
 

 
Cast:
Joaquin Phoenix, Ed Harris, Scott Glenn, Elizabeth McGovern, Michael Peña, Leon, Gabriel Mann, Dean Stockwell, Brian Delate, Shiek Mahmud-Bey, Amani Gethers, Noah Lee Margetts, Tom Ellis, Kick Gurry

Sypnosis:
1989. The Berlin Wall is about to fall, and the world is about to be made safe for the new world order. But outside of Stuttgart, West Germany, at Theodore Roosevelt Army Base, Specialist Ray Elwood of the 317th Supply Battalion is about to find his own cold war turn white hot. Elwood’s a lovable rogue, a conscript who’s managed to turn his military servitude into a blossoming network of black market deals, more out of boredom than ambition. Officially, there’s his day job as battalion secretary to the inept but caring Commander Wallace Berman. On the side, there’s everything from selling the locals stolen Mop’N'Glo to cooking heroin for the base’s ruthless head of Military Police, Sgt. Saad. When a new top sergeant arrives, with the avowed intention of cleaning the base up, Elwood thinks the new blood is nothing he can’t handle, especially after he lays eyes on the top’s daughter, rebellious Robyn. But that was before he figured in the $5 million in stolen arms that just landed on his lap, Berman’s jealous wife, an insane Turkish drug dealer, and, of course, the resulting lust, betrayal, and murder

Other Info:
- The film premiered at the Toronto Film Festival 3 days before the attacks on the World Trade Center on 9/11. This caused for a delay in the film’s release.
- The film’s first wide release was in Germany in 2002.
- Miramax picked up the film at the Toronto Film Festival
- The US release date of the film saw 3 changes (July 2002, March 2003 and May 2003) before it would finally only get a limited release in New York and Los Angeles on July 25, 2003
- When the film screened at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2003, during the Q&A a woman threw a water bottle at the screen but instead of hitting the screen, it hit Anna.
- Because the film was shot in Germany, both Anna and Joaquin Phoenix had trouble finding places to eat since they are both vegetarian. They ended up finding one place which they at a majority of the shoot.