The Painting

2002 Drama

Heath Freeman (Tru Calling, ER) heads an all-star cast including Clifton Davis (Any Given Sunday) Ben Vereen (Roots), Stacey Dash (Renaissance Man) and Debbie Allen (Fame) in the period drama Soldier of Change, which resurrects the turmoil and confusion of the late sixties. Travel back in time to visit a young man, Randy (Freeman) who finds himself immersed in the impassioned civil rights cause in the States, and struggles valiantly to adjust to the changing social fabric around him. But this is only the first of two worlds that Randy encounters. When he is drafted and shipped off to Asia - and the nightmare that called itself Vietnam - this inexperienced soldier must fight for his life and his convictions as he attempts to survive amid the turmoil of a war whose real nature is alien even to the country fighting it.

Director: Peter Manoogian

Starring: Heath Freeman, Stacey Dash, Charles Shaughnessy, Cody Dorkin, Clifton Davis

Reviews

  • Too squeaky-clean to convey the turbulence of the period.

    Sheri Linden - The Hollywood Reporter

    20 January 2013

  • Moving from tragedy to tragedy, the film teeters along unsteadily, showing events we've seen countless times before and then imploding under the weight of its ridiculous ending.

    Kevin Thomas - Los Angeles Times

    20 January 2013

Awards

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