The Lords of Discipline

1983
R
1h 42m

IMDb RATING

6.6/10

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In 1960s America, a black cadet is allowed acceptance into a seemingly prestigious military academy, unleashing a barrage of corruption within the system that another cadet is willing to exp... Read allIn 1960s America, a black cadet is allowed acceptance into a seemingly prestigious military academy, unleashing a barrage of corruption within the system that another cadet is willing to expose.In 1960s America, a black cadet is allowed acceptance into a seemingly prestigious military academy, unleashing a barrage of corruption within the system that another cadet is willing to expose.

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IMDb RATING

6.6/10

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Trivia
Pat Conroy based the source novel on a 1907 incident in which a group of military cadets at a distinguished naval and military college banded together to form a secret society. Every year, ten more cadets were added. When the society was exposed after several years, the original cadets were now influential people occupying a number of positions of power.

Goofs
As Will is sneaking out of the campus to go spy on The Ten, a modern streetside mailbox is shown.

Quotes
Dante 'Pig' Pignetti: It's always 'fuck, shit, piss' all the time around here, I mean, if she could hear it, it would embarrass her.
[looks at a picture of his girlfriend]
Will: But Pig, this is a photograph.
Dante 'Pig' Pignetti: I know that!
Will: It can't see, smell, hear, taste. Right? Mark... Now Mr. Santoro, if you please, address a few obscene remarks to this totally inanimate photograph.
Mark: Jesus, would you look at the tits on that bitch!
Will: Pig, how we doin'?
[Pig is trying to control himself]
Will: Tradd?
Tradd: My, would I dearly love to play a little 'hide the sausage' with that spectacular piece of wop-ass.
Will: Pig?
Dante 'Pig' Pignetti: She... She can't hear ya!
Will: That a boy!
[Takes the picture]
Will: Hi baby. How'd you like a hot flesh injection with the old pork-sword, huh? Nine inches of steaming conga up that tight little...
Dante 'Pig' Pignetti: I'M GONNA KILL YA!

Crazy credits
Bill Paxton is referred to in the closing credits as "Wild" Bill Paxton.

Alternate versions
NBC edited 6 minutes from this film for its 1986 network television premiere.

Connections
Referenced in The Facts of Life: Small But Dangerous (1983)

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Featured review

4/10

Does not come close to book

The movie is adequate and casting for "The Bear" was perfect. The film lost the eliminate of mystery and intrigue the book had. By showing "The Ten" to early and on campus they stole from the mythology of the fraternity. On the other hand, it is impossible to make a film that lives up to a Conroy novel as their is just too much. If a producer was smart they would hire Pat Conroy to make a TV series out of any one of his novels. I don't mean a mini series, but an actual TV series that would probably need to run three seasons. If Conroy didn't want to write the series than David E. Kelley could possibly do justice to many of Conroy's novels or in the case of the Lords Of Discipline Arron Sorkin could possibly write it. Obviously Pat would be the ideal writer though. Trying to do any Conroy novel in a two or even three hour film is just ridiculous. That's why "The Prince of Tides" was such a bad film. It did not stand a chance of having even the same story line as the novel because the real story could not be covered by a film.