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Coming Out Under Fire
Directed by
Arthur Dong
NR
1994
72m
Documentary
,
War
,
and more
7.6
91%
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A historical account of military policy regarding homosexuals during World War II. The documentary includes interviews with several gay WWII veterans.
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Cast of Coming Out Under Fire
Salome Jens
Narrator (voice)
Phillis Abry
Self - Radio Technician, Women's Army Corps
David Barrett
Self - Storekeeper, U.S. Navy
Sarah Davis
Self - Aviation Machinist Mate, WAVES
Herbert Greenspan
Self - Psychiatrist, U.S. Navy (as Dr. Herbert Greenspan)
Bruce Lee
Self - Intelligence Clerk, U.S. Army Air Corps
Marvin Liebman
Self - Special Services, U.S. Army Air Corps
Stuart Loomis
Self - Psychological Assistant, U.S. Army
Tom Reddy
Self - Special Services, U.S. Marine Corps
Alan Bergreen
Additional Voice (voice)
Victoria Hochberg
Additional Voice (voice)
Burr Middleton
Additional Voice (voice)
Rick Watts
Additional Voice (voice)
Coming Out Under Fire Ratings & Reviews
Variety
Emanuel Levy
Dong's significant docu contributes to the debate of gays and lesbians in the military by viewing the issue from vantage personal and historical perspectives, focusing on some undaunted homosexual soldiers who had served in WWII.
TV Guide
TV Guide Staff
Arthur Dong's documentary, consisting primarily of talking-head interviews with a wide range of WWII veterans, confronts the issue in a commendably thoughtful and straightforward manner.
Austin Chronicle
Marjorie Baumgarten
Coming Out Under Fire, apart from providing an oral document, is a movie with a point to make about the ongoing mistreatment of gays in the military.
New York Times
Walter Goodman
A reminder of a time when psychiatrists viewed homosexuals as mentally ill and the military viewed them as dangerous to morale, not to mention morality.
Chicago Tribune
Achy Obejas
Coming Out Under Fire is a fascinating and poignant look at how the ban affected seven lives.
Los Angeles Times
Kevin Thomas
Arthur Dong's informative, consciousness-raising Coming Out Under Fire documents the experiences of nine gay and lesbian World War II veterans.
New York Times
Stephen Holden
[Many] personal testimonies are skillfully woven into an absorbing portrait of 1940's military life that brings in Army training films, newsreels and period documents.
Washington Post
Hal Hinson
The result is that, despite the volatility of its subject, the movie feels stodgier and less pointed than it might have.
Chicago Reader
Jonathan Rosenbaum
This informative and intelligent work provides a comprehensive historical context for the debates stirred up by Clinton's efforts to allow gay men and women to serve in the armed forces.
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