The Great Santini

Every victory comes with sacrifice and hardwon lessons on and offthe battlefield. Academy Award winner Robert Duvall stars as a maverickmilitary officer whose tyranny threatens to tear his family apart in thegripping drama The Great Santini. A warrior without a war, LieutenantColonel Bull Meechum (DuvallThe Apostle, Tender Mercies) governs histroubled family using the same iron will and coldassteel toughnesswith which he commands his squadron. Nicknamed The Great Santini, Meechum almost destroys his devoted wife (Blythe DannerThe Prince ofTides, Mad City) and rebellious son (Michael O KeefeGhosts ofMississippi) with his harsh, authoritarian love.