- Release Date: 1995
- Runtime: 107 min
- Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, War
- Starring: Danny Glover, Ray Liotta, Denis Leary, Doug E. Doug ... see all
- Director: Simon Wincer
- Plot: During the Vietnam War, a village that American forces are using to spy on the Ho Chi Minh Trail has its sacred elephant killed by the North Vietnamese Army because... Read more
User Reviews
couragous
Mar 26, 2008
lynnettecushman - yahoo.com
Mar 26, 2008lynnettecushman - yahoo.com
this movie is about saving lives and what our american military guys did for the country was saved lives and thier own bravo a good heart film movie... Full review
Dumb movie, dumb plot, its dumb
May 06, 2007
mitchell_the_furious - yahoo.com
May 06, 2007mitchell_the_furious - yahoo.com
Who wrote this piece of crap. What was he thinking. Wait let me guess "I’m gonna make a movie about dropping an elephant from a plane and everyone will love it yeah now let me out of my straight jacket so... Full review
Just a fun movie
Apr 17, 2007
suziemaloney - yahoo.com
Apr 17, 2007suziemaloney - yahoo.com
I have to search for movies that I can watch with my 9 year old daughter. Except for 1 small reference to 'sleeping with the general's wife', I felt this was a good movie to watch with her. Its just a... Full review
Woooo.
Mar 06, 2007
Chris_hurte - imdb.com
Mar 06, 2007Chris_hurte - imdb.com
To all the haters out there, I have no idea what movie you people saw. This movie was a perfect, carefree, feel good story, perfect for sharing the ideas of peace and racial tollerance. Watch this movie early and often.... Full review
even better the 2nd time
Jul 12, 2006
Sandy_Barnett959 - imdb.com
Jul 12, 2006Sandy_Barnett959 - imdb.com
I had seen Operation Dumbo Drop when it first came out and thoroughly enjoyed it. I just watched it for the 2nd time and enjoyed it even more. The love shown between humans and animals deeply touched me. We hear... Full review
The Good & Bad Of 'Operation Dumbo Drop'
Jul 01, 2006
ccthemovieman-1 - imdb.com
Jul 01, 2006ccthemovieman-1 - imdb.com
This movie had some typically-good Disney aspects to it but also some typically- bad Disney agendas in here that just about made me puke.With modern-day Disney films - or at least the ones in the 1980s and 1990s - you... Full review
Spectacular
Jun 12, 2006
zachsl08 - yahoo.com
Jun 12, 2006zachsl08 - yahoo.com
Doug E Doug turned in another award winning performance and the rest of the cast backed him up beautifully. This movie should win a bunch of awards and Doug E. Doug should win the best actor award for his amazing performance.... Full review
Greatest film ever
Jun 12, 2006
bbostonboy - yahoo.com
Jun 12, 2006bbostonboy - yahoo.com
Without a doubt or a moment's hesitation, I would call Operation Dumbo Drop by far the best film I have ever seen. An amazing storyline, cast, and script, and above all, they were dropping an elephant into a vietcong war base.... Full review
Actually, you're wrong
Jun 11, 2005
hot carl - imdb.com
Jun 11, 2005hot carl - imdb.com
All objects fall at a constant rate of acceleration (9.8 m/s^2), no matter what the mass is for either of them. If you drop a penny and a 50 pound weight at the same time,from the same height, they will both... Full review
Feel good for flying elephants
Mar 10, 2005
emdragon - imdb.com
Mar 10, 2005emdragon - imdb.com
In something Walt Disney would actually have been proud of, Operation Dumbo Drop carries the old Disney tradition of making the audience feel good without regard to it's lack of plausibility. Danny Glover and Ray Liotta, along with Dennis Leary... Full review
Critics Reviews
| Jun 08, 2005The Trades
Since that time Leary has continued to be a huge name in stand up comedy, while not completely being well utilized in Hollywood.
I was there to support his masterpiece, "The Ref.
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| Apr 06, 1996Los Angeles Times
Most everyone past adolescence will find the picture easily predictable
Ray Liotta's cynical Capt. T.C. Doyle, a West Point graduate looking for action, arrives in a Montagnard village hard by the Ho Chi Minh Trail to take over a command from Danny Glover's Capt. Sam Cahill, who respects the villagers and their culture.
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| Jul 28, 1995San Francisco Chronicle
Operation Dumbo Drop'' is the kind of movie best caught at a bargain matinee.
Fortunately, the people save ``Operation Dumbo Drop,'' and it's their determinedly good-natured performances that keep the film moving through several well-paced misadventures.
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| Jul 28, 1995Washington Post
Walt Disney's "Operation Dumbo Drop" is a Vietnam-era story so peculiar that one barely knows where to start.
Directed by Simon ("Lonesome Dove") Wincer, "Operation Dumbo Drop" isn't a shoddy piece of work or a cynical one.
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Chicago Sun-Times
I am not asking that " Operation Dumbo Drop " be hard-edged realism.
So: As a family movie, " Operation Dumbo Drop " is sort of entertaining.
Now I am faced with reviewing another movie that I suspect Halima might enjoy more than I did.
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News
leger.Deze schieten daarom de lokale olifant dood, die van onschatbare waarde is voor het dorp.Reden voor kapiteins Danny Glover en Ray Liotta om een nieuwe olifant op te sporen en deze te escorteren naar het dorp. ... Full Article


