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Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9786300214156
Format: Color, HiFi Sound, NTSC
ISBN: 630021415X
Label: Paramount
Manufacturer: Paramount
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Paramount
Release Date: September 22, 1999
Running Time: 102 minutes
Sales Rank: 23359
Studio: Paramount
Theatrical Release Date: 1983
Editorial Review:
Amazon.com:
Many who have vivid memories of this 1982 dramatic thriller about racism, hazing, and heroism at a hallowed Southern military academy will delight in its DVD release. The Lords of Discipline was based on Pat Conroy's semi-autobiographical novel about his days attending the famous Citadel in Charleston, South Carolina. The film is set at the fictionalized Carolina Military Institute (and shot on locations in England) in 1964 where freshmen are customarily put through hazing rituals that may have been routine at the time, but seem positively brutal today. During Will McClean's (David Keith) senior year, a black cadet is being admitted for the first time. Will's military faculty mentor (an already grizzled Robert Prosky) charges him with making sure things don't get too out of hand with this new situation and the inevitable initiation rituals. The black cadet certainly has his horrifying tribulations, but there's also a geeky white plebe who may be in bigger trouble. During Will's awakening to the deeper, darker goings on, he discovers a secret society under the hand of the commandant (the great G.D. Spradlin) that carries out more than just hazing rituals when it deems necessary. The suspense, sense of time and place, and array of superb performances are all ample reasons to recommend The Lords of Discipline as a classic keeper or a casual view. David Keith gives a strong performance as the conflicted upper-class cadet. His strong jaw and gentle drawl was coming off a strong supporting role in An Officer and a Gentleman and he went on to several more interesting starring roles before petering out as a leading man. In fact, the cast is pretty great all around, including solid, young-buck turns by Michael Biehn (The Terminator, Aliens) and a familiar face credited as 'Wild Bill' Paxton who went on to be not so wild in One False Move, Twister, Titanic, and many others. --Ted Fry
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Great Movie
This movie was not exactly like the book, but gave a good representation of life in a military school and the struggle of good vs. evil( the system).
Rating: - Better than average and worth viewing
I guess you could say I was fortunate enough to see this movie before reading the book so I didn't have to make hard comparisons until later. Yes, the book is much more detailed and interesting at certain points but it would be impossible to adapt it all into the movie. Standing on its own, this film still delivers.
Will McClean is in his senior year at the Carolina Military Institute in 1964 in the Deep South. For the first time in the institute's history, they're going to admit ... Read More
Rating:  - A Matter of Reform
Well intended, broke a muscle while watching those scenes of torture.
With nerve I stared it in the eye. I was hopeful. In the end I felt obligated to support a certain freedom. And I do.
Rating:  - Lords of Discipline
The movie keeps one interested throughout. It is fast-paced and gets one to think about how we treat other human beings. The actors are believeable in their characters. I would highly recommend this movie.
Rating: - Summer of '82
TLoD was shot (most of the "Carolina Military Academy" outdoor scenes at least), at a school called Wellington College in England. A number of pupils were taken on as extras and spent most of the time getting wrecked...Which is why, in some of the "hazing" scenes, people cracking up laughing can be clearly seen. Sorry about that Mr Roddam, we couldn't help ourselves.
It was great to see how a film gets made, and a true highlight was going to a Clash gig in Brixton that summer with those ridiculous ... Read More
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