《沙利文一家》(又名《拌嘴一家人》,the Fighting Sullivans) 是发生在二战时期太平洋海战当中的真人真事,一家五个兄弟在服役时全部牺牲。他们的死最终导致了美国军队修改入伍条例(直系的兄弟姐妹被禁止并肩服役),相似情节也在《拯救大兵瑞恩》当中出现过。尽管是讲述在战争中牺牲的亲兄弟们的故事,导演并没有花大量的笔墨在战场上,而是讲述在美国爱荷华州的滑铁卢的家乡,几兄弟共同成长的故事。经常吵架拌嘴的兄弟们其实是多么的招人喜欢,风趣和忠于家庭。The lives of a close-knit group of brothers growing up in Iowa during the days of the Great Depression and of World War II and their eventual deaths in action in the Pacific theater are chronicled in this film based on a true story.
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