Strong performances highlight this film based on Robert Stone's National Book Award-winning novel Dog Soldiers. A Vietnam veteran gets conned into helping a buddy smuggle herion from Vietnam to California.

Please Note: Novelist Robert Stone will offer film commentary and answer questions immediately following the screening. Stone will also read from his work on Thursday, October 24th at 8:00 p.m. in the Assembly Hall, Campus Center, on the University at Albany's uptown campus.