Chattahoochee

Fictionalized account of a decorated Korean War veteran's ordeal of incarceration in Florida's state mental institution and his campaign to reform its unjust practices and improve inmate living conditions.

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"Based on a true story about a decorated Korean War hero who, unable to fit back in to society, is committed to Floridas Chattahoochee State Mental. Accepting his fate calmly at first, he quickly discovers the institutions brutality, and begins a personal crusade to change its cruel practices and unsanitary conditions."
"An American war hero attempts suicide and ends up in Chattahoochee State Mental Hospital."
"Fictionalized account of a decorated Korean War veteran's ordeal of incarceration in Florida's state mental institution and his campaign to reform its unjust practices and improve inmate living conditions."@en
"Fictionalized account of a decorated Korean War veteran's ordeal of incarceration in Florida's state mental institution and his campaign to reform its unjust practices and improve inmate living conditions."
"Emmet Foley (Gary Oldman), a decorated Korean War veteran, attempts suicide because of difficulty adjusting to civilian life. As a result, he is institutionalized at the Chattahoochee State Mental Hospital in Florida where he witnesses abuse of other inmates by guards and extreme filthy conditions. Foley regains respect for humanity and mounts a campaign to correct the hospital's vile practices and to restore his own reputation."@en
"Emmet Foley (Gary Oldman), a decorated Korean War veteran, attempts suicide because of difficulty adjusting to civilian life. As a result, he is institutionalized at the Chattahoochee State Mental Hospital in Florida where he witnesses abuse of other inmates by guards and extreme filthy conditions. Foley regains respect for humanity and mounts a campaign to correct the hospital's vile practices and to restore his own reputation."
"An American war hero attempts suicide and ends up in the Chattahoochee mental institution where the doctors humiliate the patients."@en