Dogfight

1963, the night before 18 year-old “Birdlace” Eddie and his friends are shipped to Vietnam. They play a dirty game called ‘Dogfight’: all of them seek a woman for a party, and whoever finds the most ugly one, wins a prize. Eddie finds the lonesome pacifist Rose working in a coffee shop. She’s happy to accompany him – but then she sees through the game. However by this time he has already learned to like her, so he follows her home. Will he manage to win her heart despite their differences? —Tom Zoerner