And nobody cared.Nobody showed.And I think the American Indian is as American as John and Ethel Barrymore and, uh, Donny and Marie Osmond.The two protagonists are symbols of different, opposing cultures, but actually they share much in common - egotistical pride, dedication, a belief in saving "face," and stubborn, inflexible obedience to their class, military codes and rules.Val Kilmer starred in a made-for-TV movie re-creation,The Man Who Broke 1,000 Chains (1987), about a man sentenced to work on a chain gang after WWII for a petty crime.They discussed speaking to the Russian Federation leader - but President Zorkin was reported missing and there was a coup in Moscow, and General Bulgakov was in charge ("the asshole who wanted to use nukes in Chechnya").