<P> Jewison and many of the cast members worked for scale or less under a tight budget with Columbia Pictures . "No one really wanted to make this movie...a black story, it was based on World War II, and those themes were not popular at the box office", according to Jewison . Warner Bros. turned it down, as did Universal's president, Ned Tanen, and UA and MGM followed suit . Columbia's Frank Price read the screenplay and was deeply interested, but the studio was hesitant about its commercial value, so Jewison offered to do the film for a $5 million budget and no salary . When the Directors Guild of America insisted he must have a fee, he agreed to take the lowest possible amount . The film ended up grossing $22.1 million . </P> <P> Howard E. Rollins, Jr. had just received an Oscar nomination for his role in Ragtime and was cast as the lead . Most of the cast came from Broadway careers, but only Adolph Caesar, Denzel Washington, and William Allen Young appeared in both the movie and the original off - Broadway play with the Negro Ensemble Company in the New York City version . </P> <P> A Soldier's Story was shot entirely in Arkansas . The "Tynin" exterior scenes were shot in three days in Clarendon . The baseball sequence was filmed in Little Rock at the historic Lamar Porter Field . </P> <P> Bill Clinton (then Governor of Arkansas) dropped by during the shooting . He became very enthused about the project and later helped by providing the Arkansas Army National Guard in full regalia for a grand scene, since Jewison could not afford to pay an army of extras . Production was completed with their help at Fort Chaffee United States Army Ready Reserve base at Fort Smith (where Elvis Presley entered the military and received his first military haircut). </P>

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