Unusually, the entire ensemble cast won a Golden Lion and was named Best Actor at the Venice Film Festival in 1983.
The "Streamers" title is a slang / colloquial military term that refers to paratroopers whose parachutes fail to open.
The movie's entire cast were male. The cast of director Robert Altman's previous picture, Come Back to the 5 & Dime Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean (1982), were nearly all women.
This film was shot in sequence over the course of three weeks.
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