| release date: | Friday March 1, 2002 Tuesday August 20, 2002 (dvd) |
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| genre: | Action |
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| running time: | 137 min. |
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| director: | Randall Wallace |
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| studio: | Paramount Pictures |
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| producer(s): | Randall Wallace, Bruce Davey, Stephen McEveety |
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| screenplay: | Randall Wallace |
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| cast: | Mel Gibson, Barry Pepper, Madeleine Stowe, Sam Elliott, Greg Kinnear, Chris Klein, Keri Russell, Desmond Harrington, Luke Benward |
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We Were Soldiers Movie Synopsis
Recounting the true story of one of the most savage battles in U.S. history, Lt. Col. Hal Moore (Gibson) and 400 of his men
touched down on November 14, 1965, at a clearing in Ia Drang Valley, Vietnam - - a place known as "The Valley of Death"
-- and found themselves surrounded by 2,000 North Vietnamese soldiers.
Based on the book We Were Soldiers Once... and Young by Hal Moore and Joseph Galloway.
1 st rate story line and action as well
...i love the movie very much...it really gives the viewers a clear picture of the situation in Vietnam. It is very helpful to us students, especially that our major is History. Very good movie!
GREAT MOVIE beast of its kind