| Front Cover |
Actor |
Back Cover |
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| Mel Gibson |
Lt. Colonel Hal Moore
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| Madeleine Stowe |
Julie Moore
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| Greg Kinnear |
Major Bruce Crandall
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| Sam Elliott |
Sergeant Major Basil Plumley
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| Chris Klein |
2nd Lieutenant Jack Geoghegan
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| Keri Russell |
Barbara Geoghegan
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| Barry Pepper |
Joe Galloway
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| Don Duong |
Lt. Colonel Nguyen Huu An
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| Ryan Hurst |
Sergeant Ernie Savage
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| Robert Bagnell |
1st Lieutenant Charlie Hastings
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| Movie Details |
| Genre |
Drama; War; Action; History |
| Director |
Randall Wallace |
| Producer |
Bruce Davey; Randall Wallace |
| Writer |
Randall Wallace; Harold G. Moore |
| Studio |
Paramount Pictures |
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| Language |
English |
| Audience Rating |
R (Restricted) |
| Running Time |
138 |
| Country |
USA |
| Color |
Color |
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| Plot |
| Based on the book by Lt. Col. Harold Moore (ret.) and journalist Joseph Galloway, We Were Soldiers offers a dignified reminder that the Vietnam War yielded its own crop of American heroes. Departing from Hollywood's typically cynical treatment of the war, writer-director Randall Wallace focuses on the first engagement of American soldiers with the North Vietnamese enemy in November 1965. Moore (played with colorful nuance by Mel Gibson) and nearly 400 inexperienced troopers from the U.S. Air Cavalry were surrounded by 2,000 North Vietnamese Army soldiers, and the film re-creates this brutal firefight with graphic authenticity, while telling the parallel story of grieving army wives back home. While UPI reporter Galloway (Barry Pepper) risks his life to chronicle the battle, Wallace offers a balanced (though somewhat fictionalized) perspective while eliciting laudable performances from an excellent cast. Like the best World War II dramas of the 1940s, We Were Soldiers pays tribute to brave men while avoiding the pitfalls of propaganda. --Jeff Shannon |
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| Edition Details |
| Edition |
Ws Sub |
| Format |
DVD |
| Region |
Region 1 |
| Screen Ratio |
1.85:1 |
| Layers |
Single Side, Single Layer |
| Barcode |
097363400240 |
| Release Date |
8/20/2002 |
| Subtitles |
English |
| Packaging |
Keep Case |
| Audio Tracks |
English Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround
French Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround |
| No. of Disks/Tapes |
2 |
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Extra Features
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Closed Captioned Commentary Deleted/Extended Scenes "The Making of..." Featurette(s) Scene Access Commentary by Director/Writer Randall Wallace
Getting It Right: Behind-The-Scenes Of We Were Soldiers
10 Deleted Scenes with Commentary
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