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We Were Soldiers (Widescreen Edition) DVD

R (Restricted) :: Paramount :: Released: 2002-08-20


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We Were Soldiers (Widescreen Edition) Summary In 1965, 400 American Troops Faced An Ambush By 2,000 Enemy Troops In The Ia Drang Valley (also Known As The Valley Of Death), In One Of The Most Gruesome Fights Of The Vietnam War. We Were Soldiers Is A Detailed Recreation Of This True Story: Of The Strategies, Obstacles, And Human Cost Faced By The Troops That Participated. The Story Focuses On The Lieutenant Colonel That Led The Attack, Hal Moore (mel Gibson), And A Civilian Reporter Who Accompanied Them, Joseph Galloway (barry Pepper), As Well As A Number Of Other Soldiers Who Were Involved. This Is An Unusual Vietnam Film In That It Also Shows The North Vietnamese Perspective On The Battle; Their Leader Lieutenant General Nguyen Huu An (don Duong) Is Depicted As A Brave Soldier And Smart Commander. And In Addition To The Many Gory Battlefield Sequences--which Seem To Have Been Influenced By Saving Private Ryan--we Also See How The Carnage Of War Affects Those Left Behind, The Soldiers' Wives And Children. Ultimately This Is A Moving Anti-war Film, Which, By Sticking Close To The True Stories Of Real Soldiers, Very Effectively Brings Home The Overwhelming Horror Of War.

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
We Were Soldiers DVD Techincal Details Cast: Mel Gibson, Greg Kinnear, Sam Elliott, Chris Klein
Director: Randall Wallace
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Rated: R (Restricted)
Running Time: 138 mins
UPC: 097363400240
Binding: DVD
Studio: Paramount
Release Date: 2002-08-20
Region Code: 1
Specs: Closed-captioned, DVD, Full Screen, THX, NTSC

Language & Subtitles English (Original Language - Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround), English (Subtitled),
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