We Were Soldiers (Widescreen Edition)

We Were Soldiers (Widescreen Edition)
by Randall Wallace

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Actor: Chris Klein, Greg Kinnear, Madeleine Stowe, Mel Gibson, Sam Elliott
Director: Randall Wallace
Brand: GIBSON,MEL
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround; English (Subtitled)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Full Screen, NTSC, THX
Picture Format: 1.85:1
Running Time: 138 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2002-08-20
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: Paramount

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Movie Review: One of the Best War Films
Summary: 5 Stars

"We Were Soldiers" is an exceptional war film. It may be the best war film I've seen apart from the Civil War masterpiece "Glory." The battle scenes are intense and brutal to watch. The naphalm scene is especially horrific though I assume very realistic. Mel Gibson does a fine job as Col. Moore and Sam Elliot is superb as a tough seargent. The scenes of families at home and the arrival of messages telling of the death of loved ones were well used to illustrate the wider impact of war. In fact, it was the combination of war scenes and more personal scenes which put it over "Saving Private Ryan" (if only barely) in my mind. Parents should be advised that this is not a film for children. There is a considerable amount of violence and some pretty harsh language as well (I know that the cursing is realistic but I felt it personally detracted from both this and "Saving Private Ryan"). Anyway, I would recommend this film though I advise it is graphic.
On a side note, the film only covers part of the battle in the Ia Drang Valley. The film was also judged to be mostly historically accurate by a commentator on a History Channel "History vs. Hollywood" show though there were inaccuracies such as the final charge.

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Summary of We Were Soldiers (Widescreen Edition)

Exploration of the courage, valor and loyalty among an elite American combat division that is sent to battle in Southern Vietnam.
Genre: Feature Film-Drama
Rating: R
Release Date: 8-AUG-2006
Media Type: DVD

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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