When Trumpets Fade
by John Irvin
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Actor: Dwight Yoakum, Frank Whaley, Martin Donovan, Ron EldardDirector: John Irvin
Brand: HBO HOME VIDEO
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround; Spanish (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC, Subtitled
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 92 minutes
Published: 1998-11-01
DVD Release Date: 1998-11-10
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: Hbo Home Video
Summary of When Trumpets Fade
IT IS THE FALL OF 1944 AS THE AMERICAN ARMY ADVANCES ON GERMANY.ATTEMPTING TO SECURE A BRIDGE FLANKED BY ENEMY TANKS, DEATH COMES FROM ALL SIDES AS SHELLS RAIN ON THE MEN. IN THE MIDST OF THIS MADNESS, FOUR RENEGADE SOLDIERS SHARE ONE DESPERATE AIM: TOSTAY ALIVE.First broadcast on HBO in June of 1998--shortly before the theatrical release of Steven Spielberg's Saving Private Ryan--this World War II drama offers an equally intimate and devastating study of combat and its tragic aftermath. Set in Germany during the closing days of the war, the film uses a little-known episode of U.S. military history--the bloody battle of the Hurtigen Forest--as the backdrop for the story of a battle-weary private (Ron Eldard) who is the only surviving member of his platoon. Despite his request for dismissal on the grounds of mental disability and shell-shock, he is considered a promising soldier by his superiors, promoted to sergeant, and assigned to command a fresh platoon of young, inexperienced soldiers. The cycle of war continues, and the film ends as it began--with one soldier carrying a mortally wounded comrade from a scene of devastating loss. A veteran of several war films, director John Irvin emphasizes the gritty, physically exhausting realities of combat with keen attention to detail on location in Hungary. This film is decidedly downbeat (don't look for any Spielbergian uplift here), but its depiction of warfare is undeniably powerful, earning praise for Irvin and HBO for tackling such an uncompromising project. --Jeff Shannon
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