Title: We Were Soldiers
Runtime: 138 Min
Year: 2002
Genres: Action - Drama - History - War
Cast: Mel Gibson, Madeleine Stowe, Greg Kinnear, Sam Elliott, Chris Klein, Keri Russell, Barry Pepper, Duong Don, Ryan Hurst, Robert Bagnell, Marc Blucas, Josh Daugherty, Jsu Garcia, Jon Hamm, Clark Gregg, Desmond Harrington, Blake Heron, Erik MacArthur
Directed By: Randall Wallace
PLOT
In a place soon to be known as The Valley of Death, in a football field-sized clearing called landing zone X-Ray, Lt. Colonel Hal Moore and 400 young troopers from the elite newly formed American 7th "Air" Cavalry, were surrounded by 2,000 North Vietnamese soldiers dug into the tunnel warren mountainside. The ensuing battle was one of the most savage in U.S. history and is portrayed here as the signal encounter between the American and North Vietnamese armies. We Were Soldiers Once... And Young is a tribute to the nobility of those men under fire, their common acts of uncommon valor, and their loyalty to and love for one another.
Country: USA - Germany
Language: English - Vietnamese - French
Writers: (book "We Were Soldiers Once... and Young") Harold G. Moore (as Lt. Gen. Harold G. Moore) & Joseph L. Galloway - (screenplay) Randall Wallace
Awards:
2003- ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards (ASCAP Award)
-Top Box Office Films - Nick Glennie-Smith (WON)
2003- Harry Awards (Harry Award)
-We Were Soldiers (NOMINATED)
2003- Motion Picture Sound Editors, USA (Golden Reel Award)
-Best Sound Editing in Domestic Features - Sound Effects & Foley - Mark P. Stoeckinger (supervising sound editor), Lon Bender (supervising sound editor), Wylie Stateman (supervising foley editor), Geoffrey G. Rubay (sound editor), Bruce Tanis (sound editor), Peter J. Lehman (sound editor), Hector C. Gika (sound editor), Michael A. Reagan (sound editor) & Gregory Hainer (sound editor) (NOMINATED)
2003- World Stunt Awards (Taurus Award)
-Best Fire Stunt - Al Goto & Spencer Sano Large airplanes drop bombs on a battle field,setting the field on fire. Viet Cong are engulfed in fire and stunt men perform full fire burns. Bombs continue to drop as stunt men emerge from large explosions. (NOMINATED)
-Best Fire Stunt - John Meier & Spencer Sano Large bomb is ignited and two soldiers are caught in its flames. Two stunt men perform full body burns, while other soldiers shield themselves from the blast. (NOMINATED)
-Best Stunt Coordinator and/or 2nd Unit Director: Feature - Allan Graf (NOMINATED)
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