We Were Soldiers
Paramount Pictures and Icon Productions present ; an Icon/Wheelhouse Entertainment production ; a Randall Wallace film ; producers, Bruce Davey, Stephen McEveety, Randall Wallace ; written for the screen and directed by Randall Wallace.
- Hollywood, Calif. : Paramount, 2002.
- 1 videodisc (138 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Based on the book "We were soldiers once ... and young" by Lt. Gen. Harold G. Moore (ret.) and Joseph L. Galloway. Originally released as a motion picture in 2002. Special features: commentary by director/writer Randall Wallace; deleted scenes; "Getting it right"--A behind-the-scenes featurette of "We were soldiers."
Lt. Col. Hal Moore is the commander of the First Battalion, Seventh Cavalry. As part of the Pleiku Campaign of late 1965, Moore is assigned to action at Landing Zone X-Ray in the Ia Drang Valley, an area known to be overrun by North Vietnamese troops and nicknamed "The Valley of Death." Moore soon finds himself and his men contained to an area about the size of a football field, surrounded by more than 2,000 enemy troops and engaged in the first major battle of the war. Heroism becomes the order of the day as the men refuse to yield, in spite of heavy losses of life.
MPAA rating: R; for sustained sequences of graphic war violence, and for language.
English or dubbed French dialogue, optional English subtitles; closed-captioned.
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Moore, Harold G., 1922-2017 --Film adaptations. Galloway, Joseph L.--Film adaptations.
1961-1975
Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Campaigns--Drama. Ia Drang Valley, Battle of, Vietnam, 1965--Drama. Military campaigns.