- Actors: Mel Gibson, Madeleine Stowe, Greg Kinnear, Sam Elliott, Chris Klein
- Directors: Randall Wallace
- Writers: Randall Wallace, Harold G. Moore, Joseph L. Galloway
- Producers: Arne Schmidt, Bruce Davey, Danielle Lemmon Zapotoczny, Eveleen Bandy
- Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Subtitled, THX, Widescreen, NTSC, Import
- Language: English
- Subtitles: English
- Region: (US and Canada This DVD will probably NOT be viewable in other countries. Read more about DVD formats.)
- Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
- Number of discs: 1
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- Studio: Paramount
- Release Date: Aug 20 2002
- Run Time: 138 minutes
- Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (296 customer reviews)
- ASIN: B000068TPN
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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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WE WERE SOLDIERS
Genre: Drama
Rating: R
Release Date: 0000-00-00
Media Type: DVD
SKU:GMDB2237717
Genre: Drama
Rating: R
Release Date: 0000-00-00
Media Type: DVD
SKU:GMDB2237717
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3.0 out of 5 stars
Mixed messages in film,
By Kevin Brianton (Melbourne, Victoria Australia) - See all my reviews
This review is from: We Were Soldiers (Widescreen) (DVD)
This is a solidly made war film, which at the start seemed to be a highly conservative take on the Vietnam war. Yet unlike other films, it does not demonise the North Vietnamese. It does not make them out to be saints either. The Vietnamese have intelligent generals and their soldiers are brave. The Americans leadership is shown as little able to deal with Vietnam and it leads to useless carnage on the battlefield. The film gives the impression that many hands went into wrting scenes and it jumps uneasily from liberal to conservative viewpoints. Some scenes are simply too heavy handed. At the end of it, I felt it was a good film with some sound ideas, but it just could not make up its mind which way it wanted to jump. The one overwhelming weak point. Mel Gibson is simply dreadful in his role. Someone should have at least excised the scene of him crying because he could not die with his men. I suspect the actor wanted it in there to show his dramatic range. It has some good things, but it is badly let down at times by some leaden writing.
2.0 out of 5 stars
Finally, a movie that fogs the Vietnam War,
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This review is from: We Were Soldiers (Widescreen) (DVD)
I will admit right now, I am no fan of Mel. He is very talented as an actor and film maker; there is no doubt about that. But I think he's always had an extreme Christian-right leaning agenda that he managed to keep somewhat hidden for decades, and in this film, his veil of secrecy is clearly removed. Forget about the whys and morals of that particular war, he indicates. You get from Gibson that the real point is that war is bloody hell and we may as well win while we're at it, and we have plenty of practice with it. And to hell with all those peace loving naysayers. So in effect, his film throws our society back another 30 years. Stick with the real Vietnam films like MASH, Apocalypse Now, Deer Hunter, and Full Metal Jacket. Even Hamburger Hill made more sense than this piece of junk.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
They Finally got it Right,
By Preston J Prince (Waco, Texas United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: We Were Soldiers (Widescreen) (DVD)
This film has to be by far the greatest war story I have ever come across so far. It not only shows that war is pure Hell but it is also the first Vietnam film ever made that shows the true honor and patriotism that our soldiers fought with. "We Were Soldiers" also gives to the veterans who fought in Vietnam the honor and recognition they should have received all along. To any veterans who read this review I just want to say thank you from the bottom of my heart for the sacrifices you have made for our country. You did nothing to deserve the contempt and hate you recieved from the people of this country and you risked your lives anyway. I hold each of you in the highest respect for standing your ground and fighting for our freedom and the rights we enjoy today. And thank you to the makers of this film for giving us the opportunity to finally see the true nature of the American soldier.
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