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.
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.
Record details
- ISBN: 0792182103
- Physical Description: 1 videodisc (138 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
- Edition: Widescreen version.
- Publisher: Hollywood, Calif. : Paramount, [2002]
- Copyright: ©2002
Content descriptions
General Note: | Based on the book "We were soldiers once ... and young" by Lt. Gen. Harold G. Moore (ret.) and Joseph L. Galloway. Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired. Special features include : Commentary by director/writer Randall Wallace; deleted scenes; "Getting it right" - a behind-the-scenes featurette of "We were soldiers". |
Creation/Production Credits Note: | Director of photography, Dean Semler ; editor, William Hoy ; music, Nick Glennie-Smith ; costume designer, Michael T. Boyd ; production designer, Tom Sanders. |
Participant or Performer Note: | Mel Gibson, Madeleine Stowe, Greg Kinnear, Sam Elliott, Chris Klein, Keri Russell, Barry Pepper, Don Duong, Ryan Hurst. |
Target Audience Note: | Rated R for sustained sequences of graphic war violence, and for language. |
System Details Note: | DVD, region 1 NTSC, widescreen ; Dolby digital 5.1, 2.0. |
Language Note: | Dialogue in English or French ; English subtitles. |
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Subject: | Vietnam War, 1961-1975 > Campaigns > Drama. Ia Drang Valley, Battle of, Vietnam, 1965 > Drama. |
Genre: | Feature films. Video recordings for the hearing impaired. War films. French language materials. Videodiscs. |
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Summary:
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.