We were soldiers [videorecording] 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.
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FilmSeries: Widescreen DVD collectionPublisher: Hollywood, Calif. : Paramount, c2002Edition: Widescreen versionDescription: 1 videodisc (138 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 inISBN: 0792182103; 0792182111Subject(s): Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Campaigns | Ia Drang Valley, Battle of, Vietnam, 1965 | Feature films | VideorecordingsGenre/Form: Films for the hearing impaired. | War films.Production credits: Director of photography, Dean Semler ; editor, William Hoy ; music, Nick Glennie-Smith ; costume designer, Michael T. Boyd ; production designer, Tom Sanders.Cast: Mel Gibson, Madeleine Stowe, Greg Kinnear, Sam Elliott, Chris Klein, Keri Russell, Barry Pepper, Don Duong, Ryan Hurst.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.
| Item type | Home library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DVD Video | A J M Library 868-5076 | DVD WERE (Browse shelf) | Available | 19278 |
Based on the book "We were soldiers once ... and young" by Lt. Gen. Harold G. Moore (ret.) and Joseph L. Galloway.
English track: Dolby digital 2.0 surround; Dolby digital 6.1 EX.
French track: Dolby digital 2.0 surround.
Commentary: Dolby digital 2.0.
With: 10 deleted scenes with commentary; Getting it right behind-the-scenes of We ere soldiers; Commentary by director/writer Randall Wallace.
Director of photography, Dean Semler ; editor, William Hoy ; music, Nick Glennie-Smith ; costume designer, Michael T. Boyd ; production designer, Tom Sanders.
Mel Gibson, Madeleine Stowe, Greg Kinnear, Sam Elliott, Chris Klein, Keri Russell, Barry Pepper, Don Duong, Ryan Hurst.
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.
DVD.
Closed-captioned.
With separate English and French tracks and English subtitles.
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