We Were Soldiers

We were soldiers ( We were soldiers ) is a American film of 2002 with Mel Gibson on the Guerre of Vietnam.

The history is drawn from the book of Joseph L Galloway, witness journalist direct of the events.

Synopsis

The film tells the battle of Drang, the valley of the death, which was the first significant battle of the war of Vietnam between the American forces and North-Vietnamese, and is located between November 14th and 18th 1965. The American army implements a tactic of rotation of helicopters to gradually deposit approximately 400 men in a clearing encircled by more than 2000 Vietnamese soldiers. 1800 Vietnamese soldiers will die.

Data sheet

Realizer: Randall Wallace
Producing: Arne Schmidt, Jim Lemly, Randall Wallace
Scenario: Harold Moore, Joseph Galloway (delivers), Randall Wallace
Production: Paramount Pictures (the United States), Icon Entertainements
Coming out date: March 1st 2002
American Film
Lasted: 138 min
Budget: USD 75.000.000 (estimate)

Distribution

Mel Gibson: Lieutenant-colonel Hall Moore
Madeleine Stowe: Julie Moore
Greg Kinnear: Major Bruce “Snake” Crandall
Sam Elliott: Quartermaster-sergeant Basil Plumley
Chris Klein: Lieutenant Jack Geoghegan
Keri Russell: Barbara Geoghegan
Barry Pepper: Joe Galloway
Gift Duong: Lieutenant-colonel Nguyen Huu Year
Ryan Hurst: Sergeant Ernie Savage
Robert Boguell: Lieutenant Charlie Hastings
Marc Blucas: Lieutenant Henry Herrick
Josh Daugherty: Robert Ouellette
Jsu Garcia: Captain Tony Nadal
Jon Hamm: Captain Matt Dillon
Clark Gregg: Captain Tom Metskes

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