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We Were Soldiers

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We Were Soldiers
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R,2hrs 17min
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March 1, 2002
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Paramount Pictures
Synopsis: Screenwriter Randall Wallace, a specialist in sweeping historical epics, steps behind the camera for this fact-based Vietnam War drama that reunites him with his Braveheart (1995) star Mel Gibson. Gibson is Lt. Col. Hal Moore, commander of the First Battalion, Seventh Cavalry, the same regiment fatefully led by George Armstrong Custer. As part of the Pleiku Campaign of late 1965, Moore is assigned to an action at Landing Zone X-Ray in the Drang Valley, an area that would come to be known as the "The ... Full Synopsis
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The in-your-face style of We Were Soldiers results in a suspenseful, intense, and exhausting cinematic experience. Full Review
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65
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out of 100
Featured Cast
Lt. Col. Hal Moore, Lt. Col. Harold G. Moore
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