DVD
We were soldiers
Call Number
- DVD DRAMA (CEN)
Edition
Widescreen version.
Performers
Mel Gibson, Madeleine Stowe, Greg Kinnear, Sam Elliott, Chris Klein, Keri Russell, Barry Pepper.
Publication Information
Hollywood, CA : Paramount, c2002.
Physical Description
1 videodisc (138 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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.
Notes
DVD format ; Dolby digital 5.1 surround sound.
Videodisc release of the 2002 motion picture.
Closed captioned for the hearing impaired.
Rated R for sustained sequences of graphic war violence and for language.
Based on the book "We were soldiers once ... and young" by Lt. Gen. Harold G. Moore (ret.) and Joseph L. Galloway.
In English with optional French language soundtrack.
Special features include: Commentary by director/writer Randall Wallace ; deleted scenes, with commentary ; "Getting it right" - a behind-the-scenes featurette of "We were soldiers".
Presented in a widescreen format which preserves the original theatrical aspect ratio ; enhanced for 16 x 9 TVs.