We Were Soldiers

We Were Soldiers (2002)

Timing: 2:18 (138 min)

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Actors and characters

Release date

2002-03-01

Country

Germany, United States

Production

Icon Entertainment International, Wheelhouse Entertainment, Motion Picture Production GmbH & Co. Erste KG

Genre

Action, History, War

Budget

$75 000 000

Revenue

$114 660 784

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Director

Randall Wallace

Actors

Mel Gibson, Greg Kinnear, Madeleine Stowe, Sam Elliott, Chris Klein, Keri Russell, Barry Pepper, Clark Gregg, Marc Blucas, Jsu Garcia
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Scenario

Producer

Randall Wallace, Bruce Davey, Stephen McEveety, Arne Schmidt, Jim Lemley

Operator

Dean Semler

Composer

Nick Glennie-Smith

Artist

Audition

Amanda Mackey, Cathy Sandrich Gelfond

Editing

William Hoy, Gregg Edler
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• The project was initially titled 'Lost Patrol'; its literary basis was the book by former American Army Lieutenant Colonel Harold G. Moore and reporter Joseph L. Galloway, 'We Were Soldiers Once…and Young'.
• Over 260 kilometers of film footage were shot for the film. The editing team needed 6 days to review the material.
• The film was banned from screening in Vietnam.
• Vietnamese actor Don Duong was accused of "treason" in his home country for his portrayal of a North Vietnamese lieutenant colonel in the film and was forced to emigrate to the United States.