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We Were Soldiers (Blu-Ray)

Mel Gibson (actor), Sam Elliott (actor) and Randall Wallace (director)

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Review

Total Film, 04/01/2002, p.92-3, "...This is a true story that brings home the real horror of war, presenting a balanced, thought-provoking record of men who fought..."

New York Times, 03/01/2002, p.E1, "...The movie, anchored by Mr. Gibson's modest disciplined performance, has a feeling of calm stoicism..."

USA Today, 03/01/2002, p.10D, "...Solemnly forceful....[Elliott] has what could be the best role of his career..."

Hollywood Reporter, 02/25/2002, p.10-23, "...[The battle] is brilliantly designed and shot....The film's major contribution to the Vietnam War movie is its willingness to view the enemy as human beings..."

Rolling Stone, 03/28/2002, p.76, "...The battle, expertly shot by Dean Semler, captures the chaos of guerrilla warfare paralleled in BLACK HAWK DOWN and gives the film a scarring documentary realism..."

Entertainment Weekly, 03/08/2002, p.44-5, "...[Kinnear] does that thing he does better and better with each role he takes, siphoning humor into a serious situation....[Gibson] discharges his duties maturely and successfully..."

Box Office, 05/01/2002, p.61, "...Deft at pushing emotional buttons..."

Los Angeles Times, 03/01/2002, p.C1, "...[The film] impresses with the overwhelming physicality of its combat sequences..."

Title Note

Theatrical Release: MARCH 1, 2002

Release Note

Blu-ray Disc Features:

Blue BD Case
Widescreen - 2.35
Audio:
DTS 6.1 Surround Sound - English
DD-EX Plus Surround Sound - English
Dolby Digital Surround Sound Plus - French, Spanish
Subtitles - English, French, Spanish - Optional
Additional Release Material:
Trailers - 1. Theatrical Trailer
Commentaries - 1. Randall Wallce - Screenwriter/Director
2. 10 Deleted Scenes with Director's Commentary
Featurettes - 1. "Getting it Right" - Behind the Scenes

Blu-ray Disc Features:

Keep Case
Package Note: Blue BD Case
Full Frame - 1.33
Widescreen - 2.35
Audio:
DD-EX Plus Surround Sound - English
Dolby Digital Surround Sound Plus - French, Spanish
DTS 6.1 Surround Sound - English
Subtitles - English, French, Spanish - Optional
Additional Release Material:
Featurette: "Getting it Right" - Behind the Scenes
Trailers: Theatrical Trailer
Audio Commentary:
1. Randall Wallce - Screenwriter/Director
2. 10 Deleted Scenes with Director's Commentary

Product Notes

In 1965, 400 American troops faced an ambush by 2,000 enemy troops in the Ia Drang Valley (also known as the Valley of Death), in one of the most gruesome fights of the Vietnam War. WE WERE SOLDIERS is a detailed recreation of this true story: of the strategies, obstacles, and human cost faced by the troops that participated. The story focuses on the lieutenant colonel that led the attack, Hal Moore (Mel Gibson), and a civilian reporter who accompanied them, Joseph Galloway (Barry Pepper), as well as a number of other soldiers who were involved.

This is an unusual Vietnam film in that it also shows the North Vietnamese perspective on the battle; their leader Lieutenant General Nguyen Huu An (Don Duong) is depicted as a brave soldier and smart commander. And in addition to the many gory battlefield sequences--which seem to have been influenced by SAVING PRIVATE RYAN--we also see how the carnage of war affects those left behind, the soldiers' wives and children. Ultimately this is a moving anti-war film, which, by sticking close to the true stories of real soldiers, very effectively brings home the overwhelming horror of war.

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