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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." Mo...

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Uniform Title:We were soldiers (Motion picture)
Corporate Authors: Paramount Pictures Corporation (1914-1927), Icon Productions, Wheelhouse Entertainment (Firm), Paramount Home Entertainment (Firm)
Other Authors: Davey, Bruce, McEveety, Stephen, Wallace, Randall, Gibson, Mel, Stowe, Madeleine, Kinnear, Greg, 1963-, Elliott, Sam, 1944-, Klein, Chris, 1979-, Russell, Keri, 1976-, Pepper, Barry, 1970-, Duong, Don, 1957-2011, Hurst, Ryan, 1976-, Semler, Dean, 1943-, Hoy, William, Glennie-Smith, Nick, Boyd, Michael T., Sanders, Tom, Moore, Harold G., 1922-, Galloway, Joseph L.
Format: Video DVD
Language:English
Language Notes:Audio in English (5.1 EX Dolby Digital; 6.1 DTS), French, or Spanish (Dolby Digital 5.1) with optional subtitles in English, French or Spanish; English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.
Published: Hollywood, Calif. : Paramount Home Entertainment, [2006]
Edition:[Blu-ray version].
Subjects:
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 > Campaigns > Drama.
Ia Drang Valley, Battle of, Vietnam, 1965 > Drama.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
War films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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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.
Item Description:Based on the book "We were soldiers once ... and young" by Lt. Gen. Harold G. Moore (ret.) and Joseph L. Galloway.
Originally release as a motion picture in 2002.
Special features: commentary by director/writer Randall Wallace; deleted scenes with director's commentary; "Getting it right" - behind-the-scenes of "We were soldiers"; theatrical trailer HD.
Videorecording.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (138 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:Blu-ray disc; 1080P high definition, 5.1 EX Dolby Digital; ; special features in standard definition.
This Blu-ray disc will not play in standard DVD players
Production Credits:Director of photography, Dean Semler ; editor, William Hoy ; music, Nick Glennie-Smith ; costume designer, Michael T. Boyd ; production designer, Tom Sanders.
ISBN:1415724776
9781415724774