La storia della prima grande battaglia della fase americana della guerra del Vietnam, e dei soldati che la combatterono, mentre le loro mogli aspettano a casa la buona o la cattiva notizia.La storia della prima grande battaglia della fase americana della guerra del Vietnam, e dei soldati che la combatterono, mentre le loro mogli aspettano a casa la buona o la cattiva notizia.La storia della prima grande battaglia della fase americana della guerra del Vietnam, e dei soldati che la combatterono, mentre le loro mogli aspettano a casa la buona o la cattiva notizia.
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- QuizSam Elliott became so close to the real Basil L. Plumley and his family that during Plumley's funeral with military honors Elliott sat in the front row beside Plumley's daughter as she received the folded flag.
- BlooperContrary to what's shown in the movie, Lieutenant Henry Herrick and 2nd Platoon did not recklessly charge after a lone NVA soldier, but were in fact ordered to advance out to the flank by Captain John Herren and did so in a disciplined manner. However, he encountered a group of retreating PAVN soldiers and followed them, losing contact with the rest of the company and leaving the flank exposed. At one point, when coming to the clearing shown in the film, Herrick stopped and radioed back on whether or not he should continue through it or go around it, which was when he and his men were attacked by the NVA.
It was also Herrick's platoon that inflicted the first casualties on the NVA in said attack, not the other way around as shown in the movie.
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Lt. Colonel Hal Moore: [Hal Moore speaks to his men before going into battle] Look around you. In the 7th cavalry, we've got a captain from the Ukraine; another from Puerto Rico. We've got Japanese, Chinese, Blacks, Hispanics, Cherokee Indians. Jews and Gentiles. All Americans. Now here in the states, some of you in this unit may have experienced discrimination because of race or creed. But for you and me now, all that is gone. We're moving into the valley of the shadow of death, where you will watch the back of the man next to you, as he will watch yours. And you won't care what color he is, or by what name he calls God. They say we're leaving home. We're going to what home was always supposed to be. Now let us understand the situation. We are going into battle against a tough and determined enemy.
[pauses]
Lt. Colonel Hal Moore: I can't promise you that I will bring you all home alive. But this I swear, before you and before Almighty God, that when we go into battle, I will be the first to set foot on the field, and I will be the last to step off, and I will leave no one behind. Dead or alive, we will all come home together. So help me, God.
- Versioni alternativeTrailers include a scene where Julie Moore explains that the last thing most dying soldiers say is "Tell my wife I love her". This is not included in the theatrical release.
- Colonne sonoreHold On I'm Coming
Written by Isaac Hayes and David Porter
Performed by Tommy Blaize
Produced by Nick Glennie-Smith
"We Were Soldiers" has a different take. First, Mel Gibson plays a colonel with a degree, allowing him to not only think like a soldier but an academic. He understands military history and why strategies have or have not worked, and why Vietnam is as pointless as Korea was.
But what really stood out was the focus on the wives. The story is almost always about the boys becoming men in the battlefield. We rarely, if ever, see their parents or spouses. Here is an exception... the wives are their own squadron, bonding together and keeping strong. And that's the reality of war: people don't just die -- someone else has to feel that loss.
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- Luoghi delle riprese
- Fort Hunter Liggett, California, Stati Uniti(Central Highlands, South Vietnam)
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- Budget
- 75.000.000 USD (previsto)
- Lordo Stati Uniti e Canada
- 78.122.718 USD
- Fine settimana di apertura Stati Uniti e Canada
- 20.212.543 USD
- 3 mar 2002
- Lordo in tutto il mondo
- 115.374.915 USD
- Tempo di esecuzione2 ore 18 minuti
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- Mix di suoni
- Proporzioni
- 2.35 : 1