Hamburger Hill (1987)


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War at its worst. Men at their best.
Themes:SurvivalThe Human ConditionComing Of AgeIdentity CrisisSacrificeFriendshipLove Of CountryBattle Of WillsWar Is HellDiscover Similar ThemesMood:DarkBroodingHeart-WrenchingFearfulDramaticHauntingViolentGrittyTragicEmotionalIntenseUnrelentingBleakRealisticMacabreHeroicGoryGruesomeRawDiscover Similar Mood
The men of Bravo Company are facing a battle that's all uphill… up Hamburger Hill. Fourteen war-weary soldiers are battling for a mud-covered mound of earth so named because it chews up soldiers like chopped meat. They are fighting for their country, their fellow soldiers and their lives. War is hell, but this is worse. Hamburger Hill tells it the way it was, the way it really was. It's a raw, gritty and totally unrelenting dramatic depiction of one of the fiercest battles of America's bloodiest war. This happened. Hamburger Hill - war at its worst, men at their best.
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War-Weary SoldiersMud And BloodMud-Covered WarfareFierce FightingWar At Its WorstBattle Against Enemy ForcesMen At Their BestHand-To-Hand CombatChopped Meat AnalogyUphill BattleMud-Soaked UniformsFighting For Their LivesFighting For Their CountryRaw And Gritty CombatFirst-Person Perspective




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Directed by: Peter MacDonald, John Irvin
Produced by: James Carabatsos, Marcia Nasatir, Jerry Offsay
Composed by: Philip Glass
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Tim Quill
Pvt. Joe Beletsky

Michael Boatman
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Dylan McDermott
Sgt. Adam Frantz

Don Cheadle
Pvt. Washburn

Steven Weber
Sfc. Dennis Worcester

Courtney B. Vance
Spc. Abraham 'Doc' Johnson

Tommy Swerdlow
Pvt. Martin Bienstock

Tegan West
Lt. Terry Eden

Michael A. Nickles
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Anthony Barrile
Vincent 'Alphabet' Languilli
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