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Hamburger Hill (1987)
6.5
A very realistic interpretation of one of the bloodiest battles of the Vietnam War. Director:John IrvinWriter:James Carabatsos |
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Anthony Barrile | ... | |
| Michael Boatman | ... |
Pvt. Ray Motown
(as Michael Patrick Boatman)
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| Don Cheadle | ... | ||
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Michael Dolan | ... | |
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Don James | ... | |
| Dylan McDermott | ... | ||
| Michael A. Nickles | ... |
Pvt. Paul Galvan
(as M.A. Nickles)
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Harry O'Reilly | ... | |
| Daniel O'Shea | ... | ||
| Tim Quill | ... | ||
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Tommy Swerdlow | ... | |
| Courtney B. Vance | ... | ||
| Steven Weber | ... | ||
| Tegan West | ... | ||
| Kieu Chinh | ... | ||
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A brutal and realistic war film focuses on the lives of a squad of 14 U.S. Army soldiers of B Company, 3rd Battalion, 187th Infanty Regiment, 101st Airborne Division during the brutal 10 day (May 11-20, 1969) battle for Hill 937 in the A Shau Valley of Vietnam as they try again and again to take the fortified hill held by the North Vietnamese, and the faults and casualties they take every time in which the battle was later dubbed "Hamburger Hill" because enemy fire was so fierce that the fusillade of bullets turned assaulting troops into shreded hamburger meat. Written by Matthew Patay <1792a@aol.com>
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While the rest of the world wondered why, the Screamin' Eagles fought and died in the fiercest battle of America's bloodiest war. See more »Parents Guide:
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Country:
USARelease Date:
(USA) See more »Also Known As:
937: Posición de combate See more »Box Office
Opening Weekend:
$3,360,705 (USA) (30 August 1987) (814 Screens)Gross:
$13,839,404 (USA)Company Credits
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DolbyAspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1
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If you are able,
save for them a place
inside of you
and save one backward glance
when you are leaving
for the places they can
no longer go.
Be not ashamed to say
you loved them,
though you may
or may not have always.
Take what they have left
and what they have taught you
with their dying
and keep it with your own.
And in that time
when men decide and feel safe
to call the war insane,
take one moment to embrace
those gentle heroes
you left behind.
Major Michael Davis O'Donnell
1 January 1970
Dak To, Vietnam See more »
Written by Calvin Lewis and Andrew Wright
Performed by Percy Sledge See more »
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Trivia
An electrician was electrocuted and killed in front of the cast and crew. Because of this, production was almost shut down but eventually continued after a memorial service. See more »Goofs
Anachronisms: Although the practice of subduing unit shoulder patches was officially adopted during the Vietnam war, there were some units that refused to subdue their patches because of unit pride. The 101st Airborne Division was the major one that never subdued their shoulder patches. The 101st did not subdue the patch until BDUs started to be worn. See more »Crazy Credits
The following poem is shown at the beginning of the credits:If you are able,
save for them a place
inside of you
and save one backward glance
when you are leaving
for the places they can
no longer go.
Be not ashamed to say
you loved them,
though you may
or may not have always.
Take what they have left
and what they have taught you
with their dying
and keep it with your own.
And in that time
when men decide and feel safe
to call the war insane,
take one moment to embrace
those gentle heroes
you left behind.
Major Michael Davis O'Donnell
1 January 1970
Dak To, Vietnam See more »
Soundtracks
"When A Man Loves A Woman"Written by Calvin Lewis and Andrew Wright
Performed by Percy Sledge See more »
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