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James Carabatsos (written by)
Release Date:
2 December 2001 (USA)
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Caught between two lines of fire, the Germans gave them two options: surrender or die. They chose a third.
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Fact-based war drama about an American battalion of over 500 men which gets trapped behind enemy lines in the Argonne Forest in October 1918 France during the closing weeks of World War I. full summary | add synopsis
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Nominated for 3 Primetime Emmys.
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3 nominations
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(Cast overview, first billed only) | Rick Schroder | ... | Maj. Charles White Whittlesey |
| Phil McKee | ... | Capt. George McMurtry |
 | Jamie Harris | ... | Sgt. Gaedeke |
 | Jay Rodan | ... | Lt. Leak |
| Adam James | ... | Capt. Nelson Holderman, Co. K 307 th |
| Daniel Caltagirone | ... | Pvt. Phillip Cepeglia |
 | Michael Goldstrom | ... | Pvt. Jacob Rosen |
| André Vippolis | ... | Pvt. Lipasti |
| Rhys Miles Thomas | ... | Pvt. Bob Yoder (sharpshooter) |
| Arthur Kremer | ... | Pvt. Abraham Krotoshinsky (runner) |
| Adam Kotz | ... | Col. Johnson |
 | Justin Scot | ... | Pvt. Omer Richards (carrier pigeons) |
 | Anthony Azizi | ... | Pvt. Nat Henchman |
| George Calil | ... | Pvt. Lowell R. Hollingshead |
 | Wolf Kahler | ... | Gen. von Sybel |
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The name "Mulcahy" is carved above the Major's office in the trench. The director of the film was Russell Mulcahy.
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Anachronisms: Sgt. Gaedeke's sleeve insignia are of WWII vintage, not WWI. WWI sergeant stripes were made of khaki or olive drab colored cloth. The stripes in the film are embroidered navy blue on olive drab.
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Featured in "Cinemania: I anodos kai i ptosi tou Nazismou" (2008)
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To reply to D.Smyth's post, yes, the film might make some use of war clichés, but given that the original 1919 film did as well, it seems to be keeping honest to the source material. The battalion was historically a diverse one, and while we've seen the type before in war films, I didn't find the film's portrayal to be so terribly clichéd as to detract from its authenticity or enjoyment.
Also, regarding the goofs D.Smyth points out, the zippo indeed is post-WWI (early '30s); however, it was based on an earlier, Austrian design, which may have been the basis for what shows up in the film.
Also, I'm not sure what his basis is for "o'clock" not existing until twenty years later; to give just one example that contradicts it, Ford Madox Ford references the system twice in his poem "On October, 1914 (Antwerp)" ("This is Charing Cross; / It is one o'clock. ... / This is Charing Cross; it is past one of the clock;"), which was published in 1918.
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