We Were Soldiers is a 2002 American war film written and directed by Randall Wallace and starring Mel Gibson. Based on the book We Were Soldiers Once… and Young by Lieutenant General Hal Moore and reporter Joseph L. Galloway, it dramatizes the Battle of Ia Drang on November 14, 1965.
| Director | Randall Wallace |
| Produced by | Bruce Davey, Stephen McEveety, Randall Wallace |
| Screenplay by | Randall Wallace |
| Starring | Mel Gibson, Madeleine Stowe, Greg Kinnear, Sam Elliott, Chris Klein, Keri Russell, Barry Pepper, Đơn Dương |
| Music | Nick Glennie-Smith |
| Cinematography | Dean Semler |
| Edited by | William Hoy |
| Production, company | Icon Productions, Wheelhouse Entertainment |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures (United States), Concorde Filmverleih (Germany) |
| Released | March 01, 2002 |
| Running time | 138 minutes |
| Country | United States, Germany |
| Language | English, Vietnamese, French |
| Budget | $75 million |
| Box office | $114.7 million |
| Netflix ID | 60022697 |
About We Were Soldiers
This film tells the story of the first major battle involving American troops in the Vietnam War.
Achievement of We Were Soldiers
It is based on the 1992 book We Were Soldiers Once... And Young, written by war veteran Harold G. Moore and war journalist Joseph L. Galloway.
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Latest information about We Were Soldiers updated on July 28 2021.
