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06/24/06
Hamburger Hill (1987)
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Reviews Counted: 7 Fresh: 7 Rotten:0 Average Rating: 6.9/10
Runtime: 1 hr 50 mins
Synopsis: In 1969, fourteen new Army recruits, mostly poor whites and blacks, go through the rigors of basic training in preparation for service in Vietnam. Once overseas, they are sent on a suicide mission to capture the insignificant and well-protected Hamburger Hill.... [More]
Genre: Action/Adventure
Starring: Michael Dolan, Daniel O'Shea, Tommy Swerdlow, Anthony Barille, Michael Patrick Boatman
Director: John Irvin
Screenwriter: Jim Carabatsos
Producer: Marcia Nasatir, Jim Carabatsos
Composer: Philip Glass
Screenwriter: Jim Carabatsos
Producer: Marcia Nasatir, Jim Carabatsos
Composer: Philip Glass
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The most remarkable traits of this realistically detailed chronicle of a crucial, bloody Vietnam War combat is that it steers clear of Stallone's right-wing machismo in Rambo and of Oliver Stone's metaphorical meanings (good versus evil) in Platoon.
02/27/07
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09/03/04
Serves as a grim reminder of what it was like for young men to live and die in the war in Vietnam.
08/27/04
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