We Were Soldiers (2002)

User Rating:

6.9/10   

Director:

Randall Wallace

Writers (WGA):

Harold G. Moore (book) and
Joseph L. Galloway (book) ...
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Release Date:

1 March 2002 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Drama | History | War

Tagline:

Fathers, Brothers, Husbands & Sons.

Plot:

The story of the first major battle of the American phase of the Vietnam War and the soldiers on both sides that fought it.

Plot Keywords:

Assault Rifle | American Soldier | Air Raid | Claim In Title | Automatic Weapon

Awards:

1 win & 5 nominations

Cast

Mel Gibson	...	Lt. Col. Hal Moore
Madeleine Stowe	...	Julie Moore
Greg Kinnear	...	Maj. Bruce 'Snake' Crandall
Sam Elliott	...	Sgt. Maj. Basil Plumley
Chris Klein	...	2nd Lt. Jack Geoghegan
Keri Russell	...	Barbara Geoghegan
Barry Pepper	...	Joe Galloway
Duong Don	...	Lt. Col. Nguyen Huu An
Ryan Hurst	...	Sgt. Ernie Savage
Robert Bagnell	...	1st Lt. Charlie Hastings
Marc Blucas	...	2nd Lt. Henry Herrick
Josh Daugherty	...	Sp4 Robert Ouellette
Jsu Garcia	...	Capt. Tony Nadal
Jon Hamm	...	Capt. Matt Dillon
Clark Gregg	...	Capt. Tom Metsker
Desmond Harrington	...	Sp4 Bill Beck
Blake Heron	...	Sp4 Galen Bungum
Erik MacArthur	...	Sp4 Russell Adams
Dylan Walsh	...	Capt. Robert Edwards
Mark McCracken	...	Capt. Ed 'Too Tall' Freeman
Edwin Morrow	...	Pfc. Willie Godboldt
Brian Tee	...	Pfc. Jimmy Nakayama
Sloane Momsen	...	Cecile Moore
Bellamy Young	...	Catherine Metsker
Simbi Khali	...	Alma Givens (as Simbi Kali Williams)
Jim Grimshaw	...	Maj. Gen. Henry Kinnard
Forry Smith	...	Sfc. Carl Palmer
Steven Nelson	...	Sp5 Charlie 'Doc' Lose
Vincent Angell	...	Capt. Robert 'Doc' Carrera
Michael Tomlinson	...	Col. Tim Brown
Keith Szarabajka	...	Diplomatic Spook
Tim Abell	...	Army Intelligence Officer
Patrick St. Esprit	...	General in Hallway
Mike White	...	Sfc. Bob White, Mortar Sergeant (as Michael John White)
Daniel Roebuck	...	Medevac CO
Maia Lien	...	Army Wife
Dan Beene	...	Cab Driver (as Danny Beene)
Taylor Momsen	...	Julie Moore
Joshua McLaurin	...	Greg Moore (as Josh McLaurin)
Devon Werkheiser	...	Steve Moore
Luke Benward	...	David Moore
Billinjer C. Tran	...	Viet Minh Sergeant
Vien Hong	...	Mr. Nik
Joseph Tran	...	NVA Prisoner
Joseph Hieu	...	NVA Officer
Lam Nguyen	...	NVA Soldier with Bayonet
Diep Bui	...	NVA Wife (as Zoë Bui)
Andrew Wallace	...	French Bugler
Nicholas Hosking	...	French Captain
Michael Giordani	...	French Lieutenant
Shepard Koster	...	Reporter (as Shep Koster)
Kate Lombardi	...	Reporter
Ingrid Semler	...	Reporter
Jason Powell	...	Sgt. Robert Stokes
Doug C. Cook	...	Capt. Ray Lefebvre
Sean Bunch	...	Trooper on Fire (as Sean Thomas Bunch)
F. Lee Reynolds	...	Chopper Crewman
Stephen Zapotoczny	...	Edwards' Radio Operator
Frank Kostenko Jr.	...	Foxhole Trooper
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Ben Allison	...	Lt. Cochran (uncredited)
Brian Carpenter	...	Sec. of Defense Robert McNamara (uncredited)
Chris Cate	...	Soldier (uncredited)
Cliff Fleming	...	Capt. Jon Mills (uncredited)
Brendan Ford	...	Jump Coordinator (uncredited)
Kelli Franklin	...	Mrs. Charlie Hastings (uncredited)
Christian Gibson	...	Soldier (uncredited)
Justin Gordon	...	French Officer (uncredited)
Lyndon Johnson	...	Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Derrell Keith Lester	...	Black Private (uncredited)
Will Klipstine	...	Private Davey (uncredited)
Matthew Lang	...	1st Lt. John Arrington (uncredited)
Danny Le Boyer	...	Sergeant (uncredited)
Matt Mangum	...	Pvt. Soprano (uncredited)
Johnny Nguyen	...	Young NVA Lieutenant (uncredited)
Randy Oglesby	...	Lt. Col. List (uncredited)
Jonathan Parks Jordan	...	White Private (uncredited)
John Paul Rice	...	Pvt. John Henry (uncredited)
Keni Thomas	...	Sergeant (uncredited)

Directed by
Randall Wallace

Writing credits (WGA)
Harold G. Moore		(book "We Were Soldiers Once... and Young") (as Lt. Gen. Harold G. Moore) and
Joseph L. Galloway		(book "We Were Soldiers Once... and Young")
Randall Wallace		(screenplay)

Produced by
Eveleen Bandy	....	associate producer
Bruce Davey	....	producer
William Hoy	....	associate producer
Jim Lemley	....	executive producer
Stephen McEveety	....	producer
Arne Schmidt	....	executive producer (as Arne L. Schmidt)
Randall Wallace	....	producer
Danielle Lemmon Zapotoczny	....	co-producer (as Danielle Lemmon)
Stephen Zapotoczny	....	co-producer

Original Music by
Nick Glennie-Smith

Cinematography by
Dean Semler

Film Editing by
William Hoy

Casting by
Amanda Mackey Johnson
Cathy Sandrich		(as Cathy Sandrich Gelfond)

Production Design by
Thomas E. Sanders		(as Tom Sanders)

Art Direction by
Daniel T. Dorrance		(supervising art director)
Kevin Kavanaugh

Set Decoration by
Gary Fettis

Costume Design by
Michael T. Boyd

Makeup Department
Jane Aull	....	makeup artist: second unit
Hallie D'Amore	....	makeup artist: Ms. Stowe
Garrett Immel	....	makeup artist
Kerry Mendenhall	....	hair stylist
Beth Miller	....	key hair stylist
Michael Mills	....	character makeup creator
Michael Mills	....	makeup supervisor
Craig Reardon	....	key makeup artist
Michael Burnett	....	special makeup effects artist: dead soldier bodies (uncredited)

Production Management
Gregg Edler	....	production supervisor
Angel Pine	....	post-production supervisor
Arne Schmidt	....	unit production manager (as Arne L. Schmidt)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Cliff Fleming	....	director: aerial unit
Allan Graf	....	second unit director
Frank Kostenko Jr.	....	second second assistant director
Allen Kupetsky	....	second assistant director
Michelene Mundo	....	additional second second assistant director: second unit
Nilo Otero	....	first assistant director
Bill Purple	....	second assistant director: second unit (as William Purple)
Shannon D. Speaker	....	dga trainee (as Shannon Speaker)
Jey Wada	....	second second assistant director: second unit
Kim H. Winther	....	first assistant director (as Kim Winther)
Lars P. Winther	....	additional second second assistant director (as Lars Winther)
Lars P. Winther	....	first assistant director: second unit (as Lars Winther)

Art Department
Douglas Beale	....	greensman (as Douglas Beal)
Richard J. Bell	....	greensman
Scott Cockerell	....	property assistant: second unit
Stan Cockerell	....	assistant property master (as Stan W. Cockerell)
Richard Colwell	....	scenic artist: Georgia
Daniel B. Foster	....	set dresser: Georgia
Melissa Frye	....	scenic artist: Georgia (as Melissa A. Frye)
Bryan D. Garofalo	....	property assistant (as Bryan Garofalo)
Rick Glenn	....	set dresser
Chuck Herrmann	....	assistant property master: second unit
Bryan Hill	....	set dresser
Bill Iiams	....	construction coordinator
Ed Jones	....	greensman
Richard W. Jones	....	greensman (as Rick Jones)
Tyler Kettenburg	....	set dresser
C.J. Maguire	....	assistant property master
Kevin Mangan	....	greensman
John Mann	....	storyboard artist
Naaman Marshall	....	set designer
Tom Miller	....	property assistant
Robert Tate Nichols	....	set dresser: Georgia
William Scot Noonan	....	labor foreperson: Georgia
Dan Ondrejko	....	greens supervisor (as Danny Ondrejko)
Jose Orozco	....	greensman
Erik Polczwartek	....	set dresser
Mark Rasmussen	....	construction foreperson
Wendy Richardson	....	chief art department coordinator
Rich Romig	....	set designer (as Richard Romig)
Rich Romig	....	set designer: Georgia
Nicholas Rymond	....	set dresser (as Nick Rymond)
Greg Sanger	....	lead man
Clint Schultz	....	graphic designer
Terry J. Smith	....	labor foreperson: Georgia
Dan Sweetman	....	storyboard artist
Jeffrey Thomas	....	greensman (as Jeff Thomas)
Lance Totten	....	set dresser: Georgia (as C. Lance Totten)
James F. Truesdale	....	art director: Georgia
David Tully	....	greensman (as David V. Tully)
Joshua Warner	....	on-set dresser (as Josh Warner)
Karl J. Weschta	....	property assistant: second unit
Dean Wilson	....	property master: second unit
Jim Zemansky	....	property master
Randy Bobbitt	....	set decoration coordinator (uncredited)
Christopher Carlson	....	assistant decorator (uncredited)
Gary Clark	....	head paint foreman (uncredited)
James Diggs	....	stand-by painter (uncredited)
Daren Dochterman	....	production illustrator (uncredited)
Alba Leone	....	buyer: Georgia (uncredited)
Peter McGoran	....	set dresser (uncredited)

Sound Department
Steve Bartkowicz	....	sound engineer
Heidi Bender	....	field recordist
Lon Bender	....	sound designer
Lon Bender	....	supervising sound editor
Tim Boggs	....	adr editor
Weldon Brown	....	adr mixer
Claudia Carle	....	adr recordist
Matt Colleran	....	sound recordist
Tim Cooney	....	production sound mixer
John DiSante	....	cable person
Victor Ray Ennis	....	supervising assistant sound editor
Marc Fishman	....	sound re-recording mixer
Paul Flinchbaugh	....	assistant sound editor
Nerses Gezalyan	....	foley mixer
Hector C. Gika	....	sound effects editor (as Hector Gika)
Ann Hadsell	....	adr mixer
Gregory Hainer	....	sound effects editor (as Greg Hainer)
Michael Hertlein	....	dialogue editor (as Mike Hertlein)
Jeffrey A. Humphreys	....	cable person
Craig Jurkiewicz	....	foley editor
Michael Keller	....	sound re-recording mixer
Randy Kelley	....	sound effects editor
David Kudell	....	assistant sound editor
Peter J. Lehman	....	sound effects editor
Kimaree Long	....	dialogue editor
James Moriana	....	foley walker (as James M. Moriana)
Mark Ormandy	....	field recordist
Willard Overstreet	....	foley editor
Kelly Oxford	....	supervising adr editor
Michelle Pazer	....	adr editor
Andy Potvin	....	stereo sound consultant: Dolby
Michael A. Reagan	....	sound effects editor (as Mike Reagan)
Geoffrey G. Rubay	....	sound designer
Kevin Sorenson	....	boom operator (as Kevin Sorensen)
Wylie Stateman	....	foley supervisor
Mark P. Stoeckinger	....	sound designer (as Mark Stoeckinger)
Mark P. Stoeckinger	....	supervising sound editor (as Mark Stoeckinger)
Jeffrey Wilhoit	....	foley walker
Richard Dwan Jr.	....	sound editor (uncredited)
Michael McNerney	....	adr recordist (uncredited)
Perry Robertson	....	sound effects editor (uncredited)
Kevin K. Sorensen	....	boom operator (uncredited)
Bruce Tanis	....	sound effects editor (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Stan Blackwell	....	special effects foreperson
Joel P. Blanchard	....	special effects technician
Thomas M. Craven	....	special effects technician
Steve Dearth	....	special effects technician (as Steven Dearth)
Dominik Dugandzic	....	special effects technician
Terry Erickson	....	special effects technician
John Fagan	....	special effects technician
Jeff Frink	....	special effects technician (as Jeffrey Frink)
Steve Galich	....	special effects foreperson
Scott Garcia	....	special effects technician
Jeremy Hays	....	special effects technician
Kelly Kerby	....	special effects foreperson
Randy Krohmer	....	special effects technician
Matthew Lillis	....	special effects technician
Paul J. Lombardi	....	special effects coordinator (as Paul Lombardi)
Scott D. Mattson	....	special effects technician
Jeff Miller	....	special effects technician
George Paine	....	special effects technician
David Peterson	....	special effects foreperson
Jeff Rand	....	special effects technician
Scott Roark	....	special effects
Parry Willard	....	special effects technician (as Parry D. Willard)
Dick Wood	....	special effects supervisor (as Richard S. Wood)
Ian Eyre	....	special effects assistant (uncredited)
Russ Herpich	....	special effects technician (uncredited)
Chris Jones	....	special effects crew (uncredited)
G. Peter King	....	special effects technician (uncredited)
Daniel P. Murphy	....	special effects technician (uncredited)
Brendon O'Dell	....	special effects technician (uncredited)
Jake Valdez	....	special effects technician (uncredited)

Visual Effects by
Paul Abatemarco	....	visual effects coordinator: Digital Domain
Nancy Adams	....	3D integration lead: Digital Domain
Francois Antoine	....	3D effects animator: Cinesite
Randall Bahnsen	....	visual effects editor: Cinesite (as Randy Bahnsen)
Lynn Basas	....	CG supervisor: Cinesite
Nancy Bernstein	....	visual effects executive producer: Digital Domain
Terra Bliss-Alvarez	....	project manager: efilm
Cris Blyth	....	3D digital model lead: Digital Domain
Steve Bowen	....	digital color timer: efilm
Tom Bristow	....	digital asset management: efilm
Bob Buckner	....	digital mastering technologist: efilm
Shannan Burkley	....	digital paint artist: Digital Domain
Dick Caine	....	digital mastering technologist: efilm
Renee Chamblin	....	digital compositor: Cinesite
Martin Clark	....	technical services supervisor: Digital Domain
Chad E. Collier	....	scanning and recording operator: Digital Domain (as Chad Collier)
John Michael Courte	....	3d effects animator: Digital Domain (as John Courte)
C. Marie Davis	....	visual effects executive producer: CIS
Aaron Dorn	....	project manager: efilm
Jason Doss	....	3D integration artist: Digital Domain
Scott Edelstein	....	3D integration artist: Digital Domain
Christopher Edwards	....	operations manager: efilm (as Chris Edwards)
Bob Eicholz	....	executive in charge of production: efilm
Bill Feightner	....	vice president of technology: efilm
Larry Gaynor	....	digital paint supervisor: CIS
Swen Gillberg	....	3D integration artist: Digital Domain
David Goldberg	....	visual effects supervisor
Kacie Haggerty	....	editorial: efilm
Bruce Halstead	....	film scanner and recorder operator: efilm
Jessica Harris	....	digital compositor: Digital Domain
John Herndon	....	film scanner and recorder operator: efilm
Christopher Holsey	....	scan/record supervisor: Digital Domain (as Chris Holsey)
Chris Howard	....	senior flame artist
Joni Jacobson	....	lead digital compositor
Kenneth Jones	....	digital effects supervisor: CIS (as Dr. Ken Jones)
Nikos Kalaitzidis	....	3d effects animator: Digital Domain
Jeffrey Kalmus	....	digital imaging supervisor: Digital Domain
Michael Kanfer	....	digital mastering supervisor: efilm (as Michael D. Kanfer)
Sophie Leclerc	....	visual effects producer
Michael F. Lehman	....	film scanner and recorder operator: efilm (as Michael Lehman)
Dan Lemmon	....	computer graphics supervisor: Digital Domain
Kelly L'Estrange	....	visual effects producer: Digital Domain
Kevin Lingenfelser	....	visual effects supervisor: Cinesite
Dawn Llewellyn	....	editorial: efilm
Chris Logan	....	3D integration artist: Digital Domain
Narbeh Mardirossian	....	video I/O operator: Digital Domain
Craig Mathieson	....	compositor: Cinesite
Joe Matza	....	executive in charge of production: efilm
Bekki Misiorowski	....	visual effects auditor: Digital Domain
Suzanne Mitus-Uribe	....	digital compositing supervisor: CIS
Carl S.G. Moore	....	visual effects associate producer: Cinesite (as Carl Moore)
Heather J. Morrison	....	visual effects editor: Digital Domain (as Heather Morrison)
Robert Nederhorst	....	digital compositor: Digital Domain (as Rob Nederhorst)
Gregory Oehler	....	digital compositing supervisor: CIS
Martin Olah	....	film scanner and recorder operator: efilm
Dan Patterson	....	data I/O operator: Digital Domain
Darren Poe	....	compositing supervisor: Digital Domain (as Darren M. Poe)
Erik Pope	....	visual effects coordinator: Digital Domain
Kelly Port	....	digital effects supervisor: Digital Domain
Dante Quintana	....	digital artist: Cinesite
David Robinson	....	visual effects coordinator: Cinesite
David Santiago	....	effects technical director: titles
Steve Siracusa	....	assistant visual effects editor: Digital Domain
Ken Sjogren	....	compositor: Cinesite
Albert Soto	....	digital mastering technologist: efilm
David Stearn	....	digital compositor: Digital Domain (as Dave Stern)
Kenny Sutherland	....	digital artist: Cinesite
Chris Taft	....	digital mastering assistant: efilm
Amy Tompkins	....	visual effects editor: efilm
Casey Vanover	....	technical services coordinator: Digital Domain
Mary E. Walter	....	visual effects editor
Jessica Dara Westbrook	....	digital effects coordinator: Digital Domain (as Jessica Westbrook)
Bryan Whitaker	....	3D digital modeler: Digital Domain
Mark Wilson	....	3D digital modeler: Digital Domain
Jann Wimmer	....	technical assistant: Digital Domain
Doug F. Wolf	....	3D digital modeler: Digital Domain (as Doug Wolf)
Adam Young	....	digital asset management: efilm
Kit Young	....	digital system manager: CIS
Jeffrey Edward Baksinski	....	motion & tracking supervisor: Cinesite (uncredited)
Timothy Michael Cairns	....	2D paint artist: Matador, EFILM (uncredited)
Simon Cassels	....	main title designer (uncredited)
Thomas R. Dickens	....	lead prop modeler: missiles, Digital Domain (uncredited)
Fred Jimenez	....	2D technical assistant: Cinesite Hollywood (uncredited)
Kama Moiha	....	digital compositor: Cinesite (uncredited)
Alex G. Ortoll	....	main title sequence compositor (uncredited)
Robert Rowles	....	video I/O (uncredited)
Todd Sarsfield	....	digital artist (uncredited)
Aaron Singer	....	3D data integrator (uncredited)
Orvis Slack	....	construction medic: Monterey County (uncredited)
Tess Spaulding	....	system administrator (uncredited)
Richard Wardlow	....	technical director: Digital Domain (uncredited)
Bjorn Zipprich	....	digital artist (uncredited)

Stunts
Todd Bryant	....	stunts
Richard Bucher	....	stunts
Matt Byrne	....	stunts
Mark Chadwick	....	stunts
Andy Cheng	....	stunts (as Andy Cheng)
Mark De Alessandro	....	stunts
Thomas DuPont	....	stunts
Kiante Elam	....	stunts (as Kiante K. Elam)
Kofi Elam	....	stunts
Michael Endoso	....	utility stunts
Jonathan Eusebio	....	stunts
Eddie J. Fernandez	....	stunts (as Eddie Fernandez)
Tom Jo-Jo Gianelli	....	stunts
Lance Gilbert	....	co-stunt coordinator
Al Goto	....	stunts
Allan Graf	....	stunt coordinator
Tad Griffith	....	stunts
Chuck 'Chaz' Hosack	....	stunts (as Chuck Hosack)
Steven Ho	....	stunts (as Steven W. Ho)
Yoshio Iizuka	....	stunt performer
Steve Martinez	....	stunts
Eddie Matthews	....	stunts
Dustin Meier	....	stunts
Dustin Meier	....	utility stunts
John Meier	....	stunts
Johnny Nguyen	....	stunts
Hugh Aodh O'Brien	....	stunts
Jim Palmer	....	stunts
Eddie Perez	....	stunts
Casey Pieretti	....	stunts
Stuart Quan	....	stunts
Kevin Reid	....	stunts
Simon Rhee	....	stunts
Justin Riemer	....	stunts (as Justin Reimer)
Mario Roberts	....	stunts