Plot
A telling of the 1st Battalion, 7 Cavalry Regiment, 1st Calvary Division's battle against overwhelming odds in the Ia Drang valley of Vietnam in 1965. Seen through the eyes of the battalion's commander, Lieutenant Colonel Hal Moore (played by Mel Gibson), we see him take command of the battalion and its preparations to go into Vietnam. We also see how the French had, years earlier, been defeated in the same area. The battle was to be the first major engagement between U.S. and N.V.A. forces in South Vietnam, and showed the use of helicopters as mobility providers and assault support aircraft.
Written by
Harold G. Moore, Joseph Lee Galloway, Randall Wallace
Directed by
Randall Wallace
Crew
Production Countries
United States of America, Germany
Production Companies
Motion Picture Production GmbH & Co. Erste KG, Icon Entertainment International, Wheelhouse Entertainment
Languages
Français, English
Awards
3 wins & 5 nominations total