We Were Soldiers

Synopsis: Harrowing war drama follows a battalion of American soldiers on a late 1965 foray into a secluded valley in central Vietnam … which just happens to be surrounded by 2,000 North Vietnamese regulars. Based on the memoir by Lt. Colonel Harold Moore and Joseph Galloway.

Starring:  Mel Gibson, Sam Elliott

Director:  Randall Wallace

Writer:  
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)

Released:  2002 (theater)

Rating:   for sustained sequences of graphic war violence, and for language.

Country:  USA

Language:  English, Vietnamese, French 

AKA: We Were Soldiers Once... and Young (USA: working title)