Wallace, Randall, Elliott, Sam, Gibson, Mel, Kinnear, Greg, Klein, Chris, Stowe, Madeleine	...	(Director)
Harold G. Moore, Joseph L. Galloway	...	(Writer)
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 'EdVanz'd' 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
Brian Carpenter	...	Sec. of Defense Robert McNamara
Kelli Franklin	...	Mrs. Charlie Hastings
Danny Le Boyer	...	Sergeant
Keni Thomas	...	Sergeant
Daniel T. Dorrance	...	Art Director
Kevin Kavanaugh	...	Art Director
Gary Fettis	...	Set Decorator

Comments: DEN 185

Summary: In 1965, 400 American troops faced an ambush by 2,000 enemy troops in the Ia Drang Valley (also known as the Valley of Death), in one of the most gruesome fights of the Vietnam War. WE WERE SOLDIERS is a detailed recreation of this true story: of the strategies, obstacles, and human cost faced by the troops that participated. The story focuses on the lieutenant colonel that led the attack, Hal Moore (Mel Gibson), and a civilian reporter who accompanied them, Joseph Galloway (Barry Pepper), as well as a number of other soldiers who were involved. This is an unusual Vietnam film in that it also shows the North Vietnamese perspective on the battle; their leader Lieutenant General Nguyen Huu An (Don Duong) is depicted as a brave soldier and smart commander. And in addition to the many gory battlefield sequences--which seem to have been influenced by SAVING PRIVATE RYAN--we also see how the carnage of war affects those left behind, the soldiers' wives and children. Ultimately this is a moving anti-war film, which, by sticking close to the true stories of real soldiers, very effectively brings home the overwhelming horror of war.