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List Price: $14.98 Features • Anamorphic • Color • Dolby • DVD-Video • Widescreen • NTSC In Theaters : 28 August, 1987 DVD Release : 12 January, 1999 |
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Hamburger Hill description Because it was released less than a year after Oliver Stone's Platoon and within months of Stanley Kubrick's Full Metal Jacket, this exceptionally well-made film about one of the bloodiest battles of the Vietnam War was largely overshadowed and overlooked. It's a pity, because in some respects this is the best of the Vietnam films of the ... review details |
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Based on my experiences, Hamburger Hill is the most realistic Viet Nam war movie that I've seen. I was with the 25th Infantry Division in III Corps from July, 1969 to June, 1970. As I understand it the 101st airborne Division (or the "Pukin Buzzards" as the 25th called them) was to our immediate North. The few things that were not realistic were: - I never saw a hot tub, - We never deployed a platoon by itself, minimum Company strength.i.e. At least three [platoons. The movie's anti-war message is apparent from the opening credits, which are interspersed with views of the Capitol and the Vietnam Memorial in Washington. The symbolism of our seat of government juxtaposed with the memorial to the fallen is heightened by the wintry sunset reflecting off the Vietnam Memorial. Rather than a history lesson, the movie is a metaphor for the war in Vietnam: the relentless push to achieve ground of questionable importance despite the high cost in blood. Good men fought and died. Was it worth it? As the fatalistic mantra among the grunts in the movie said, "It don't mean nothin'." That's a sad, angering attitude until you recall that shortly after the battle was over, we left the hill, as we did Highly recommended for those who want a realistic picture of the Viet Nam war Gunner January, 2008 |
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