Soul Flyers (2008)

Actors: Jason Konopisos (actor), Donny Boaz (actor), Mark Hanson (actor), Benjamin Dane (actor), Stephen Brodie (actor), Bryon Evans (writer), Bryon Evans (director), Bryon Evans (actor), Summer Selby (actress), James Burleson (miscellaneous crew), Bryan Chatlien (actor), Kayla Carlyle (actress), Josh Durham (actor), Naima Lett (actress), Aaron Walker (editor),

Genres: Action, Adventure, Short, Thriller,

We Were Soldiers (2002)

Actors: Barry Pepper (actor), Bruce Davey (producer), Lyndon Johnson (actor), Greg Kinnear (actor), Jon Hamm (actor), Daniel Roebuck (actor), Sam Elliott (actor), Mel Gibson (actor), Tim Abell (actor), George Cheung (actor), Jsu Garcia (actor), Clark Gregg (actor), Cliff Fleming (actor), Josef Brandmaier (miscellaneous crew), Julie Adams (miscellaneous crew),

Plot: In a place soon to be known as The Valley of Death, in a football field-sized clearing called landing zone X-Ray, Lt. Colonel Hal Moore and 400 young troopers from the elite newly formed American 7th "Air" Cavalry, were surrounded by 2,000 North Vietnamese soldiers dug into the tunnel warren mountainside. The ensuing battle was one of the most savage in U.S. history and is portrayed here as the signal encounter between the American and North Vietnamese armies. We Were Soldiers Once... And Young is a tribute to the nobility of those men under fire, their common acts of uncommon valor, and their loyalty to and love for one another.

Keywords: 1960s, 2000s, air-cavalry, air-raid, ambush, american-soldier, army, army-base, army-life, army-men
Genres: Action, Drama, History, War,
Taglines: Fathers, Brothers, Husbands & Sons. We were... young, brave, husbands, wives, sons, mothers, daughters, soldiers. 400 U.S paratroopers. 4000 Vietnamese soldiers. 12 000 miles away from home. 1 man led them into battle.

Quotes:

Sergeant Ernie Savage: Beautiful morning, Sergeant!::Sergeant Major Basil Plumley: What are you a fucking weatherman now?

[after savage is rescued]::Sergeant Major Basil Plumley: That's a nice day, Sergeant Savage.

Lt. Colonel Hal Moore: I can hear you laughing you know.::Julie Moore: I'm not laughing, I'm marveling.::Lt. Colonel Hal Moore: At what?::Julie Moore: That you can find stubbornness in your children and think it comes from anywhere but you...

Lt. Colonel Hal Moore: They attack us; no casualties. They run and hide in the mountains. Naturally we chase them, of course. Smell like an ambush to you?::Sergeant Major Basil Plumley: If they're trying to get us close enough to kill, I rekon we'll be close enough to kill them.

Lt. Colonel Hal Moore: I wonder what was going through Custer's mind when he realized that he'd led his men into a slaughter?::Sergeant Major Basil Plumley: Sir, Custer was a pussy. You ain't.

Lt. Colonel Hal Moore: I'll never forgive myself.::Joseph Galloway: For what, sir?::Lt. Colonel Hal Moore: That my men... that my men died and I didn't.

Lt. Colonel Hal Moore: Glad you made it son.::Joe Galloway: Thank you, Sir, You too.::Lt. Colonel Hal Moore: [after a short pause] I'll never forgive myself.::Joe Galloway: For what, Sir.::Lt. Colonel Hal Moore: That my men - that my men died and I didn't.::Joe Galloway: Sir, I don't - I don't know how to tell this story.::Lt. Colonel Hal Moore: Well you got to Joe. You tell the American people what these men did here. You tell them how my troopers died.::Joe Galloway: Yes, Sir.::Lt. Colonel Hal Moore: Thank you.

[first lines]::Joe Galloway: [Narrating; voice-over] These are the true events of November, 1965, the Ia Drang Valley of Vietnam, a place our country does not remember, in a war it does not understand. This story's a testament to the young Americans who died in the valley of death, and a tribute to the young men of the People's Army of Vietnam who died by our hand in that place. To tell this story, I must start at the beginning. But where does it begin? Maybe in June of 1954 when French Group Mobile 100 moved into the same central highlands of Vietnam where we would go 11 years later.

Joe Galloway: [Narrating; voice-over] In Saigon, Hal Moore's superiors congratulated him for killing over 1,800 enemy soldiers. Then ordered him to lead the Seventh Cavalry back into the valley of death. He led them and fought beside them for 235 more days. Some had families waiting. For others, their only family would be the men they bled beside. There were no bands, no flags, no Honor Guards to welcome them home. They went to war because their country ordered them to. But in the end, they fought not for their country or their flag, the fought for each other.

Lt. Colonel Hal Moore: [Narrating; voice-over] Dear Barbra, I have no words to express to you my sadness at the loss of Jack. The world is a lesser place without him. But I know he is with God and the angels and I know even Heaven is improved by his presence there. I know you too are sure of this and yet this knowledge can't diminish his loss and your grief. With abiding respect and affection, Hal Moore.