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Movie Info
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Director -
Randall Wallace -
Producer -
Bruce Davey , Stephen McEveety , Randall Wallace -
Screenwriter -
Joe Galloway , Hal Moore , Randall Wallace -
Distributor -
Paramount Pictures -
Production Co -
Wheelhouse , Icon Entertainment International -
Rating -
R (Language|Graphic War Violence) -
Genre -
War , History , Drama -
Original Language -
English -
Release Date (Theaters) -
Mar 1, 2002, Wide -
Release Date (Streaming) -
Jun 6, 2014 -
Box Office (Gross USA) -
$78.1M -
Runtime -
2h 17m -
Sound Mix -
Dolby Digital , DTS , SDDS -
Aspect Ratio -
Scope (2.35:1)