When does We Were Soldiers come out in Spain?

We Were Soldiers hits Spanish theaters on June 28, 2002.

How much did We Were Soldiers gross?

We Were Soldiers grossed $114.7M worldwide on a budget of $75.0M.

What is We Were Soldiers based on?

We Were Soldiers is based on We Were Soldiers Once… And Young, by Hal Moore.

Where was We Were Soldiers filmed?

We Were Soldiers was filmed in Georgia.

We Were Soldiers

Name: We Were Soldiers
Director: Randall Wallace
Genre: Action, War, History
Released: 2002-03-01
Duration: 2 h 19 min
Rating: 7.1
Cast: Mel Gibson, Madeleine Stowe, Greg Kinnear, Sam Elliott, Chris Klein

2002

Become a fan of its genres:

7.1/10

Release Date

01/03/2002

Popularity

🍅 Rotten Tomatoes

63%

🎬 Internet Movie Database

72%

Ⓜ️ Metacritic

65%

Fathers, brothers, husbands and sons.

The movie opens in 1954, during the First Indochina War. A French patrol falls into an ambush set by the Viet Minh, and its commander, Nguyen Huu An, gives his men an order that leaves no room for doubt. The story then moves to 1965, in the middle of the Vietnam War. There we meet Lieutenant Colonel Hal Moore, played by Mel Gibson, who commands some four hundred soldiers who must prepare for an area known as the Valley of Death. Moore knows his men are heading into hostile territory. Directed by Randall Wallace, the film shows how the unit gears up for a confrontation that has not yet begun.

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Facts about We Were Soldiers

Releases, age ratings, box office, post-credit scenes and more.

Post-credits sceneNone

Spain releaseJune 28, 2002

Worldwide premiereFebruary 25, 2002

Runtime2 h 19 min

Original languageEnglish

Original titleWe Were Soldiers

CountriesGermany, United States, United Kingdom, France

Production companiesWheelhouse Entertainment, Motion Picture Production GmbH & Co. Erste KG, Paramount Pictures

Budget$75.0M

Worldwide box office$114.7M

Return on investmentx1.5 Recouped the investment

Based onWe Were Soldiers Once… And Young by Hal Moore, Joseph L. Galloway

Trailer views157K

More ratings

3.5/5Letterboxd75/100Trakt7.0/10Metacritic (público)3.5/4Roger Ebert

We Were Soldiers Cast

Mel GibsonLt. Col. Hal Moore

Madeleine StoweJulie Moore

Greg KinnearMaj. Bruce 'Snake' Crandall

Sam ElliottSgt. Maj. Basil Plumley

Chris Klein2nd Lt. Jack Geoghegan

Keri RussellBarbara Geoghegan

Barry PepperJoe Galloway

Đơn DươngLt. Col. Nguyen Huu An

Ryan HurstSgt. Ernie Savage

Robert Bagnell1st Lt. Charlie Hastings

Marc Blucas2nd Lt. Henry Herrick

Josh DaughertySp4 Robert Ouellette

Jsu GarciaCapt. Tony Nadal

Jon HammCapt. Matt Dillon

Clark GreggCapt. Tom Metsker

Desmond HarringtonSp4 Bill Beck

Blake HeronSp4 Galen Bungum

Erik MacArthurSp4 Russell Adams

Dylan WalshCapt. Robert Edwards

Mark McCrackenCapt. Ed 'Too Tall' Freeman

Edwin EdVanzdPfc. Willie Godboldt

Brian TeePfc. Jimmy Nakayama

Sloane MomsenCecile Moore

Bellamy YoungCatherine Metsker

Simbi KhaliAlma Givens

Jim GrimshawMaj. Gen. Henry Kinnard

Forry SmithSfc. Carl Palmer

Steven NelsonSp5 Charlie 'Doc' Lose

Vincent AngellCapt. Robert 'Doc' Carrera

Michael TomlinsonCol. Tim Brown

Keith SzarabajkaDiplomatic Spook

Tim AbellArmy Intelligence Officer

Patrick St. EspritGeneral in Hallway

Mike WhiteSfc. Bob White, Mortar Sergeant

Daniel RoebuckMedevac CO

Maia LienArmy Wife

Dan BeeneCab Driver

Taylor MomsenDaughter Julie Moore

Joshua McLaurinGreg Moore

Devon WerkheiserSteve Moore

Luke BenwardDavid Moore

Billinjer C. TranViet Minh Sergeant

Vien HongMr. Nik

Joseph TranNVA Prisoner

Joseph HieuNVA Officer

Nguyễn Ngọc LâmNVA Soldier with Bayonet

Diep BuiNVA Wife

Andrew WallaceFrench Bugler

Nicholas HoskingFrench Captain

Michael GiordaniFrench Lieutenant

Shepard KosterReporter

Kate LombardiReporter

Ingrid SemlerReporter

Jason PowellSgt. Robert Stokes

Doug C. CookCapt. Ray Lefebvre

Sean BunchTrooper on Fire

F. Lee ReynoldsChopper Crewman

Stephen ZapotocznyEdwards' Radio Operator

Frank Kostenko Jr.Foxhole Trooper

Ben AllisonLt. Cochran (uncredited)

Brian CarpenterSec. of Defense Robert McNamara (uncredited)

Chris CateSoldier (uncredited)

George CheungNVA Officer (uncredited)

Greg CraftSoldier (uncredited)

Donald DeNoyerSoldier (uncredited)

Cliff FlemingCapt. Jon Mills (uncredited)

Brendan FordJump Coordinator (uncredited)

Kelli FranklinMrs. Charlie Hastings (uncredited)

Christian GibsonSoldier (uncredited)

William GibsonSoldier (uncredited)

Anthony GilbertSoldier (uncredited)

Justin GordonFrench Officer (uncredited)

Shannon M. HartArmy Wife (uncredited)

Kimby JagnandanSpectator (uncredited)

Lyndon B. JohnsonSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)

Derrell Keith LesterBlack Private (uncredited)

Will KlipstinePrivate Davey (uncredited)

Matthew Lang1st Lt. John Arrington (uncredited)

Danny Le BoyerSergeant (uncredited)

Blake LenaSoldier (uncredited)

Matt MangumPvt. Soprano (uncredited)

Johnny Tri NguyenYoung NVA Lieutenant (uncredited)

Randy OglesbyLt. Col. List (uncredited)

Jonathan Parks JordanWhite Private (uncredited)

John Paul RicePvt. John Henry (uncredited)

Keni ThomasSergeant (uncredited)

Phong Atwood VoNorth Vietnamese Soldier - South Vietnamese and Villager (voice) (uncredited)

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Cast of We Were Soldiers by the numbers

37average cast age in years

3years of age gap between the leads

16%women in the cast

12%women in the crew

The youngest in the main cast: Chris Klein, age 23 at release. The oldest: Sam Elliott, at 57.

Cast ages at release

Mel Gibson46 years old
Madeleine Stowe43 years old
Greg Kinnear39 years old
Sam Elliott57 years old
Chris Klein23 years old
Keri Russell26 years old
Barry Pepper32 years old
Đơn Dương44 years old
Ryan Hurst26 years old

Cast heights

1.88 mSam Elliott
1.88 mMarc Blucas
1.86 mJon Hamm
1.81 mBarry Pepper
1.80 mDesmond Harrington
1.78 mGreg Kinnear
1.78 mDylan Walsh
1.75 mMel Gibson

Cast nationalities

United States 9Canada 1

Crew

AddressRandall Wallace
WritingRandall Wallace
Original novelJoseph L. Galloway, Harold G. Moore
MusicNick Glennie-Smith
PhotographyDean Semler
EditingWilliam Hoy
Production designThomas E. Sanders
Costume designMichael T. Boyd
CastingAmanda Mackey, Cathy Sandrich Gelfond
Visual effectsDavid Goldberg
ProductionBruce Davey, Stephen McEveety, Randall Wallace

Trivia about We Were Soldiers

The movie includes a heroic final charge at the end of the battle that does not appear in the original book it is based on.

Randall Wallace paid the book's authors 100,000 dollars a year out of his own pocket so they would write the screenplay that best matched the original story.

To capture the battle scenes, the shoot used up to eleven cameras, and the crew had to work quickly before the sun went down or came up.

With 115.4 million dollars in worldwide box office, the movie exceeded a budget of between 70 and 75 million.

Mel Gibson spent two weeks at a military camp to prepare for the role, while the rest of the cast trained at Fort Benning.

«We Were Soldiers» was shot mainly on location in Georgia and California between March 5 and July 13, 2001, with very few visual effects added in post-production for the combat scenes.

The movie is available to rent or buy digitally on several platforms, and it is included in subscription services such as Paramount+ and MGM+, depending on your country.

Sources: Wikipedia (English) · Wikipedia (Spanish)

What it's about We Were Soldiers

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Main theme: Battle of Ia Drang, Vietnam War

What We Were Soldiers is called in other countries

It was released in 38 countries, each in its own language.

SpainCuando éramos soldados
FranceNous étions soldats
GermanyWir waren Helden
ItalyWe Were Soldiers - Fino all'ultimo uomo
MexicoFuímos heroes
BrazilFomos Heróis
PortugalFomos Soldados...
JapanOnce and Forever
South Korea위 워 솔저스
China越战忠魂
RussiaMy byli soldatami
ArgentinaFuimos soldados

See the remaining 26 countries

United StatesWe Were Soldiers (2002)
AustriaWir Waren Helden
AzerbaijanBiz Əsgər İdik
BulgariaByakhme voĭnitsi
CanadaNous Étions Soldats
CroatiaBili smo vojnici
CzechiaÚdolí stínů
FinlandOlimme sotilaita
Georgiaჩვენ ვიყავით ჯარისკაცები
GreeceÍmastan Kápote Stratiótes
Hong Kong軍天壯志
HungaryKatonák voltunk
Israelחיילים היינו
LatviaMēs bijām karavīri
LithuaniaMes buvome kariai
PolandByliśmy Żołnierzami
RomaniaAm fost cîndva soldati... si tineri
Saudi Arabiaكنا جنودًا
SerbiaBili smo vojnici
SlovakiaÚdolie tieňov
SwitzerlandWir Waren Helden
Taiwan梅爾吉勃遜—勇士們
Thailandเรียกข้าว่าวีรบุรุษ
TurkeyBir Zamanlar Askerdik
UkraineMy buly soldatamy
VietnamChúng Tôi Từng Là Lính

Where it was filmed We Were Soldiers

FilmingWhere the story takes place

Filming locations

Where the Story Takes Place

Quotes by We Were Soldiers

Sir, Custer was a pussy. You ain't.
Such a tragedy. They will think this was their victory. So this will become an American war. And the end will be the same... except for the numbers who will die before we get there.

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