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Release Date:
12 July 1996 (USA) moreTagline:
In wartime, the first casualty is always truth. morePlot:
A US Army officer, despondent about a deadly mistake he made, investigates a female chopper commander's worthiness for the Medal of Honor. full summary | full synopsisAwards:
9 wins & 2 nominations moreNewsDesk:
(14 articles)
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Fairly lumpen melodramatic fare more (84 total)US TV Schedule:
| Thur. Nov. 12 | 8:00 PM | MyNetwork |
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Denzel Washington | ... | Nat Serling |
 | Meg Ryan | ... | Karen Walden |
 | Lou Diamond Phillips | ... | Monfriez |
 | Michael Moriarty | ... | General Hershberg |
 | Matt Damon | ... | Ilario |
 | Bronson Pinchot | ... | Bruno |
| Seth Gilliam | ... | Altameyer |
| Regina Taylor | ... | Meredith Serling |
| Zeljko Ivanek | ... | Banacek |
 | Scott Glenn | ... | Gartner |
 | Tim Guinee | ... | Rady |
 | Tim Ransom | ... | Boylar |
 | Sean Astin | ... | Patella |
| Armand Darrius | ... | Robins |
 | Mark Adair-Rios | ... | Bobcat 5 (as Mark Adair-Riós) |
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Rated R for war violence and language.Parents Guide:
View content advisory for parentsRuntime:
117 minCountry:
USALanguage:
EnglishColor:
ColorAspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 moreCertification:
USA:R (certificate #34505) | Iceland:14 (original rating) | Iceland:16 (video rating) | South Korea:15 | Philippines:PG-13 | New Zealand:M | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Chile:14 | Finland:K-12 | Germany:12 (w) | Norway:15 | Portugal:M/12 | Spain:18 | Sweden:15 | UK:15 | Singapore:PGFun Stuff
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Loosely inspired by the 3 October 1993 incident in Mogadishu, Somalia, where a Black Hawk helicopter was shot down and two Delta Force operatives sacrificed their lives to save the pilot, later receiving the Medal of Honor. The story of the incident is told in detail in Black Hawk Down (2001) moreGoofs:
Continuity: The medal hung around Karen's daughter's neck disappears during the flyover. moreQuotes:
Joel Walden: [to LTC Serling, after Anne Marie saw him and ran away] Men dressed as you are came to the door to tell her her mother had died. moreSoundtrack:
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A military investigation into the supposedly heroic death of a woman in the Gulf War unearths a Rashoman-style rack of conflicting stories. Billed as the movie that made you take Ryan seriously, this is fairly lumpen melodramatic fare, more notable for its cameo turns by the likes of Lou Diamond Phillips and a fresh-faced Matt Damon than for its heavy-billed leads. Washington digs the dirt (both personal and professional) with his usual assuredness, but Ryan never really gets beyond looking like, well, like Meg Ryan really, having little more than a bad hair day in the midst of all the bullets and the sand. An average film drama, saved by the enjoyable cameo appearances of Phillips and Damon.