Saints and soldiers

DVD 2013

Based on actual WWII events, the film is set in December 1944 near Malmedy, Belgium, when advancing German troops kill over 70 unarmed American prisoners of war, an event known as the Malmedy Massacre. The four men who manage to escape into the Ardennes are a cross section of war-movie archetypes: a tough-talking sergeant; a devout, soft-spoken sharpshooter; a wisecracking medic from Brooklyn; and a blundering Cajun country boy. When a stranded R...

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Ardennes, Battle of the, 1944-1945 Drama

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Description:

1 videodisc (ca. 90 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in

Target Audience Note:

CHVR: 14A

Notes:

Title from container
Originally produced as a motion picture in 2003
Special features: making-of, director's commentary, trailer
Director of photography, Ryan Little ; music composers, J. Bateman, Bart K. Hendrickson ; production designer, Steven A. Lee ; film editor, Wynn Hougaard ; military advisor, Raymond Meldrum
Corbin Allred, Alexander Niver, Kirby Heyborne, Lawrence Bagby, Peter Holden
DVD, widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1
For private home use only
Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired

Control Number:

920847

UPC:

625828617256

Other Authors:

Abel, Adam, 1976-
Allred, Corbin, 1979-
Bagby, Larry, 1974-
Go Films
Heyborne, Kirby
Holden, Peter (Peter Asle)
Little, Ryan
Medal of Honor Productions (Firm)
Panos, Geoffrey
Phase 4 Films (Firm)
Polinsky, Alexander, 1974-
Whitaker, Matt

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