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$39.98
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Format: Blu-ray Disc
Jan 2007
Rated R
Recording Mode: (unknown)
116 min.
Color
UPC: 024543414278 |
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* ML=ships from multiple locations, AE/AP/AA=ships from U.S. Military location.
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Movie Description
Following the 1991 Gulf War, Lieutenant Colonel Nathaniel Serling (Denzel Washington) is assigned to review the background of the late Captain Karen Walden (Meg Ryan), who has been posthumously nominated for a medal of honor. While investigating Walden's candidacy, Serling is forced to face his own disillusionment and guilt surrounding the war. As he begins the interviewing process, he uncovers several inconsistencies in the stories told by the late pilot's crew. The three officers, who may or may not have been saved by the captain's actions, all give drastically different accounts of the events leading up to Walden's death. Ilario (Matt Damon) paints Walden as an unselfish, courageous hero, while the surly Monfriez (Lou Diamond Phillips) describes her as a crybaby and a coward. The third soldier, Altameyer (Seth Gilliam), lies dying in an army hospital, mumbling guilty confessions in a medicated haze. Similar to the storytelling technique used in Akira Kurosawa's RASHOMON, director Edward Zwick's COURAGE UNDER FIRE features each officer's account of the fateful incident reenacted onscreen, offering wildly diverse portrayals of Walden. Meg Ryan shines in a role that demands she play one character a multitude of ways. As Serling pieces together the radically different tales of combat, he uncovers the painful truth and simultaneously faces his own pent-up guilt regarding the war.
Synopsis
Assigned to investigate and approve a killed-in-action helicopter pilot's candidacy to become the first female recipient of the congressional medal of honor, a disillusioned former Gulf War officer finds inconsistencies in the stories told by the late pilot's crew.
Industry Reviews
"...Denzel Washington is a potent actor in peak form....COURAGE UNDER FIRE honors its subject and its audience..."
Rolling Stone - p.68 - Peter Travers
"...Thoughtful. Intelligent. Moving. Provocative..." -- 4 out of 4 stars
USA Today - p.1D - Susan Wloszczyna
"...[Washington gives a] haunted, nearly implosive performance." -- Rating: B+
Entertainment Weekly - p.44 - Owen Gleiberman
"...A carefully conceived, dramatically honorable picture that treats its subject with clarity and intelligence..."
Variety - Todd McCarthy
"...Intelligent, involving and serious....Lou Diamond Phillips gives an intense, focused performance..."
Los Angeles Times - Kenneth Turan (07/12/1996)
"...Zwick's direction handles the many conflicting story possibilities with great clarity..."
Chicago Sun-Times - Roger Ebert (07/12/1996)
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Other Editions
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Laserdisc, Mar 1997 - $2.50 Save 92%
VHS, Mar 1997 - $0.75 Save 94%
VHS, Aug 1998 - $0.75 Save 96%
DVD, Dec 2000 - $1.50 Save 94%
DVD, Apr 2001 - $1.00 Save 96%
VHS, Sep 2001 - $0.75 Save 92%
VHS, Sep 2001 - $0.75 Save 92%
DVD, May 2003 - $2.24 Save 88%
VHS, Apr 2003 - Not in stock. Add to Wish List
VHS, Jan 2005 - Not in stock. Add to Wish List
Blu-ray Disc, Jan 2007 - $31.10 Save 37%
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