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Action. 155 minutes ‧ R ‧ 1996. Roger Ebert. July 12, 1996. 4 min read. Eyewitnesses are notoriously unreliable, even when they want to tell the truth. As an Army lieutenant colonel reconstructs a battle scene in “Courage Under Fire,” he begins to suspect that some of his witnesses are lying.
Oct 3, 1996 · Courage Under Fire Review. Gulf War veteran Serling is assigned by the Army to research a proposed posthumous Medal of Honor for Karen Walden (Ryan). But as he tries to find out what...
Jul 7, 2021 · Grounded after a friendly-fire incident, Lt. Col. Nat Serling is assigned a public-relations investigation. Twenty-five years later, Courage Under Fire’s critique of military messaging remains well aimed. Today, political leaders use disinformation as a rhetorical tactic to manipulate constituents, sometimes with utter disregard for truth.
Courage Under Fire ends with a moment of catharsis, but there are no overblown speeches -- only a simple, quiet scene that touches the heart more profoundly than anything accomplished by melodramatic manipulation. Is it overly-sentimental?
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- Denzel Washington
Sep 10, 2012 · In a night engagement, Lt Col Nathaniel Serling (Washington) gives the order to fire on one of his own tanks and kills his best friend.
Jan 1, 1996 · A Rashomon-like story about the difficulty of establishing the truth about heroism and soldiers’ behavior in combat, Courage under Fire is a carefully conceived, dramatically honorable...
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During the 1991 Gulf War, Lieutenant Colonel Nathaniel Serling (Denzel Washington) accidentally caused a friendly fire incident, a mistake that was hushed up by his superiors.
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