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Sep 21, 2023 · As the film progresses, we witness Serling’s internal struggle as he grapples with his own guilt and trauma from a friendly fire incident that resulted in the deaths of several American soldiers. Throughout his investigation, he uncovers conflicting accounts and hidden truths surrounding Captain Walden’s actions during a rescue mission.
Matt Damon. Željko Ivanek. Scott Glenn. Plot – In January 1991, during the Gulf War in Iran, Colonel Serling kills several men by mistake, then he's assigned to work in a Washington office. General Hershberg seeks to minimize the consequences of Serling's tragic mistake and entrusts him a new task, that is to assess Captain Karen Walden's ...
Jul 12, 1996 · In “Courage Under Fire,” the witnesses are Walden's own men. Ilario , the medic, paints Walden as a brave leader sacrificing her life for her men. Monfriez (Lou Diamond Phillips), the gunner, says, “She was afraid, Colonel. She was a coward. That's the bottom line on your Capt. Walden.”
He is tasked to investigate a female chopper commander's worthiness to be awarded the Medal of Honor. At first all seems in order. But then he begins to notice inconsistencies between the testimonies of the witnesses...
Jul 12, 1996 · Courage Under Fire: Directed by Edward Zwick. With Denzel Washington, Meg Ryan, Lou Diamond Phillips, Michael Moriarty. A U.S. Army officer, despondent about a deadly mistake he made, investigates a female chopper commander's worthiness for the Medal of Honor.
- (60K)
- Action, Drama, Mystery
- Edward Zwick
- 1996-07-12
Staff Sergeant John Monfriez claims that Walden was a coward and that he led the crew in combat and improvised the fuel bladder weapon. Sergeant Altameyer, who is dying of cancer in a hospital and was initially hard for Serling to find, complains about a fire in one of his few coherent comments.
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Aug 19, 1996 · But Thompson either didn’t see the movie or wasn’t paying attention. The pertinent line in the script is that our fictional heroine is the first woman considered for a Medal of Honor in combat.
