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A Private War is a 2018 American biographical war drama film directed by Matthew Heineman, and starring Rosamund Pike as journalist Marie Colvin. [3] The film is based on the 2012 article "Marie Colvin’s Private War" in Vanity Fair by Marie Brenner. [4] [5] [6] The film was written by Arash Amel and features Jamie Dornan, Tom Hollander and ...
Charlie Wilson's War is a 2007 American biographical comedy-drama film based on the story of U.S. Congressman Charlie Wilson and CIA operative Gust Avrakotos, whose efforts led to Operation Cyclone, a program to organize and support the Afghan mujahideen during the Soviet–Afghan War (1979–89). The film was directed by Mike Nichols (his ...
Come and See [a] is a 1985 Soviet anti-war film directed by Elem Klimov and starring Aleksei Kravchenko and Olga Mironova. [4] Its screenplay, written by Klimov and Ales Adamovich, is based on the 1971 novel Khatyn [5] and the 1977 collection of survivor testimonies I Am from the Fiery Village [6] (Я из огненной деревни, Ya iz ognennoy derevni), [7] of which Adamovich was a ...
Glory. Glory is based on the true story of Col. Robert Gould Shaw, who ran the United States' first all-Black regiment during the Civil War.The film stars Mathew Broderick as Shaw, while Denzel ...
The website's consensus reads, "Beautifully filmed and wonderfully acted, A Midnight Clear is a holiday war film in search of a wider audience." [2] Hal Hinson, a reviewer from the Washington Post lauded it as "a war film completely unlike any other, a compelling accomplishment that's more soul than blood and bullets."
Saving Private Ryan is a 1998 American epic war film directed by Steven Spielberg and written by Robert Rodat.Set in 1944 in Normandy, France, during World War II, it follows a group of soldiers, led by Captain John Miller (), on a mission to locate Private James Francis Ryan and bring him home safely after his three brothers have been killed in action.
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The film's depiction of war is the best I've seen since Saving Private Ryan." [94] Peter Travers of Rolling Stone gave the film three and a half out of five, writing: "Thanks to some of the greatest battle scenes ever filmed, Gibson once again shows his staggering gifts as a filmmaker, able to juxtapose savagery with aching tenderness."