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The film switches to real photos and footage showing that Desmond was awarded the Medal of Honor by President Harry S. Truman for rescuing 75 soldiers at Hacksaw Ridge, as well as real-life footage of Desmond just before his death, recounting his experiences during the war.
His life has been the subject of books, the 2004 documentary The Conscientious Objector, and the 2016 Oscar-winning film Hacksaw Ridge, in which he was portrayed by Andrew Garfield. Early life Desmond Thomas Doss was born in Lynchburg, Virginia , to William Thomas Doss (1893–1989), a carpenter, and Bertha Edward Doss (née Oliver) (1899 ...
Hacksaw Ridge (2016) – American-Australian biographical war film focusing on the World War II experiences of Desmond Doss, an American pacifist combat medic who, as a Seventh-day Adventist Christian, refused to carry or use a weapon or firearm of any kind [75]
In 2016, Hacksaw Ridge, a fictional film directed by Mel Gibson and starring Andrew Garfield as Doss, was released to critical and commercial success, signaling Gibson's welcome-back to Hollywood. Benedict was one of the producers of Hacksaw Ridge , and the film features several excerpts from The Conscientious Objector immediately before the ...
EXCLUSIVE: Hacksaw Ridge backer Argent Pictures, Nine Days producer Mandalay Pictures and Book Club writer-director Bill Holderman are teaming up on a feature adaptation of WWII tale The Last ...
Image credits: Old-time Photos To learn more about the fascinating world of photography from the past, we got in touch with Ed Padmore, founder of Vintage Photo Lab.Ed was kind enough to have a ...
Terry Benedict is an American film producer. He is the founder and CEO of The Shae Foundation. [1]Benedict co-produced Hacksaw Ridge, nominated for six Academy Awards. [2] [3] Hacksaw Ridge is based on Benedict's documentary, The Conscientious Objector; a film about Medal of Honor winner Desmond Doss, who refused to carry a weapon in World War Two.
Eight years after Hacksaw Ridge, Garfield is starring in We Live in Time, a tearjerker romance about newly single Tobias who falls for talented chef Almut (Florence Pugh). The story, which is not ...