Hacksaw Ridge (2016)
Hacksaw Ridge is a historical war film based on the true story of Desmond Doss, a soldier in Okinawa during the bloodiest battle of WWII, who saved 75 men without firing or carrying a gun. He was the only American soldier in WWII to fight on the front lines without a weapon, as he believed that while the war was justified, killing was nevertheless wrong due to his upbringing.
Hacksaw Ridge
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- Director
- Mel Gibson
- Release Date
- October 7, 2016
- Studio(s)
- Lionsgate
- Distributor(s)
- Lionsgate , Summit Entertainment
- Cast
- Sam Worthington , Rachel Griffiths , Richard Roxburgh , Andrew Garfield , Teresa Palmer , Matt Nable , Vince Vaughn , Luke Bracey , Nathaniel Buzolic , Hugo Weaving , Ryan Corr
- Writers
- Robert Schenkkan , Andrew Knight
- Runtime
- 139 minutes
- Budget
- $40 million
Summary
Mel Gibson gets behind the camera again to direct Hacksaw Ridge based on the extraordinary true story of Desmond Doss (Andrew Garfield) who, in Okinawa during the bloodiest battle of WWII, saved 75 men without firing or carrying a gun. He was the only American soldier in WWII to fight on the front lines without a weapon, as he believed that while the war was justified, killing was nevertheless wrong. As an army medic, he single-handedly evacuated the wounded from behind enemy lines, braved fire while tending to soldiers and was wounded by a grenade and hit by snipers. Doss was the first conscientious objector awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor.
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