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Studio:Icon Productions
Director:Randall Wallace
Screenwriter:Randall Wallace
Story:Based on the book We Were Soldiers Once... And Young by Lieutenant General (Ret.) Hal Moore and reporter Joseph L. Galloway
Editor:William Hoy
Production:Arne L. Schmidt and Jim Lemley
Music:Nick Glennie-Smith
Cast:Mel Gibson (Lt. Col. Hal Moore)
 Madeleine Stowe (Julie Moore)
 Greg Kinnear (Maj. Bruce "Snake" Crandall)
 Sam Elliot (Sgt. Mag. Basil Plumley)
 Chris Klein (2nd Lt. Jack Geoghegan)
 Keri Russell (Barbara Geoghegan)
 Barry Pepper (Joseph Galloway)
Awards:2003 ASCAP Awards – Winner for Top Box Office Films, Nick Glennie-Smith
 2003 Harry Award – Nominated
 2003 Golden Reel Award – Nominated Best Sound Editing in Domestic Features Sound Effects & Foley -- Mark P. Stoeckinger, Lon Bender, Wylie Stateman, Geoffrey G. Rubay, Bruce Tanis, Peter J. Lehman, Hector C. Gika, Michael A. Reagan and Gregory Hainer
 2003 Taurus Award – Nominated Best Fire Stunt, Al Goto, Spencer Sano, and John Meier – Nominated Best Stunt Coordinator and/or 2nd Unit Director, Allan Graf
 Color, 138 minutes.