Hacksaw Ridge /
by Mechanic, Bill [film producer.]; Gibson, Mel [film director.]; Schenkkan, Robert [screenwriter.]; Knight, Andrew [screenwriter.]; Garfield, Andrew [actor.]; Worthington, Sam [actor.]; Bracey, Luke [actor.]; Palmer, Teresa [actor.]; Lions Gate Entertainment (Firm) [publisher.].
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Visual materialPublisher: Santa Monica, CA : Lionsgate, [2017]Edition: [English/Spanish version].Description: 1 videodisc (139 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 inches.Subject(s): Doss, Desmond, 1919-2006 -- Drama | United States. Army -- Medical personnel -- Drama | World War, 1939-1945 -- Conscientious objectors -- United States -- Drama | War films | Feature films | Video recordings for the hearing impairedCast: Andrew Garfield, Sam Worthington, Luke Bracey, Teresa Palmer, Hugo Weaving.Summary: It's the extraordinary true story of Desmond Doss 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 singlehandedly evacuated the wounded from behind enemy lines, braved fire while tending to soldiers and was wounded by a grenade and hit by snipers.
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Originally released as a motion picture in 2016.
Special features: Deleted scenes; Veterans Day greeting with Mel Gibson.
Andrew Garfield, Sam Worthington, Luke Bracey, Teresa Palmer, Hugo Weaving.
It's the extraordinary true story of Desmond Doss 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 singlehandedly evacuated the wounded from behind enemy lines, braved fire while tending to soldiers and was wounded by a grenade and hit by snipers.
Rating: R; for intense prolonged realistically graphic sequences of war violence including grisly bloody images.
DVD, widescreen; 5.1 Dolby digital.
English or Spanish dialogue; Spanish subtitles; subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing.
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