Hamburger Hill

A brutal and realistic war film focuses on the lives of a squad of 14 U.S. Army soldiers of B Company, 3rd Battalion, 187th Infanty Regiment, 101st Airborne Division during the brutal 10 day (May 11-20, 1969) battle for Hill 937 in the A Shau Valley of Vietnam as they try again and again to take the fortified hill held by the North Vietnamese, and the faults and casualties they take every time in which the battle was later dubbed Hamburger Hill because enemy fire was so fierce that the fusillade of bullets turned assaulting troops into shreded hamburger meat. Written by Matthew Patay <1792a@aol.com> Hamburger Hill is a 1987 American English-language Action Drama motion picture starring Anthony Barrile, Michael Patrick Boatman, Don Cheadle, Michael Dolan, Don James, Dylan Mcdermott and Ken Glover. RKO Pictures was the production house involved in the project along with executive producer(s) Marcia Nasatir and James Carabatsos. Hamburger Hill is written by James Carabatsos and directed by John Irvin. Paramount Pictures acquired the distribution rights for the film. Hamburger Hill was released on 28th August 1987 and takes a screen time of 110 minutes. and it received positive reviews from critics when it was released. The movie made a box office gross of $13 million. Cinematography was done by Peter MacDonald and editing by Peter Tanner. The music was composed by Philip Glass.
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