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Courage Under Fire
A US Army officer, who made a "friendly fire" mistake that was covered up, has been reassigned to a desk job. He is tasked to investigate a female chopper commander's worthiness to be awarded the Medal of Honor. At first all seems in order. But then he begins to notice inconsistencies between the testimonies of the witnesses...
1996 · Directed by Edward Zwick · 116 min · Drama · Thriller · Mystery · War · 8 frames
Tagline
A medal for honor. A search for justice. A battle for truth.
Crew
- Screenplay: Patrick Sheane Duncan
- Cinematography: Roger Deakins
- Edited by: Steven Rosenblum
- Music: James Horner
- Production design: John Graysmark
- Produced by: John Davis, David T. Friendly, Joseph Singer
Cast
- Denzel Washington as Lieutenant Colonel Nathaniel Serling
- Meg Ryan as Captain Karen Emma Walden
- Lou Diamond Phillips as Staff Sergeant John Monfriez
- Michael Moriarty as Brigadier General Hershberg
- Matt Damon as Ilario
- Bronson Pinchot as Bruno
- Seth Gilliam as Stephen Altameyer
- Regina Taylor as Meredith Serling
- Željko Ivanek as Banacek
- Scott Glenn as Gartner
Production
- Country: United States of America
- Language: English
- Studios: Davis Entertainment, Fox 2000 Pictures, Joseph M. Singer Entertainment, 20th Century Fox
- Budget: $46,000,000
- Box office: $100,900,000
- Themes: gulf war, war veteran, politics, praise, pilot, rescue mission, dead soldier, tank, us army, medal
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