Casualties of War

Casualties of War
Theatrical release poster
Directed byBrian De Palma
Screenplay byDavid Rabe
Story byDaniel Lang
Produced byArt Linson
Starring
CinematographyStephen H. Burum
Edited byBill Pankow
Music byEnnio Morricone
Distributed byColumbia Pictures
Release date
  • August 18, 1989 (1989-08-18)
Running time
113 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$22.5 million[1]
Box office$18.7 million[2]

Casualties of War is a 1989 American war drama film directed by Brian De Palma and written by David Rabe, based primarily on an article written by Daniel Lang for The New Yorker in 1969, which was later published as a book.[3] The film stars Michael J. Fox and Sean Penn and is based on the events of the 1966 incident on Hill 192 during the Vietnam War, in which a Vietnamese woman was kidnapped from her village by a squad of American soldiers, who raped and murdered her. For the film, all names and some details of the true story were altered.

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  2. ^ "Casualties of War (1989)". Box Office Mojo. 26 September 1989. Retrieved 15 January 2014.
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