Hamburger Hill | |
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Directed by | John Irvin |
Written by | James Carabatsos |
Produced by | Marcia Nasatir James Carabatsos |
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Cinematography | Peter MacDonald |
Edited by | Peter Tanner |
Music by | Philip Glass |
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Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
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Running time | 110 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $6.5 million |
Box office | $13.8 million |
Hamburger Hill is a 1987 American war film set during the Battle of Hamburger Hill, a May 1969 assault during the Vietnam War by the U.S. Army's 3rd Battalion, 187th Infantry, 101st Airborne Division, on a ridge of Dong Ap Bia near the Laotian border in central Vietnam. The ridge was a well-fortified position, including trenchworks and bunkers, of the North Vietnamese Army. U.S. military records of the battle refer to the mountain as "Hill 937," its map designation having been derived from the high elevation of the hill at 937 meters (3,074 ft).
Written by James Carabatsos and directed by John Irvin, the film starred Michael Boatman, Don Cheadle, Dylan McDermott (his film debut), Courtney B. Vance, Steven Weber, and Tim Quill. It was produced by RKO Pictures and distributed by Paramount Pictures, and was shot in the Philippines. The novelization was written by William Pelfrey.