Hamburger Hill

Year: 1987

Genre: War

Production Country: USA

Directed by John Irvin
Featuring Anthony Barrile / Michael Patrick Boatman / Don Cheadle

Story of the successful but futile attack on Hamburger Hill, in Vietnam in 1969, which resulted in many deaths and casualities.

Cast & credits

Cast

Languilli (3rd Squad, 1st Platoon) Anthony Barrile
Motown (3rd Squad, 1st Platoon) Michael Patrick Boatman
Washburn (3rd Squad, 1st Platoon) Don Cheadle
Murphy (3rd Squad, 1st Platoon) Michael Dolan
McDaniel (3rd Squad, 1st Platoon) Don James
Sergeant Frantz (3rd Squad, 1st Platoon) Dylan Mcdermott
Galvan (3rd Squad, 1st Platoon) M.A. Nickles
Duffy (3rd Squad, 1st Platoon) Harry O'reilly
Gaigin (3rd Squad, 1st Platoon) Daniel O'shea
Beletsky (3rd Squad, 1st Platoon) Tim Quill
Bienstock (3rd Squad, 1st Platoon) Tommy Swerdlow
Doc (3rd Squad, 1st Platoon) Courtney B. Vance
Sergeant Worcester (3rd Squad, 1st Plato Steven Weber
Lieutenant Eden (3rd Squad, 1st Platoon) Tegan West
Mama San (3rd Squad, 1st Platoon) Kieu Chinh
Lagunas (3rd Squad, 1st Platoon) Doug Goodman
Healy (3rd Squad, 1st Platoon) J.C. Palmore
Newsman (3rd Squad, 1st Platoon) J.D. Van Sickle

Credits

Direction

Director John Irvin
Assistant Director Steve Harding
Assistant Director David W. Rose
Assistant Director Nikolas Korda
Assistant director (Philippines) Soc José

Production

Production Company RKO Pictures
Executive Producer Jerry Offsay
Executive Producer David Korda
Producer Marcia Nasatir
Producer Jim Carabatsos
Co-producer Larry De Waay
Unit manager Claude Hudson
Production supervisor (Philippines) Ernesto C. Rojas
Production Co-ordinator Sallie Beechinor
Location Manager Peter H. Cooper
Location manager (Philippines) Ricardo Santos
Location manager (Philippines) Luis Alba
Location manager (Philippines) Ulysses Formanez
Production Assistant Susanna Alves
Production Assistant Gwynn Press

Casting

Casting Mary Colquhoun
Casting (Philippines) Ken Metcalfe

Writing

Script Jim Carabatsos

Photography

Photography Peter Macdonald
Camera Operator Michael Brewster
Camera operator (Philippines) Jun Dalawis

Special Effects

Special effects supervisor Joe Lombardi
Special Effects Joe Digaetano
Special Effects Rudy Lisczak
Special Effects Paul Lombardi
Special Effects Larry Reid
Special effects (Philippines) Teddy Martin
Special effects (Philippines) David Delina
Special effects (Philippines) Mario Carmona
Special effects (Philippines) Delio Dizon
Special effects (Philippines) Antonio Peras

Editing

Editor Peter Tanner

Design

Production Designer Austen Spriggs
Art director (Philippines) Toto Castillo

Costumes

Wardrobe David Murphy
Wardrobe (Philippines) Pense Libre

Make-up

Make-up Cecille Baun
Make-up Neville Smallwood

Titles

Titles General Screen Enterprises

Music

Music Philip Glass
Vietnamese radio music/sound supplied Interlock Media Associates
Music Editor Michael Connell

Sound

Sound Recording David Hildyard
Sound Recording John Pitt
Sound operator (Philippines) Mercurio Aguilla
Sound Re-recording Robin O'donoghue
Sound Re-recording Dominic Lester
Supervising Sound Editor Les Wiggins
Dialogue editor Archie Ludski
Foley Editor Terry Busby

Stunts

Stunt Co-ordinator Tip Tipping
Stunts (Philippines) Renato Morado
Stunts (Philippines) Gerry Bailey
Stunts (Philippines) Eric Hanh

Consultant

Military adviser Al Neal
Vietnamese adviser Kieu Chinh
Military liaison Joseph B. Conmy Jr
Military liaison (Philippines) Jane Comendador

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