Courage Under Fire
A medal for honor. A search for justice. A battle for truth.
Overview
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...
Fun facts
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Nominations
Nominated for the Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor (1997)
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Box office
Grossed $101M worldwide, about 2.2 times its $46M budget
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Filming locations
Filmed in Bloomfield, Texas State Capitol, Bastrop and 6 other locations
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Setting
Set in Iraq and the United States
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Music
Music by James Horner
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Roger Deakins
Details
- Director
- Writer
- Patrick Sheane DuncanScreenplay
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- July 4, 1996
- Original language
- English
- Budget
- $46M
- Revenue
- $100.9M
- Countries
- United States of America
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In the United States
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Cast
Denzel WashingtonLieutenant Colonel Nathaniel Serling
Meg RyanCaptain Karen Emma Walden
Lou Diamond PhillipsStaff Sergeant John Monfriez
Michael MoriartyBrigadier General Hershberg
Matt DamonIlario
Bronson PinchotBruno
Seth GilliamStephen Altameyer
Regina TaylorMeredith Serling
Željko IvanekBanacek
Scott GlennGartner
Tim GuineeRady
Tim RansomBoylar
Sean AstinPatella- Armand DarriusRobins
Mark Adair-RiosBobcat 5
Ned VaughnChelli
Manny PerezJenkins- David McSwainEgan
Sean Patrick ThomasThompson
Ken JenkinsJoel Walden
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