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Hacksaw Ridge

Gibson, Mel
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During the bloodiest battle of WWII, in Okinawa, Desmond Doss saved 75 men without firing or carrying a gun. He was the only American soldier in WWII to fight on the front lines without a weapon, as he believed that while the war was justified, killing was nevertheless wrong. As an army medic, he singlehandedly evacuated the wounded from behind enemy lines, braved fire while tending to soldiers and was wounded by a grenade and hit by snipers. Doss was the first conscientious objector to ever earn the Congressional Medal of Honor.

Rating: R; for intense prolonged realistically graphic sequences of war violence including grisly bloody images.|||adult

Summit Entertainment and Cross Creek Pictures present ; in assoctiation with Demarest Media and Argent Pictures ; produced in association with IM Global and AI Film Productions and in association with Vendian Entertainment and Kylin Pictures ; a Pandemonium Films / Permut Presentations production ; a Mel Gibson film ; produced by Bill Mechanic, David Permut, Terry Benedict, Paul Currie, Bruce Davey, Brian Oliver, William D. Johnson ; screenplay by Robert Schenkkan and Andrew Knight ; directed by Mel Gibson.

Originally released as a motion picture in 2016.

Special features: Deleted scenes; Veterans Day greeting with Mel Gibson. Blu-ray exclusives: The soul of wear: Making Hacksaw Ridge; theatrical trailer.

Andrew Garfield, Sam Worthington, Luke Bracey, Teresa Palmer, Hugo Weaving, Rachel Griffiths, Vince Vaughn

Blu-ray, 1080p high definition, Dolby Atmos, region A; requires Blu-ray player.

In English or Spanish, with optional Spanish subtitles; English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing; English descriptive audio.

Director of photography, Simon Duggan ; editor, John GIlbert ; music, Rupert Gregson-Williams.

Academy Award Nomination 2016 Best Picture.

Academy Award Nomination 2016 Actor in a Leading Role.

Academy Award Nomination 2016 Directing.

Academy Award Nomination 2016 Film Editing.

Academy Award Nomination 2016 Sound Editing.

Academy Award Nomination 2016 Sound Mixing.

Academy Award Nomination 2016 Writing (Adapted Screenplay).

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