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About
A Marine Colonel is brought to court-martial after ordering his men to fire on demonstrators surrounding the American embassy in Yemen.
Theatrical
Apr 7, 2000
Box Office
$71.0M
Budget
$60.0M
Return
1.2x
DVD / Blu-ray
Oct 10, 2000
Director
Writers
Producers
Music
Studio
Paramount Pictures, Seven Arts Pictures, Munich Film Partners & Company (MFP) ROE Production, The Zanuck Company, Scott Rudin Productions
Quotes
See all →Testimony and Accountability After Three Decades
Maj. Mark Biggs
Colonel. You realize in light of Colonel Cao's testimony, we'll be pushing for charges on the Ca Lu incident.
Col. Hayes Hodges
That was 30 years ago; you're going to have a hard time finding witnesses.
Maj. Mark Biggs
Well, I thought maybe you'd be willing to testify.
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
Combat Reality vs. Training Memory
Maj. Mark Biggs
Let me get this straight. You evacuate the Ambassador. You go back to the roof. Two of your Marines are K.I.A. A third, Sergeant Krasevitch, dies. You give your captain an order which he doesn't follow; in fact, he questions. And then you said what?
Col. Terry L. Childers
I don't remember.
Maj. Mark Biggs
You don't remember what you said next?
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
Cast
Full credits →T
Tommy Lee Jones
Col. Hayes Lawrence "Hodge" Hodges II
Samuel L. Jackson
Col. Terry L. Childers
G
Guy Pearce
Maj. Mark Biggs
B
Ben Kingsley
Ambassador Mourain
B
Bruce Greenwood
National Security Advisor Bill Sokal
A
Anne Archer
Mrs. Mourain
Blair Underwood
Capt. Lee
P
Philip Baker Hall
Gen. H. Lawrence Hodges
D
Dale Dye
Gen. Perry
A
Amidou
Dr. Ahmar
M
Mark Feuerstein
Tom Chandler
N
Nicky Katt
Hayes Hodges III
R
Ryan Hurst
Corporal Hustings
J
John Speredakos
Lawyer
B
Baoan Coleman
Col. Binh Le Cao
R
Richard McGonagle
Judge
G
G. Gordon Liddy
Talk Show Host (voice)
T
Todd Kimsey
Officer #1
