Blu-ray Review

Courage Under Fire

Featured in Issue 118, March 2007

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3
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NR
Disc Information
Studio 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Catalog Number 2241427
MPAA Rating R
Rating Reason For war violence and language
Retail Price $39.98
Disc Type Single Side, Single Layer (BD-25)
Running Time 117 min
Color Color
Chapters Yes
Closed Captioned Yes
Regional Coding A
Release Date 01/23/07
Theatrical Year 1996
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Director Edward Zwick
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Courage Under Fire is the critically acclaimed story of military commander Nathaniel Serling (Washington) who is suffering the after-effects of a deadly battlefield error that he was responsible for ordering. He is then given the task of reviewing the efforts of a female helicoptor pilot (Ryan) who is being considered for the posthumous award of the Congressional Medal Of Honor--the first woman to be so honored. Killed in the line of duty during a rescue mission in the Desert Storm conflict, Captain Karen Walden's actions during the battle are seen, curiously, in completely opposite ways by those who witnessed her actions. Was she a hero or a coward? And does the fact that she is female play any part in the way the "eyewitness" stories are slanted?

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