Hacksaw Ridge

Release Date: Friday, November 4, 2016 Nationwide

Mel Gibson, Luke Bracey, Christopher Woodrow, Sam Worthington, Andrew Garfield, Vince Vaughn, William Johnson, Elexa Ruth, Teresa Palmer, Hugo Weaving, Randall Wallace, Rachel Griffiths, Brian Oliver, David Permut, Richard Roxburgh, Tyler Thompson, Robert Schenkkan, Michael Bassick, Bill Mechanic, Lauren Selig, Matt Nable, David Greathouse

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The extraordinary true story of conscientious objector Desmond Doss [Andrew Garfield] who, in Okinawa during the bloodiest battle of WWII, saved 75 men without firing a gun. Believing that the War was just but killing was nevertheless wrong, he was the only American soldier in WWII to fight on the front lines without a weapon. As an army medic Doss single-handedly evacuated the wounded near enemy lines, braved fire while tending to soldiers and was wounded by a grenade and hit by snipers. He was the first conscientious objector to ever win the Congressional Medal of Honor.
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The film's director Mel Gibson last directed Apocalypto and The Passion of the Christ. The film's writer Robert Schenkkan last wrote Anabasis and Ugly Americans.

Director
Mel Gibson
Producers
William Johnson
Bill Mechanic
Brian Oliver
David Permut
Tyler Thompson

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R Restricted for intense prolonged realistically graphic sequences of war violence including grisly bloody images
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English

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Hacksaw Ridge was released in nationwide movie theaters on Friday, November 4, 2016 . There were 11 other movies released on the same date, including Doctor Strange, Trolls and My Dead Boyfriend.



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Sat., Jan. 21, 2017

  • Set the MPAA rating to R for intense prolonged realistically graphic sequences of war violence including grisly bloody images

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