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Cinema Combat: Hollywood Goes to War (1998)

Directed by Edith Becker

“In the trenches with the greatest war movies ever made!”

Documentary, War, TV Movie, History · 1h 41m

Tracing the evolution of the war-film genre from 1898 to 1996 by combining real-life combat footage with excerpts from Hollywood movies. Clips range from "Wings" (1927) to "Courage Under Fire" (1996). Also: Thomas Edison's shots of American soldiers in the Spanish-American War. Narrated by Martin Sheen.

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Cast

Crew

Director
Edith Becker
Writer
Dorothy Rompalske
Editor
Keith Aronowitz, Sarah Boyd, Poppy Das, Bob Potter, Anne Stein
Producer
Edith Becker, Shelley Lyons

Details

Release date
1998-01-01
Runtime
1h 41m
Genres
Documentary, War, TV Movie, History
Original language
EN
Spoken languages
English