Courage Under Fire
Courage Under Fire
“ A medal for honor. A search for justice. A battle for truth. ”
CINEMA1996-07-04
DIGITAL2019-10-07
RegionUS
Runtime116 MIN
Media TypeMovie
PRODUCTION COMPANIES
Storyline
A US Army officer, who made a "friendly fire" mistake that was covered up, has been reassigned to a desk job. He is tasked to investigate a female chopper commander's worthiness to be awarded the Medal of Honor. At first all seems in order. But then he begins to notice inconsistencies between the testimonies of the witnesses...
DIRECTOR / Director
Edward Zwick
KEYWORDS
gulf warwar veteranpraisepilotrescue missiondead soldiertankus armymedalbattlefieldbehind enemy linesmilitaryarmy life
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Denzel Washington
From historical drama and social cinema to Oscar-winning performances, action heroes and classical roles, he built one of American cinema’s most commanding screen personas.
Denzel Washington is one of the defining actors of modern American cinema. From historical and political roles in Glory and Malcolm X to dangerous figures in Training Day, Man on Fire and American Gangster, and later performances in Fences and The Tragedy of Macbeth, he has moved between mainstream Hollywood, Black cinema, stage adaptations and action films while developing a screen persona defined by authority, intensity, moral conflict and individual will.
