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Movie Body Counts Boards :: Boards :: Finished Counts :: We Were Soldiers Author Topic: We Were Soldiers (Read 1,815 times) Amie Full Member member is offline Joined: Nov 2005 Gender: Female Posts: 229 We Were Soldiers « Thread Started on May 6, 2007, 2:12am » We Were Soldiers Actors: Mel Gibson, Madeleine Stowe, Greg Kinnear, Sam Elliott Directed by: Randall Wallace Genre: Action / Drama / History / War MPAA: Rated R for sustained sequences of graphic war violence, and for language. 2002 Total Movie Body Count: 305 Total Mel Gibson/Col. Hal Moore body count: 15 Total Sam Elliott/Sgt. Maj. Plumley body count: 7 Total Greg Kinnear/Snakeshit body count: 5 Misc: Strewn bodies on battlefield, pile of dead bodies (only distinguishable bodies included in body count) Movie breakdown: Chapter 1: Where Does It Begin? French captain shot: 1 French soldiers shot: 6 French soldier bayoneted: 1 Dead bodies - 4 French bugler - 1 (cutaway) Vietnamese soldiers shot - 7 Vietnamese soldiers by grenade - 3 Chapter 8: cut off at the Knoll American soldiers shot - 6 American lieutenant shot - 1 Vietnamese shot by Moore - 2 Vietnamese by grenade launcher - 2 Vietnamese shot - 2 Vietnamese by artillery - 6 Chapter 9: Hot LZ Dead American body - 1 Americans shot - 3 American by grenade - 1 Vietnamese shot- 19 Vietnamese by grenade - 1 Vietnamese by napalm - 5 Vietnamese shot by Moore - 3 Pilot shot - 1 Chapter 10: Ammo and the Wounded Vietnamese shot - 8 American by grenade - 1 Americans shot - 6 Chapter 11: Holding Out Against the Night Vietnamese bodies - 4 (minimum) Vietnamse shot - 8 Chapter 13: Words for the Dead Dead American body - 1 Vietnamese by cut-off unit - 22 Vietnamese by gun-butt - 1 Vietnamese knifed - 1 Dead Vietnamese bodies - 4 (minimum) Vietnamese attacking creek bed, shot - 3 chapter 14: "We're Gonna Win this Fight" American soldiers on ridge, shot - 4 American soldiers on ridge, by rocket launcher - 2 Vietnamese attacking ridge, shot - 3 Dead Vietnamese body - 1 Vietnamese shot - 5 Dead Vietnamese bodies - 8 (minimum) Americans shot - 4 Unknown - 2 Vietnamese shot by Moore - 3 (one cutaway) Vietnamese shot by Plumley - 7 American jumping on grenade - 1 Vietnamese attacking LZ - 4 Chapter 15: Broken Arrow Dead bodies - 6 Vietnamese shot - 3 Vietcong shot - 2 Vietcong bombed by planes - 6 (closeup shots) Vietcong bombed by planes - 12 (minimum)(wide shots) Vietcong shot by Moore - 2 Vietcong shot by planes - 3 Vietnamese - 1 Americans by friendly fire - 4 American shot - 1 Vietcong bombed by planes - 3 Vietcong shot by soldier in chopper - 3 Bodies strewn on battlefield - countless Chapter 16: A Nice Day Bodies strewn on battlefield - 15 minimum Geoghegan & Godboldt - 2 Chapter 17: Fix Bayonets Vietnamese shot by Moore - 3 Vietnamese bayoneted by Moore - 2 Vietnamese shot - 12 Vietnamese bayoneted - 5 Vietnamese shot by chopper machine gun - 15 Vietnamese shot by Snake with chopper machine gun - 5 Vietnamese by chopper rocket launchers - 3 Dead bodies strewn on battlefield - 4 minimum Americans shot - 2 Mound of Vietnamese bodies - 12 minimum Gibson/Moore breakdown: Vietnamese shot by Moore - 2 Vietnamese shot by Moore - 3 Vietnamese shot by Moore - 3 (one cutaway) Vietcong shot by Moore - 2 Vietnamese shot by Moore - 3 Vietnamese bayoneted by Moore - 2 Elliott/Plumley breakdown: Vietnamese shot by Plumley - 7 Kinnear/Snakeshit breakdown: Vietnamese shot by Snakeshit with chopper machine gun - 5 I've been meaning to do this for a long time. Sorry I haven't checked in for a while, guys. 1. This was a crazy one to do a body count for. I paid particular attention to onscreen kills and cutaways. For dead bodies and piles, I counted only clearly distinguishable bodies. I was conservative in counting. 2. I just counted American deaths, and it closely matches with what was mentioned at one point in the move--- 40 KIA, and 2 MIA. This was mentioned before the last major battle. It was also mentioned somewhere in the movie that there were at least 1800 Vietnamese deaths. 3. Also, is it likely Greg Kinnear will have a page of his own? He did quite a few kills here in the chopper. « Last Edit: May 9, 2007, 7:41am by Amie » Link to Post - Back to Top   Logged JenGe Administrator member is offline Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 1,443 Location: Surfing the internet... Re: We Were Soldiers « Reply #1 on May 6, 2007, 10:58am » "Also, is it likely Greg Kinnear will have a page of his own? He did quite a few kills here in the chopper. " Then why is he not listed with the other characters that have counts?? Link to Post - Back to Top   Logged Webmaster: MovieBodyCounts.com | Equilibrium Fansite | JD Foust Designs Amie Full Member member is offline Joined: Nov 2005 Gender: Female Posts: 229 Re: We Were Soldiers « Reply #2 on May 6, 2007, 5:39pm » Sorry, a bit rusty with body counts, I am. I started this a while ago but just finished it yesterday. Anyway Snakeshit had fewer counts than I thought, there was at least one other chopper present so I couldn't attribute all the kills to him. This count is finished. Should I delete this post and re-post it in the queue? Link to Post - Back to Top   Logged JenGe Administrator member is offline Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 1,443 Location: Surfing the internet... Re: We Were Soldiers « Reply #3 on May 6, 2007, 6:14pm » No, I'll just move it. It get's bumped anyway if it changes the top 5. Link to Post - Back to Top   Logged Webmaster: MovieBodyCounts.com | Equilibrium Fansite | JD Foust Designs JenGe Administrator member is offline Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 1,443 Location: Surfing the internet... Re: We Were Soldiers « Reply #4 on May 12, 2007, 1:42pm » Quote: 2. I just counted American deaths, and it closely matches with what was mentioned at one point in the move--- 40 KIA, and 2 MIA. This was mentioned before the last major battle. It was also mentioned somewhere in the movie that there were at least 1800 Vietnamese deaths. I was working on this page when I just noticed this comment. Are you saying that the body count for this film is actually higher. If so I really do need those as well. "Mentioned" kills do not count. I am a bit confused??? « Last Edit: May 12, 2007, 1:43pm by JenGe » Link to Post - Back to Top   Logged Webmaster: MovieBodyCounts.com | Equilibrium Fansite | JD Foust Designs Amie Full Member member is offline Joined: Nov 2005 Gender: Female Posts: 229 Re: We Were Soldiers « Reply #5 on May 12, 2007, 5:57pm » Quote: Are you saying that the body count for this film is actually higher. If so I really do need those as well. "Mentioned" kills do not count. No, no, the count isn't higher. I only counted onscreen kills or cutaways to come up with my current count. I didn't include the "mentioned kills" in the body count. I only mentioned the "mentioned kills" as a point of comparison. It would have been erroneous if I'd counted 70 bodies, for example, if there are only supposed to be 40 dead. I was just double checking to make sure my count wasn't more than what was mentioned. Same with the kills from the MVA and Vietcong. I only mentioned that there were 1800 kills mentioned in the movie to point out that my count was perfectly plausible. Would you like me to indicate the breakdown of American and Vietnamese kills? Weirdly enough, I only counted 40 dead Americans. And I swear this was before I got the idea of comparing my count with the mentioned count. Link to Post - Back to Top   Logged JenGe Administrator member is offline Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 1,443 Location: Surfing the internet... Re: We Were Soldiers « Reply #6 on May 15, 2007, 2:10pm » The pages are finished for We Were Soldiers... « Last Edit: May 15, 2007, 2:10pm by JenGe » Link to Post - Back to Top   Logged Webmaster: MovieBodyCounts.com | Equilibrium Fansite | JD Foust Designs Forum Jump--------------------» Home--------------------» Boards--------------------- Movie Body Counts: Queue- Finished Counts- Low Count Films- Counts Pending- Corrections & Disputes- General Discussions--------------------» Counts Not on Site--------------------- DVD/Video- TV Movies & Shows Counts