Post by Amie on May 6, 2007 2:12:01 GMT -5
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.
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.