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The Siege of Firebase Gloria is a american film of genre Drama directed by Brian Trenchard-Smith released in USA on 27 january 1989 with Wings Hauser
The Siege of Firebase Gloria (1989)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 27 january 1989
Length 1h35
Directed by Brian Trenchard-Smith
OriginUSA
Themes Political films
Rating67%
The Siege of Firebase Gloria is a 1989 film starring Wings Hauser and R. Lee Ermey that was filmed in the Philippines. According to a question and answer period in Sydney, director Brian Trenchard-Smith said that R. Lee Ermey wrote the screenplay.
Synopsis
At the start of the Tet Offensive a Marine unit on patrol stops at Firebase Gloria. When the base comes under attack the patrol remains to help in its defense. The Soldiers and Marines come under numerous attacks by the VC (Viet Cong), but in the end hold the base with assistance from the First Cavalry Division. While the Marines try and defend the base, the Viet Cong commander discovers that he is in a similar position: it was never his mission to win the battle, but to lead his men to their deaths in order to allow the North Vietnamese Army to take a more substantial role in the war. The Marines are subsequently forced to abandon the base having lost too many men in the process of defending it. In the end, the soldiers and commanders on both sides take stock of the loss of life for this single base.Actors
Wings Hauser
(Cpl. Joseph L. 'Nard' DiNardo)
R. Lee Ermey
(Sgt. Maj. Bill Hafner / Narrator)
Robert Arevalo
(Cao Van)
Albert Popwell
(Jones)
Don Wilson (kickboxeur)
(Patrol Member (as Donald Wilson))
Nick Nicholson
(Photographer)
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