Hamburger Hill

(1987)

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Hamburger Hill
variety.com2008-05-20
With a fresh-faced young cast that includes Dylan McDermott, Courtney B. Vance, Steven Weber and Don Cheadle (in a small but pivotal role), "Hill" is a largely apolitical combat pic about a platoon's Sisyphean attempts to take Hill 937 from... ... Full Article

When Hamburger Hill landed in 1987, it was already facing the daunting task of filling the large and imposing shoes of other Vietnam Era movies such as Platoon and Apocalypse Now. ... Full Article

PLATOON, HAMBURGER HILL, BORN ON THE FOURTH OF JULY, HEAVEN AND HELL, FULL METAL JACKET. There have been so many films about Vietnam that one would think we don't need another one. ... Full Article

Hollywood made almost no films about the Vietnam War while it was happening, and even waited a few years after it ended before addressing the subject. ... Full Article

Monty Brinton/CBS The second night of this season had the teams sweatily dashing all over Vietnam, but dramatically it was less Hamburger Hill than Veggie Burger Valley : a lot of spitting and crackling, but not all that much flavor. ... Full Article