DANGER CLOSE MOVIE – COMING 2019
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Late afternoon August 18, 1966 South Vietnam – for three and a half hours, in the pouring rain, amid the mud and shattered trees of a rubber plantation called Long Tan, Major Harry Smith and his dispersed company of 108 young and mostly inexperienced Australian and New Zealand soldiers are fighting for their lives, holding off an overwhelming enemy force of 2,500 battle hardened Viet Cong and North Vietnamese soldiers. With their ammunition running out, their casualties mounting and the enemy massing for a final assault, each man begins to search for the strength to triumph over an uncertain future with honour, decency and courage.
The Battle of Long Tan is one of the most savage and decisive engagements in Australian military history, earning both the United States and South Vietnamese Presidential Unit Citations for gallantry along with many individual awards. 18 Australians and more than 500 enemy were killed.
DANGER CLOSE is a nail biting and dramatic exploration of war illustrating heroism, tragedy and the sacrifice of battle. It will take its place alongside war classics such as BLACK HAWK DOWN, SAVING PRIVATE RYAN, GALLIPOLI, BREAKER MORANT & ZULU.
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Meet some of the DANGER CLOSE cast and crew:
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Cast – Travis Fimmel (Major Harry Smith), Luke Bracey (SGT Bob Buick), Alex England (CSM Jack Kirby), Daniel Webber (PTE Paul Large), Richard Roxburgh (BRIG David Jackson), Nicholas Hamilton (PTE Noel Grimes), Anthony Hayes (COL Colin Townsend) and an incredible ensemble cast.