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  • 2019
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  • Saban Films
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  • 2019
  • R
  • Saban Films
  • 1 h 58 m

Summary Major Harry Smith (Travis Fimmel) and his company of 108 young and inexperienced Australian and New Zealand soldiers are fighting for their lives in the Battle of Long tan. With 2,500 battle-hardened Viet Cong soldiers closing in, their ammunition running out and casualties mounting, each man searches for the strength to triumph over a...

Directed By: Kriv Stenders

Written By: Stuart Beattie, James Nicholas, Karel Segers, Paul Sullivan, Jack Brislee

  • 2019
  • R
  • Saban Films
  • 1 h 58 m
  • 2019
  • R
  • Saban Films
  • 1 h 58 m

Danger Close

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User Score Generally Favorable Based on 12 User Ratings
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Summary Major Harry Smith (Travis Fimmel) and his company of 108 young and inexperienced Australian and New Zealand soldiers are fighting for their lives in the Battle of Long tan. With 2,500 battle-hardened Viet Cong soldiers closing in, their ammunition running out and casualties mounting, each man searches for the strength to triumph over a...

Directed By: Kriv Stenders

Written By: Stuart Beattie, James Nicholas, Karel Segers, Paul Sullivan, Jack Brislee

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Nov 8, 2019
By turns viscerally exciting and predictably formulaic — and, quite often, both at once — Danger Close is an efficiently crafted and consistently involving old-school war movie propelled by matter-of-fact professionalism on both sides of the cameras.
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Nov 16, 2019
Anyone interested in the complexities and controversies surrounding Australia and New Zealand’s involvement in Vietnam may find Danger Close disappointing. But the movie actually works OK as one long fight scene.
By Noel Murray FULL REVIEW
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Nov 12, 2019
The Battle of Long Tan is fascinating, not only for its tactical outcome but for the historical blindspot, which has effectively marginalized contributions to the war made by Australia and New Zealand. After the film ends, what lingers is the photography and archival footage that accompanies the end credits; with a little bit of context, that’s a film that needs to be told.
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Generally Favorable Based on 12 User Ratings
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17% Mixed
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0% Negative
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Production Company Deeper Water Films, Hoosegow Productions, Ingenious Media, Red Dune Films, Saboteur Media, Screen Australia, Screen Queensland, SunJive Studios, THN Nominees
Release Date Nov 8, 2019
Duration 1 h 58 m
Rating R
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Tagline Witness the true story of ordinary boys who became extraordinary men.
Website https://www.facebook.com/battleoflongtan/
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Awards

Veterans Film Festival
• 3 Wins & 4 Nominations
Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards
• 3 Wins & 4 Nominations
Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) Awards
• 1 Win & 3 Nominations

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