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FilmRed Platoon | |
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Directed by | Daniel Espinosa |
Screenplay by | Adam Cozad |
Based on | Red Platoon: A True Story of American Valor Battle of Kamdesh |
Produced by | Josh Bratman Kerry Foster |
Production company | Smoke House Pictures |
Distributed by | Sony Pictures |
Release date | TBA |
Red Platoon is an upcoming American war drama film based on true events that occurred on October 3, 2009 during the Battle of Kamdesh. The film is based on the memoir, Red Platoon: A True Story of American Valor, written by Medal of Honor recipient, Clinton Romesha.
Plot
14 miles from the Afgan-Pakistan border, the steep surreptitious mountains tower over the sunken valley where Combat Outpost Keating is based. Like fighting from the bottom of a fishbowl, the outpost is forced to defend against an unrelenting clandestine attack brought on by a wave exceeding 300 Taliban insurgents. This is a first hand account of the Battle of Kamdesh.
Cast
TBA Staff Sergeant Clinton Romesha
TBA Specialist Ty Carter
Production
Sony enlisted Daniel Espinosa to direct the film.
See also
- Ty Carter
- Clinton Romesha
- Battle of Kamdesh
- Combat Outpost Keating
- List of post-Vietnam War Medal of Honor recipients
- List of living Medal of Honor recipients
References
- Fleming, Mike (5 December 2017). "Sony Enlists Director Daniel Espinosa, George Clooney's Smokehouse For 'Red Platoon'". Deadline.
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(help) - ^ Myers, Meghann (4 May 2018). "The Battle of Kamdesh, which netted two Medals of Honor, is coming to the big screen ― twice". Army Times.
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(help) - Clark, James (3 May 2018). "2 New Movies Are Profiling One Of The Military's Most Heroic And Desperate Battles". Task & Purpose.
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(help) - Collins, Elizabeth M. (5 February 2013). "COP Keating battle begins, Medal of Honor nominee Romesha takes action". U.S. Army.
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(help) - "Red Platoon Movie". Movie Insider. 16 March 2018.
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(help) - "Red Platoon". IMDB. 5 December 2017.
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External links
- Red Platoon at IMDb