Heartbreak Ridge
1986 American war film by Clint Eastwood / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For the Korean War battle, see Battle of Heartbreak Ridge. For the French film also known as Heartbreak Ridge, see Crèvecoeur (film).
Heartbreak Ridge is a 1986 American war film produced and directed by Clint Eastwood, who also starred in the film. The film also co-stars Marsha Mason, Everett McGill, and Mario Van Peebles, and was released in the United States on December 5, 1986. The story centers on a U.S. Marine nearing retirement who gets a platoon of undisciplined Marines into shape and leads them during the American invasion of Grenada in 1983.
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Directed by | Clint Eastwood |
Written by | James Carabatsos |
Produced by | Clint Eastwood |
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Cinematography | Jack N. Green |
Edited by | Joel Cox |
Music by | Lennie Niehaus |
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Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
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Running time | 130 minutes |
Country | United States |
Languages | English Spanish |
Budget | $15 million[1] |
Box office | $121.7 million[2] |
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The title comes from the Battle of Heartbreak Ridge in the Korean War, in which Eastwood's character had been awarded the Medal of Honor.