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Hacksaw Ridge. Hacksaw Ridge is a 2016 biographical war film directed by Mel Gibson and written by Andrew Knight and Robert Schenkkan, based on the 2004 documentary The Conscientious Objector directed by Terry Benedict .
Hacksaw Ridge: Directed by Mel Gibson. With Andrew Garfield, Richard Pyros, Jacob Warner, Milo Gibson. World War II American Army Medic Desmond T. Doss, serving during the Battle of Okinawa, refuses to kill people and becomes the first man in American history to receive the Medal of Honor without firing a shot.
- Mel Gibson
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Nov 4, 2016 · Hacksaw Ridge uses a real-life pacifist's legacy to ... 5 out of 5 stars 04/19/24 Full Review Fara F "Hacksaw Ridge" is a feature film in the genre of war drama directed by film-maker Mel Gibson ...
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- Screenwriters Robert Schenkkan and Andrew Knight wanted to do justice to Desmond Doss and the other real life heroes portrayed in the film. Their screenplay hewed as close to the factual record as possible in portraying what transpired on Hacksaw Ridge in Okinawa during the bloodiest battle of World War II.
- Director Mel Gibson wanted the war situation to be realistic because the battle for Okinawa resulted in the greatest loss of life in the South Pacific during World War II and the hellishness of war was pivotal to the story of Doss’s faith and heroism.
- Gibson considers Hacksaw Ridge a story about love and faith rather than a war film and this is why Doss’s story inspired him to make the film. Up until he read the script for Hacksaw Ridge, Gibson had been more interested in directing projects that he’d developed himself.
- Schenkkan and Knight view Doss as an extraordinary and unusual hero whose faith plays a pivotal role in his situation in the Army in 1944. While researching and writing the script, they focused on how Doss’s unshakeable belief that it was wrong to kill emerged in a war he nevertheless believed was just.
Nov 4, 2016 · Desmond Doss joined the Army as a combat medic because he believed in the cause of World War II. But as a Seventh-day Adventist, he had also vowed not to kill. Desmond Doss is credited with saving ...
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Nov 1, 2016 · “Hacksaw Ridge,” the first feature he has directed since “Apocalypto,” a decade ago, is a bluntly effective faith-and-flag war drama, the true story of a remarkable hero with a knot of ...
Nov 1, 2016 · Image via Lionsgate. In his latest movie, Hacksaw Ridge, Gibson tells the true story of Desmond Doss, a conscientious collaborator and Army medic who refused to bear arms during World War II, but ...
