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12 Strong (also known as 12 Strong: The Declassified True Story of the Horse Soldiers) is a 2018 American action-war film directed by Nicolai Fuglsig and written by Ted Tally and Peter Craig. The film is based on Doug Stanton 's non-fiction book Horse Soldiers , which tells the story of U.S. Army Special Forces sent to Afghanistan immediately ...
- $71.1 million
- Lorne Balfe
- $35 million
Mitch Nelson, a US Army Captain with Green Berets Operational Detachment Alpha (ODA) 595, is moving into a new home with his wife and daughter on September 11, 2001, after receiving an assignment to staff duty under LTC Bowers. As news of the devastating terrorist attacks that day break, Nelson volunteers to lead 595 into Afghanistan.
Jan 19, 2018 · WASHINGTON – The movie “12 Strong” arrives in theaters on Jan. 19, and tells the harrowing story of the first U.S. Special Forces mission in Afghanistan following the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. The following is part of an Army.mil exclusive feature story that recounts the events of the Green Berets’ first mission in Afghanistan, as ...
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Jan 19, 2018 · It’s an amazing story but also an absurd sight: muscular soldiers strapped with high-tech gear and weaponry, galloping along on horses, facing down massive tanks and rocket launchers. Fuglsig depicts these showdowns in relentless, unflinching fashion. He’s methodical but he finds room for swagger, especially when it comes to Hemsworth’s ...
Jan 19, 2018 · 12 Strong: Directed by Nicolai Fuglsig. With Chris Hemsworth, Michael Shannon, Michael Peña, Navid Negahban. 12 Strong tells the story of the first Special Forces team deployed to Afghanistan after 9/11; under the leadership of a new captain, the team must work with an Afghan warlord to take down the Taliban.
- (89K)
- Action, Drama, History
- Nicolai Fuglsig
- 2018-01-19
Jan 17, 2018 · Here, the 12 Strong movie and the true story match up. None of the 12 soldiers died during the 2001 Afghanistan mission. It's a miracle of sorts given what they faced, a feat that the movie does a good job conveying. One of the soldiers from the ODA 595 died later while serving in Iraq.
Jan 18, 2018 · The story of that first response, and what a single 12-man team from Fort Campbell's 5th Special Forces Group did in northern Afghanistan on horseback will be among the season’s biggest ...
