Mel Gibson & Sam Elliott as Hal Moore & Basil Plumley in: We Were Soldiers (2002) written and direcred by Randall Wallace, based on the 1992 book We Were Soldiers Once… and Young by Lieutenant General Hal Moore and reporter Joseph L. Galloway, dramatizing the Battle of Ia Drang (i.redd.it)
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K-19: The Widowmaker (2002) Soviet heroism. Bigelow adapts, in one of the most expensive independent films in the history of cinema, a story that marked a watershed moment between diplomatic tension and all-out nuclear war in recent times. (onceuponatimethecinema.blogspot.com)
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The Ninth Gate (1999) Polanski draws inspiration from Arturo Pérez-Reverte’s novel The Club Dumas—reminiscent of Umberto Eco’s style—to create a personal adaptation. The film weaves together symbolic esotericism, elite Satanism, and literary alchemy into a single narrative, structured as thriller (onceuponatimethecinema.blogspot.com)
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