DANGER CLOSE: THE BATTLE OF LONG TAN

By Kriv STENDERS

TV PULS - as BROAD

Action/Adventure - Completed 2018

The true story of the most celebrated victorious battle for the Australian army during the Vietnam war. How a company of 108 young and mostly inexperienced soldiers defeated a battalion of over 2500 hardened North Vietnamese soldiers.

    • Year of production
    • 2018
    • Genres
    • Action/Adventure, True Story
    • Countries
    • AUSTRALIA
    • Languages
    • ENGLISH
    • Budget
    • N/A
    • Duration
    • 118 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Kriv STENDERS
    • Writer(s)
    • Stuart BEATTIE
    • Producer(s)
    • John SCHWARZ (Deeper Water), Michael SCHWARZ (Deeper Water), Tony H NOUN, Silvio SALOM, Martin WALSH
    • Synopsis
    • Late afternoon on August 18, 1966, South Vietnam - for three and a half hours, in the pouring rain, amid the mud and shattered trees of a rubber plantation called Long Tan, Major Harry Smith and his dispersed company of 108 young and mostly inexperienced soldiers are fighting for their lives, holding off an overwhelming enemy force of over 2500 battle-hardened North Vietnamese soldiers. With their ammunition running out, their casualties mounting and the enemy massing for a final assault, each man begins to search for the strength to triumph over an uncertain future with honor, decency, and courage.