[Mudboy Slim]

"...don't hold your breath waiting for the pinkos in Hollywood to give any recognition to a Vietnam movie that didn't accuse the Americans of being war criminals."

WHO CARES?! Seriously, the debate is what we want, not the hardware, IMHO. Have you tried to go in any WalMart accross America to find this movie? I have...musta checked a half-dozen WalMarts accross Virginia and haven't seen this move YET!! After FReepers and DittoHeads and FNCers debate why HollyWeirdo is so unabashedly Lib'ral that it ignores this movie when Prizes are awarded, well, I'll bet'cha WalMart will start selling this movie...may even set up one of them there cardboard displays.

And isn't that really the point?!

FReegards...MUD

[ALOHA RONNIE]

...Actually our local So. California Wal-Marts had DVD's of .."WE WERE SOLDIERS".. set up with cardboard MEL GIBSON displays when it first came out, as did Circuit City and Best Buy TV Stores.

...Our local Target Stores were advertising its coming release to its stores featuring its release date on closed circuit TV Screens hoverng above their Video Departments.

...When the DVD/Video was released I only saw -1- National TV Commercial on TV and that was during NBC's ..'Tonight Show with JAY LENO'.., the Friday night of its DVD Release Week. Blockbuster Video had local TV Promotions for it as well. But there were no massive TV Promotions from Paramount Pictures like we've seen for other movie DVD releases.

...Thanks primarily to audience word of mouth recommendations, .."WE WERE SOLDIERS".. remained in theaters in the USA for 3 solid months after it's initial theater release.

...This Movie touches Hearts ..quietly.

[Joy Angela]

I looked for the movie at Wal-Mart too and was surprised that it wasn't on the shelf!

Thanks...your observation is very interesting!