Courage Under Fire
A medal for honor. A search for justice. A battle for truth.
Matt's Role: Specialist Ilario
Also starring: Denzel Washington, Meg Ryan, Lou Diamond Phillips
Released: July 12, 1996.
Written By: Patrick Sheane Duncan
Directed By: Edward Zwick
Produced By: Fox 2000 Pictures
Filmed In: TX: Southwest Grounds, Texas State Capitol, Austin, Texas,
Bastrop, El Paso, San Marcos, Texas, Bertram; Fort Irwin, Barstow, and Mojave
Desert, CA; Bloomfield, Connecticut
Genre: Drama
Plot Summary: The pilot of a rescue copter, Captain Karen Walden, died
shortly before her helicopter crew was rescued after it crashed in Desert
Storm. It first appears that she made a spectacular rescue of a downed helicopter
crew, then held her own crew together to fight off the Iraqis after her copter
crashed. LT Colonel Serling, who is struggling with his own demons from Desert
Storm is assigned to investigate and award her the Medal of Honor. But some
conflicting accounts from her crew and soldiers in the area, cause him to
be question whether she deserves it.
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