Mormon Literature Database - Saints and Soldiers

Saints and Soldiers
Produced by Ryan Little, Brian Brough, Adam Abel
Directed by Ryan Little
Screenplay by Geoffrey Panos
Screenplay by Matthew M. Whitaker
Geoffrey Panos
Production Company: Go Films
Premiere Date: 25 March 2005
Length: 90 min.


Genre:		Film
Sub Genres:		Historical Fiction
Production Type:		Mormon Contributor(s)
Content Types:		Narrative Film No Obvious Mormon Elements
Distribution Types:		Commercial Theaters Commercial Video (VHS/DVD)

Summary:
Ryan Little’s second Fifth Wave film is about Five World War II American soldiers, one a Mormon corporal named "Deacon," become separated from U.S. forces during the historic Malmedy Massacre. Battling a frigid wilderness and roving German troops, they soon come across a stranded British intelligence officer who has valuable information that must be delivered to Allied forces.

Annotations:
See Mormon Film: Key Films of the Fifth Wave

Other production companies for this film include Medal of Honor Productions LLC.

Awards:
Winner Best Picture San Diego Film Festival, Sacramento Festival of Cinema, Long Beach International Film Festival, Marco Island Film Festival, Ojai Film Festival, Heartland Film Festival, Stony Brook Film Festival and Independent Spirit Award nominee for Best First Feature and Cinematography.

Additional details at Internet Movie Database
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0373283/

Official Website
http://www.saintsandsoldiers.com/

View BYU Library catalog record
http://catalog.lib.byu.edu/uhtbin/ckey-search/3388783

HBLL Call No: DVDLMM 24
Cast Members: Corbin Allred, Alexander Niver, Kirby Heyborne, Lawrence Bagby, Peter Holden.
Country: USA
Language: English
Certification: MPAA rating: PG-13

Reviewed In:
[Review of] Saints and Soldiers by Eric D. Snider
[Review of] Saints and Soldiers by Jeff Vice
Of Saints and Soldiers by Thomas Baggaley
Saints and Soldiers and The Work and the Glory: A Study in LDS Cinema Contrasts by Thomas Baggaley
[Review of]Saints and Soldiers by Roger Ebert
Asking Familiar Questions on the Battlefield by Dana Stevens
War film wins its PG-13 battle by Jeff Vice
Utah native strives to be an uncompromising Hollywood actor by Jeff Vice
[Review of] Saints and Soldiers by Ken Eisner
[Review of] Saints and Soldiers by Robert K. Elder
Rumpole, War Movies, and Revisionist History by Orson Scott Card
Gritty WWII drama 'Saints and Soldiers' gets plenty of bang from its low-budget by William Arnold
'Saints and Sinners' by Kenneth Turan
'Saints and Soldiers' salutes the war-film legacy by Janice Page
'Saints and Soldiers': Not-So-Great Escape by Desson Thomson
[Review of] Saints and Soldiers by Ken Fox
[Review of] Saints and Soldiers by Anthony Del Valle
"Saints and Soldiers" tells story of Mormon hero in WWII by Ted Fry
'Saints and Soldiers' turns into not-so-great escape by Duane Dudek
[Review of] Saints and Soldiers by John Faherty