Battleground

Starring: Johnson, Van and Hodiak, John

December 1944. A civilian victim of the Battle of Bastogne scrounges through garbage to find a scrap of food. "I don't even see those things," a war-numbed GI says. "I want to remember them!" his buddy snaps. Bastogne veteran Robert Pirosh remembers with his Oscar -winning* screenplay for Battleground, a gripping tale of 101st Airborne troops resisting Hitler's fierce, final counteroffensive. Directed by William A. Wellman (The Story of GI Joe), the superb cast includes James Whitmore as a bantam rooster of a sarge and Van Johnson as a wisecracking PFC (as in "Praying for Civilian"). Rugged and unsparing, Battleground nominated for six Academy Awards including Best Picture makes sure we all remember.

• Format: DVD
• Language: English
• UPC: 012569692923
• Release Date: May 2004
• Rating: Unrated (Not Rated)
• Publisher: Warner Home Video
• Director: Wellman, William
• Starring: Johnson, Van, Hodiak, John
• Runtime: 1 hour, 59 minutes
• Number of Disks: 1
• Other Video Info: bw
• Weight: 0.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 7.5" x 5.4"