Friendly Fire

1979

Friendly Fire is an American television movie first broadcast on the ABC network on April 22, 1979. Watched that night by an estimated 64 million people,[1] Friendly Fire went on to win four Emmy awards, including Outstanding Drama Special.[2] The film was directed by David Greene.[3]

The movie tells the real-life story of Peg Mullen (played by Carol Burnett),[4] a woman from rural Iowa who with her husband works against government obstacles to uncover the actual details and facts about the death of their son Michael, an Army infantry soldier killed by "friendly fire" in February 1970 during the Vietnam War. Her husband Gene, a World War II veteran, is played by Ned Beatty.

Sergeant Mullen was drafted in September 1968 after he graduated from college and sent to South Vietnam (Republic of Vietnam) assigned to the 198th Infantry Brigade, 23rd Infantry Division (Americal Division) in September 1969.[5] He was listed as a non-battle casualty after being accidentally killed with another soldier from an exploding Army artillery shell burst fragment, while Mullen and most of his platoon were asleep at night on their hilltop position; the government did not report publicly the number of non-battle deaths or their names on its weekly casualty lists during the war.

Friendly Fire is adapted by Fay Kanin[4] from C. D. B. Bryan's 1976 book of the same name.[6] The book was in turn was adapted from a series of New Yorker magazine articles Bryan had written about the Mullens and their ordeal.[7]

Quelle: Wikipedia(englisch)
Kinostart:22.04.1979
weitere Titel:
Friendly Fire
死の勲章~亡き息子にささげる母の鎮魂歌
友谊战火zh
Mort au combat
Herstellungsland:Vereinigte Staaten
Originalsprache:Englisch
IMDB: 417
Verleih:American Broadcasting Company
Regie:David Greene
Produzent:Fay Kanin
Martin Starger
Darsteller:Carol Burnett
Ned Beatty
Sam Waterston
Timothy Hutton
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1999
PGA Awards
PGA Hall of Fame - Television Programs
Gewinner
1980
Peabody Awards
Peabody Award
Gewinner
1980
Golden Globes, USA
Golden Globe
Best Motion Picture Made for TV
Nominiert
1980
Directors Guild of America, USA
DGA Award
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Specials/Movies for TV/Actuality
Nominiert
1979
Primetime Emmy Awards
Primetime Emmy
Outstanding Achievement in Film Sound Editing
Gewinner
1979
Primetime Emmy Awards
Primetime Emmy
Outstanding Directing in a Limited Series or a Special
Gewinner
1979
Primetime Emmy Awards
Primetime Emmy
Outstanding Drama or Comedy Special
Gewinner
1979
Primetime Emmy Awards
Primetime Emmy
Outstanding Music Composition for a Limited Series or a Special
Gewinner
1979
Primetime Emmy Awards
Primetime Emmy
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or a Special
Nominiert
1979
Primetime Emmy Awards
Primetime Emmy
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or a Special
Nominiert
1979
Primetime Emmy Awards
Primetime Emmy
Outstanding Writing in a Limited Series or a Special
Nominiert
1979
Humanitas Prize
Humanitas Prize
90 Minute Category
Nominiert
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