Danger Close: The Battle of Long Tan (2019)
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Danger Close: The Battle of Long Tan
Principal photography took place between May and July 2018 at the in and locations around , and. Late afternoon August 18, 1966 South Vietnam - for three and a half hours, in the pouring rain, amid the mud and shattered trees of a rubber plantation called Long Tan, Major Harry Smith and his dispersed company of 108 young and mostly inexperienced Australian and New Zealand soldiers are fighting for their lives, holding off an overwhelming enemy force of 2,500 battle hardened Viet Cong and North Vietnamese soldiers. Development Support Project-specific support provided by Screen Australia's development programs since the agency's inception in July 2008. Excludes Producer Offset and Producer Equity Program. With their ammunition running out, their casualties mounting and the enemy massing for a final assault each man begins to search for his own answer - and the strength to triumph over an uncertain future with honour, decency and courage.
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But not before 18 Australians and more than 500 enemies are killed. Travis Johnson comments juggling historical, dramatic, and political demands with considerable dexterity, and the result is a film whose place in the Australian pantheon is assured. Includes investments, loans and grants. . Director has made the reality of the day accessible and gripping for a non-military audience. . .
