

Home of the Brave
2006-12-15 · 106 min · ★ 5.4
The day after they get the word they'll go home in two weeks, a group of soldiers from Spokane are ambushed in an Iraqi city. Back stateside we follow four of them - a surgeon who saw too much, a teacher who's a single mom and who lost a hand in the ambush, an infantry man whose best friend died that day, and a soldier who keeps reliving the moment he killed a civilian woman.
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Production details
- Directors
- Irwin Winkler
- Production companies
- Emmett/Furla Films, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Millennium Media, Winkler Films
- Countries
- United States of America
- Status
- Released
- Budget
- USD 12,000,000
- Revenue
- USD 499,620
Top Cast
Samuel L. JacksonWilliam Marsh
Jessica BielVanessa Price
Christina RicciSarah Schivino
Victoria RowellPenelope Marsh
50 CentJamal Aiken
Sam JonesBilly Marsh
Chad Michael MurrayJordan Owens
Jeffrey NordlingCary
Brian PresleyTommy Yates
Vyto RuginisHank Yates
Sandra NelsonV.A. Hospital Doctor
James MacDonaldRay
Garrett ElmerBoy on Bike
Kelly Eviston-QuinnettJane PooksTitle information and images are supplied by TMDb. Explore our discovery guide for advice on comparing metadata and legal viewing options.
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