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A set piece would be when Red Cloud holds a council fire to discuss the situation with the US Cavalry in Fort Phil Kearny. Crazy Horse speaks up and says that they should attack the whites. Red Cloud agrees with him. He consults the spiritual advice of a Half-Man. The Half-Man takes him to the ridges near the fort and begins running back and forth. In his convulsions, he opens and closes his hands four times. He tells Red Cloud that he is scooping up the lives of the blue soldiers and that in the chief’s next battle, a hundred enemies will fall into his hands. Red Cloud makes his battle plans to lure the cavalry over the ridge that the Half-Man ran up and down. He gives the honor of being the bait to Crazy Horse. When the battle comes, 80 blue soldiers follow Crazy Horse over the ridge.
It is a war drama
In the vein of Hamburger Hill
It is like Hacksaw Ridge meets 12 Strong
It follows brilliant maverick Col. James Y. Adams
And battle-loving veteran Maj. Virgil E. “Gene” Craven
As they fight for three hills atop Heartbreak Ridge
Problems arise when the well-dug-in Communists refuse to give ground and American commanders continue to send men to their deaths using the same ineffective tactics over and over.
Together, Adam and Craven’s love for their men and personal courage will create a strategy that captures the ridge line.
The idea came to me when I read Heartbreak Ridge by Arned L. Hinshaw to find out more information about the real battle mentioned in the Clint Eastwood movie of the same name.
My unique approach would be the brutality of battle contrasted with the bravery of the men fighting it and the courage of their officers who stand up for them at headquarters.
The idea came to me during the dark days of August 2021 when reports of the heroic efforts of retired service members helping their Afghan allies escape shined like a bright light of hope.
My unique approach would be the clashing juxtaposition of retired service members in peaceful and prosperous America as they use modern technology to help their allies in tumultuous Afghanistan escape the Dark Age beliefs and behavior of the Taliban and ISIS-K.
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I believe the experience of Company G, Third Battalion, First Marine Regiment, First Marine Division, one of the most decorated units of the “Forgotten War” is an ideal miniseries for the Korean War in the vein of Band of Brothers, The Pacific, Generation Kill, and Masters of the Air.
A company of veterans, reservists, and recruits from various American backgrounds are called up to spend three years of their lives fighting major battles for the freedom of a nation halfway around the world. Now That Should Be A Movie. Now That Should Be A Band of Brothers-like miniseries. Short Pitch It is called Give …