Heartbreak Ridge

Heartbreak Ridge is a 1986 film, starring Clint Eastwood (who also produced and directed) and Mario Van Peebles, about the 1983 U.S. invasion of Grenada, West Indies. A portion of the movie was filmed on the island itself. Because of the speed at which the invasion was completed, as well as complaints about the pacing of the film, Heartbreak Ridge is sometimes sarcastically referred to as "The only war movie that was longer than the war it depicted." The title comes from the Battle of Heartbreak Ridge, fought during the Korean War in 1951 by soldiers of the U.S. Army's 2nd Infantry Division, along with those of the French Battalion, against the North Korean Army. The character played by Eastwood was awarded the Medal of Honor as a result of his heroic actions there. In the film, he is a tough, grizzled Marine Gunnery Sergeant, with several wars and many battles under his belt. Gunnery Sergeant Thomas "Gunny" Highway (Eastwood) is nearing mandatory retirement from the Marines. He... full article at wikipedia