Movie: Harts War (2002)
- Director: Gregory Hoblit
- Release Date: 15 February 2002 (USA)
- Run Time: 125 min
- Country: USA
- Genre: Drama , War
- MPAA: Rated R for some strong war violence and language.
Tagline: Heroes Are Measured By What They Do.
Trivia: Alfonso Cuarón was once on board to direct this film. However he stepped away from the director’s chair and did Y tu mamá también (2001) instead.
Goofs: Anachronisms: At the start of the movie the date is given as 16 December 1944, the day that the German Ardennes Counter-Offensive (aka The Battle of the Bulge) began. When Hart crashes his jeep as he speeds away from the MPs, he ends up in a gully with a large number of dead American soldiers. A road sign seen earlier in the scene indicates that this is supposed to be the men from the infamous Malmedy Massacre. Those murders of POW’s didn’t happen until 17 December 1944, the day after the battle began.
“Fourth-generation Army Col. William McNamara is imprisoned in a brutal German POW camp. Still, as the senior-ranking American officer, he commands his fellow inmates, keeping a sense of honor alive in a place where honor is easy to destroy, all under the dangerous eye of the Luftwafe vetran Col. Wilhelm Visser. Never giving up the fight to win the war, McNamara is silently planning, waiting for his moment to strike back at the enemy. A murder in the camp gives him the chance to set a risky plan in motion. With a court martial to keep Visser and the Germans distracted, McNamara orchestrates a cunning scheme to escape and destroy a nearby munitions plant, enlisting the unwitting help of young Lt. Tommy Hart. Together with his men, McNamara uses a hero’s resolve to carry out his mission, ultimately forced to weigh the value of his life against the good of his country. Written by Press kit”
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