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James Carabatsos is known for Heartbreak Ridge (1986), Hamburger Hill (1987) and No Mercy (1986).
Feb 9, 1985 · Carabatsos, 39, could prove one of the first Vietnam veterans now working as a Hollywood scriptwriter to get his vision of the war into movie houses across the nation.
James Carabatsos is known for Heartbreak Ridge (1986), Hamburger Hill (1987) and No Mercy (1986).
Mar 23, 2023 · Written by James Carabatsos and directed by John Irvin, Hamburger Hill follows the actions of the 3rd Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division and five new recruits.
Aug 28, 1987 · Unlike ''Platoon,'' which does pretty much the same thing, ''Hamburger Hill,'' written by Jim Carabatsos, refuses to put its characters and events into any larger frame.
Hamburger Hill (1987) is not one of the run of the mill Vietnam War films that simply walk us through the killing of both sides without giving us the why. While most films can easily pull off the killing and dying, Jim Carabatsos’ writing in Hamburger Hill is able to deliver the true “why” soldiers fight through character development.
Everything felt very real, mainly because the filmmakers—including the screenwriter and co-producer Jim Carabatsos, who served in Vietnam—got the official blessing of the Pentagon and all the hardware was real.
