''The Forgotten'' is a 2003 American

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film directed by Vincente Stasolla and starring

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. The majority of the film was shot in

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. The film chronicles the story of two tanks that get lost behind enemy lines in the beginning of the

Korean War , date = {{Ubl, 25 June 1950 – 27 July 1953 (''de facto'')({{Age in years, months, weeks and days, month1=6, day1=25, year1=1950, month2=7, day2=27, year2=1953), 25 June 1950 – present (''de jure'')({{Age in years, months, weeks a ...

.Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Nov. 7, 2003. Facing the crew is an inexperienced commander, the mounting tension between a motley assortment of soldiers, and the general confusion of the "forgotten war" itself.World History Series -- The Korean War.

Plot

In October 1950, during a decimating North Korean Army assault, a U.S. Army tank platoon retreats. The remaining two tanks become lost behind enemy lines. Corporal William Byrne, an idealistic, God-fearing young enlistee, becomes the platoon commander after the platoon sergeant dies. Fighting against the unseen enemy and waning ''esprit de corps'', the tanks crisscross the unfamiliar Korean landscape. Death, dissension, and a wounded North Korean PoW test the wills of Cpl. Byrne and crews. Meanwhile, struggling to maintain his faith, Cpl. Byrne escapes the war by remembering his wife and the delusions of his morphine-medicated mind.

Cast

– Corp. William Byrne *

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– Pv. Jake O'Brian * Salim Rahman – Pvt. Philip Cook * Stephen Kilcullen – Pvt. George Packs * Malcolm Barrett – Pvt. Michael Anderson * B. Ouyang – Jong Soo Kim * Janan Raouf – Mrs. Elizabeth Byrne * Christopher Benson Reed – Sgt. Moore

Awards

''The Forgotten'' received several awards, namely "Best Feature" at the

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, "Grand Jury Selection", and "Best Narrative Feature" at the Artfest Film Festival.

Production

Writer/Producer Vincente Stasolla has stated that there were several reasons for making ''The Forgotten''. One was the importance of shedding light on the Korean War itself. Though historians consider this particular war less understood and less well-remembered than other wars, its cost in human terms is undisputed: Stasolla had a personal connection with the war, as his uncle had served. And, he was influenced by seminal filmmakers like

Samuel Fuller Samuel Michael Fuller (August 12, 1912 – October 30, 1997) was an American film director, screenwriter, novelist, journalist, and World War II veteran known for directing low-budget B movie, genre movies with controversial themes, often ...

(

The Steel Helmet ''The Steel Helmet'' is a 1951 American war film directed, written, and produced by Samuel Fuller during the Korean War. The cast stars Gene Evans, Robert Hutton, Steve Brodie, James Edwards, and Richard Loo. It was the first American film abo ...

and

Fixed Bayonets ''Fixed Bayonets!'' is a 1951 American war film written and directed by Samuel Fuller and produced by Twentieth Century-Fox during the Korean War. It is Fuller's second film about the Korean War. In his motion-picture debut, James Dean appears br ...

), who was well known for making limited budget war movies.Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
Nov. 6, 2003.

David Lean Sir David Lean (25 March 190816 April 1991) was an English film director, producer, screenwriter and editor. Widely considered one of the most important figures in British cinema, Lean directed the large-scale epics ''The Bridge on the River ...

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The Bridge Over the River Kwai ''The Bridge over the River Kwai'' (french: Le Pont de la rivière Kwaï) is a novel by the French novelist Pierre Boulle, published in French in 1952 and English translation by Xan Fielding in 1954. The story is fictional but uses the construct ...

) and

Terrence Malick Terrence Frederick Malick (born November 30, 1943) is an American filmmaker. His films include '' Days of Heaven'' (1978), '' The Thin Red Line'' (1998), for which he received Academy Award nominations for Best Director and Best Adapted Screenp ...

( The Thin Red Line) also influenced Stasolla.

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