Rating: R
Genre:
War
Theatrical Release: 09/26/2008(USA)
Release Date: 02/10/2009
SubTitles: English/French/Espanol
Dubbed: English/French/Espanol
Sound: DTS/DD5.1/DD2
Run Time: 160 Minutes
Flags: Nudity, Profanity, Sexual Situations, War Violence
Distributor/Studio: Touchstone/Disney
Spike Lee's World War II film
Miracle at St. Anna begins in 1983 with
Hector Negron, a veteran of that war, unexpectedly shooting a customer dead. Police discover that the suspect, a quiet postal worker, kept a statue head worth millions of dollars in his apartment. An eager young reporter (
Joseph Gordon-Levitt) interviews
Negron in his cell about the mysterious artifact. While serving in the all-minority 92nd "Buffalo Soldier" Division,
Negron and three comrades managed to sneak deep into enemy territory in Italy. One of the men,
Sam Train (
Omar Benson Miller), picked the head up while they were serving in Florence and believes it brings him good luck.
Negron (
Laz Alonso),
Train, and
Bishop Cummings (
Michael Ealy), along with their sergeant,
Aubrey Stamps (
Derek Luke), take refuge in the Italian village of St. Anna, harbored by locals who are resisting the Nazis -- who themselves surround the area.
Train also protects an injured Italian boy he discovers while investigating a seemingly abandoned dwelling. Eventually, the soldiers make contact with their superiors, and are ordered to capture a German so that he may be interrogated about an upcoming attack.
Lee adapted
Miracle at St. Anna from a novel by
James McBride, who also penned the screenplay.
~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide
;)
