Heartbreak Ridge

Heartbreak Ridge
Heartbreak Ridge
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Clint Eastwood
Written by	James Carabatsos
Produced by	Clint Eastwood
Starring	Clint Eastwood; Marsha Mason;
Cinematography	Jack N. Green
Edited by	Joel Cox
Music by	Lennie Niehaus
Production; company	Malpaso Productions
Distributed by	Warner Bros.
Release date	December 5, 1986;
Running time	130 minutes
Country	United States
Languages	English; Spanish
Budget	$15 million
Box office	$121.7 million

Heartbreak Ridge is a 1986 American war film produced and directed by Clint Eastwood, who also starred in the film. The film also co-stars Marsha Mason, Everett McGill, and Mario Van Peebles, and was released in the United States on December 5, 1986. The story centers on a U.S. Marine nearing retirement who gets a platoon of undisciplined Marines into shape and leads them during the American invasion of Grenada in 1983.

The title comes from the Battle of Heartbreak Ridge in the Korean War, in which Eastwood's character had been awarded the Medal of Honor.

^ Hughes, pp. 200–201
^ Box Office Information for Heartbreak Ridge. Archived 2014-12-26 at the Wayback Machine The Wrap. Retrieved April 4, 2013.

[Hughes2001-1] Hughes, pp. 200–201

[wrap-2] Box Office Information for Heartbreak Ridge. Archived 2014-12-26 at the Wayback Machine The Wrap. Retrieved April 4, 2013.

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