War cinema has long been a pivotal touchstone of filmmaking brilliance.

However, not every war film has been so fortunate at the box office.

It focuses on the feud that erupts between Pvt.

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Eriksson (Michael J.

Fox) and his commanding officer, Sgt.

The main reason is the stark disparity between the theatrical release andRidley Scotts directors cut.

A soldier looking behind at something in A Midnight Clear

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Private Witt (Jim Caviezel) is an absconder living peacefully among the locals in the South Pacific.

When discovered by his commanding officer, he is promptly thrust back into the brutality of war.

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A soldier and a woman walking together in Green Zone

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Sean Penn, Michael J. Fox, and Thuy Thu Le in Casualties of War

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Balian kneeling with a sword in Kingdom of Heaven

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Brendan Cowell as a soldier looking at the camera dirty and concerned in Beneath Hill 60

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A nurse tending to a patient in Johnny Got His Gun

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Anthony Swaford looking pensive in Jarhead

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Three soldiers looking in the same directions in The Thin Red Line cast

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A group of soldiers on the trenches in Paths of Glory

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Paths of Glory