Is Smitty Hacksaw Ridge real?

Is Smitty Hacksaw Ridge real?

Though Desmond Doss was picked on by fellow soldiers, the movie's early antagonist, Smitty (Luke Bracey), is a fictional character.

Did Vince Vaughn improvise Hacksaw Ridge?

In Mel Gibson's Hacksaw Ridge, Vaughn takes a noticeably different approach by portraying his character, Sergeant Howell, as a bona fide hard ass. It turns out that, while much of the character was already formed in the script, he improvised quite a bit to sell the audience on the reasons for Howell's toughness.

Is Dorothy Doss still alive?

Deceased Dorothy Doss

Who dies in the Hacksaw Ridge movie?

Smitty is killed, and Howell and several of Doss's squad mates are left injured on the battlefield. Doss hears the cries of dying soldiers and returns to save them, carrying the wounded to the cliff's edge and belaying them down by rope, each time praying to save one more.

Is Hacksaw Ridge a better movie than Saving Private Ryan?

• Of course the war was real but the characters and in fact Private Ryan himself was a fictional character. While Hacksaw Ridge on the other hand is all based in reality every character is based on a person who really lived through World War II. So in my opinion that makes Hacksaw Ridge a much more powerful film.

Is Hacksaw Ridge the most powerful film of all time?

• So in my opinion that makes Hacksaw Ridge a much more powerful film. This is truly one of those films that comes along every decade or two that will become the default answer for people's favorite film of all time.

Is the movie Hacksaw Ridge based on a true story?

• As much as I loved Saving Private Ryan, a lot of it was fictitious. Of course the war was real but the characters and in fact Private Ryan himself was a fictional character. While Hacksaw Ridge on the other hand is all based in reality every character is based on a person who really lived through World War II.