Assault on Hill 400 arrives in August on Blu-ray

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A World War II film starring William Baldwin, Michael Madsen and Eric Roberts is the perfect excuse to stay inside near the air conditioning vent in the summer. Assault on Hill 400 is about a true battle when the U.S. Forces needed to get the upper hand and higher elevation from the Germans. The movie arrives on Blu-ray in August. Here’s the press release from Shout! Studios:

ASSAULT ON HILL 400
MARCHES TO BLU-RAY™AUGUST 1, 2023 

Los Angeles, CA – Shout! Studios presents Assault on Hill 400, coming to Blu-ray™ on August 1, 2023. Based on true events, this exciting telling of one of the longest and most critical battles of World War II will now be available in high definition. Assault on Hill 400 is available for pre-order now from Shout! StudiosAmazon and other major retailers.

On November 14, 1944, the 2nd Ranger Battalion is tasked with laying siege to the German town of Bergstein, and its highly prized strategic position — Hill 400. Providing the Third Reich with high ground for its punishing artillery units, the Hill must be taken … at all costs.

This epic and riveting World War II action-drama stars William Baldwin (Backdraft, Sliver), Michael Madsen (The Hateful Eight, Reservoir Dogs), and Eric Roberts (Runaway Train, The Pope Of Greenwich Village).

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Shout’s upcoming releases include action-comedy Showdown At The Grand, starring Oscar®-winner Terrence Howard and Dolph Lundgren, neo-Western thriller Head Count starring Aaron Jaukobenko, Melanie Zanetti, and Ryan Kwanten, and documentary feature Refuge from levelFilm, Katie Couric Media and Artemis Rising. Recent releases include epic fantasy adventure The Magic Flute, executive produced by Roland Emmerich and starring Jack Wolfe and Oscar®-winner F. Murray Abraham,  the sci-fi comedy-drama Linoleum, starring Jim Gaffigan and Rhea Seehorn , Oliver Stone’s JFK Revisited: Through the Looking Glass, the critically acclaimed Shout! Studios original Western Old Henry, starring Tim Blake Nelson, comedy-drama Language Lessons, directed by Natalie Morales and starring Morales and Mark Duplass, comedy-drama Misbehaviour, starring Keira Knightley and Gugu Mbatha-Raw, and Standing Up, Falling Down, starring Ben Schwartz and Billy Crystal.

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