The Battle for Marjah
2010 · 68 MIN · IMDB 7.3 · 747 VOTES · DIR. Anthony Wonke
Overview
Tells the story of Operation Moshtarak, the biggest operation since the start of the Afghanistan war, whose main target was the Taliban stronghold of Marjah. For two months, VBS correspondent Ben Anderson got to know the American forces behind Operation Moshtarak and filmed the brutal realities of their life on the front lines.
Dialogue Timeline — 1,019 lines
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00:00:46 I'm part of a machine that always wins.
00:03:17 All right, gents, that's all I got.
00:07:31 Right now, we're sweeping for some IEDs
00:11:16 They shot the rockets
00:13:26 Crawl to the top, hold fast.
00:16:51 because they can fucking probably run back and forth.
00:19:18 They fucking missed.
00:21:57 Right behind the...guy.
00:24:49 and it seems like they're all right here.
00:27:00 He's blowing up the bazaar.
00:30:00 and it's electric and it's running into the other compound.
00:32:18 Slow and methodical.
00:38:25 That's mortars.
00:43:00 and as I turned around
00:46:05 There we go.
00:49:15 Roger.
00:52:42 Holy fuck!
00:57:39 We roughly knew where he was.
00:59:57 It's heavy metal.
01:03:03 and open their bazaars back up
01:05:36 It's just...
01:09:49 I couldn't stand in front of you and tell you otherwise
01:15:10 that eventually it becomes self-sufficient.
01:20:44 you know, 'cause we're Americans
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,019
Dialogue density15.0 lines / min
First line00:00:46
Final line01:20:44
Production Record
DirectorAnthony Wonke
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes747