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Firefight by Sheldon Lettich-Restored in 2K; Witness the Greatest Short Film Unseen for 40 Years
Los Angeles, CA. Witness a unique piece of history for the first time in forty years, exclusively on the Viking Samurai YouTube Channel on March 2, 2023. It just may be the greatest short film the world has never seen. A true treat for action fans. The film that got the ball rolling!
Firefight comes from the mastermind of legendary action filmmaker Sheldon Lettich (Lionheart, Double Impact) and stars Frank Dux (Bloodsport), Phillip and Simon Rhee (Best of the Best), and Brian Thompson (Terminator, Cobra, Lionheart) in a tale of soldiers fighting for survival.
In a way, it’s a prequel to Bloodsport in more ways than one. Within the film we bear witness to Frank Dux’s heroics while battling in Vietnam. Outside the film, while editing Firefight, Sheldon Lettich met Mark DiSalle and the two, along with Frank Dux, would collaborate in bringing the martial arts classic Bloodsport to life.?
Sheldon Lettich’s Statement: “Back in 1983, I made a short, 20-mins Vietnam War movie, Firefight. 40 yrs later, it still remains a watchable movie, but more importantly it’s a crucial relic from the beginnings of an era, which had the involvement of a few key personalities who were pivotal in the creation of some of the most well-loved and well-regarded action movies of the 1980’s.”
“The story was based upon a scene I had created for my Vietnam theatrical stage piece, Tracers. The director rightly decided not to include it, simply because it was too grand and ambitious and unwieldy to present on a small stage. Also, a crucial character was a CH-46 helicopter. The musical, “Miss Saigon,” had managed to land a Huey helicopter on their stage, but we didn’t have nearly the budget nor the space to land an even bigger helicopter on our small stage. So the piece was jettisoned from the play. But, afterwards I couldn’t get it out of my mind. The story was a good one, and deserved to be heard and seen. A few years later I reworked that short scene into screenplay form, and determined that I was going to put it on film, a medium which could accommodate both a big battle and a big helicopter.”
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I am a screenwriter and filmmaker. I am pre-production for my first feature film, Maya. I made four short films, sometime ago: Muti (2013), A Terrible Mistake (2011), Passion (2007) and Stuff-It (2007) - http://bit.ly/2H9nP3G
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