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Miracle at St. Anna   2008             R, 160 min. Genre: Action / Drama / Thriller Director: Spike Lee   Cast: Derek Luke, Michael Ealy, Laz Alfonso, Omar Benson Miller, Pierfrancesco Favino, Valentina Cervi, Matteo Sciabordi, John Turturro, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, John Leguizamo, Kerry Washington, D.B. Sweeney, Omero Antonutti, Robert John Burke, Omari Hardwick   In the 1980s, postal worker Hector Negron (Laz Alfonso) unexpectedly shoots a customer, and now Daily News reporter Tim Boyle (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) searches for the story behind the shooting. Through flashbacks, the story is told about four World War II soldiers—Cpl. Negron, Sgt. Stamps (Derek Luke), Sgt. Cummings (Michael Ealy), and Pfc. Train (Omar Benson Miller)—from the all-Black "Buffalo Soldier" Division who are trapped behind enemy lines. Their fellow soldiers have been killed, and they are the sole survivors, but they find relative safety in an Italian village and relate to some of the residents. As the flashbacks progress, they reveal how Negron's shooting relates to an encounter in that village 40 years ago. Cast Derek Luke Staff Sgt. Aubrey Stamps Michael Ealy Sgt. Bishop Cummings Laz Alfonso Cpl. Hector Negron Omar Benson Miller Pfc. Sam Train Pierfrancesco Favino Peppi Grotta Valentina Cervi Renata Matteo Sciabordi Angelo Torancelli John Turturro Detective Tony Ricci Joseph Gordon-Levitt Tim Boyle John Leguizamo Enrico Kerry Washington Zana Wilder D.B. Sweeney Colonel Driscoll Omero Antonutti Ludovico Robert John Burke General Ned Almond Omari Hardwick Platoon Commander Huggs