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Hacksaw Ridge (2016)

Where Hacksaw Ridge says it takes place, and where it was really shot.

Virginia, South Carolina and Okinawa were all filmed in Australia, and the cliff is a quarry near Goulburn.

Scenes and places

Lynchburg, 1929: the hometown cinema (1929)

Young Desmond nearly kills his brother in a fight, and the shock fixes his belief that he must never kill. Years later he meets a nurse, Dorothy, and a romance begins.

Set in Lynchburg, Virginia — Desmond Doss's hometown, where his boyhood, his faith and his first romance with a nurse are set up. Google Maps · Apple Maps

A Virginia town in the film, shot on a main street in a New South Wales country town.

Filmed at Richmond, NSW (New South Wales, Richmond, Australia) — A branch of a major bank in Richmond, NSW, stood in for the Lynchburg cinema exterior; the exact building is not named. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Basic training at Fort Jackson (1942)

Desmond excels at training but is shunned for refusing to handle a rifle or train on Saturdays. His officers try to discharge him, then to break him, and he will not bend.

Set in Fort Jackson, South Carolina — The army base where Desmond trains as a medic and refuses to touch a rifle. Google Maps · Apple Maps

A military base in South Carolina in the story; its interiors were partly studio sets.

Filmed at Newington Armory, Sydney Olympic Park (Sydney Olympic Park, Sydney, Australia) — The grounds of Newington Armory stood in for Fort Jackson. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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The cliff of Hacksaw Ridge (1945)

Desmond's unit is ordered to climb and secure the Maeda Escarpment. The battle opens with heavy losses on both sides.

Set in Maeda Escarpment (Hacksaw Ridge), Okinawa — The escarpment the unit is ordered to climb and secure in the Battle of Okinawa. Google Maps · Apple Maps

The Maeda Escarpment is a coral cliff ridge on Okinawa; the Goulburn cliff stands in for it.

Filmed at Long Street Quarry, north of Goulburn — The cliff face was filmed at a disused quarry beside the Main Southern railway line; the coordinate is the centre of Goulburn, not the quarry. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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The battlefield above the cliff (1945)

When the counterattack drives the Americans off the ridge, Desmond goes back up. He carries the wounded to the cliff edge and lowers them by rope, praying each time to save one more.

Set in Battlefield on the Maeda Escarpment, Okinawa — The ridge top where the fighting goes on and the wounded are left behind. Google Maps · Apple Maps

An open ridge-top battlefield; the film built it in a cleared paddock west of Sydney.

Filmed at Bringelly, western Sydney — Battle scenes were shot on a set built on dairy pasture at Bringelly, with a smaller cliff set built there too. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Filmed at Centennial Park, Sydney — Scene not identified Google Maps · Apple Maps

Characters

• Desmond Doss — A Seventh-day Adventist from Lynchburg who joins the army as a combat medic but refuses to carry a rifle.
• Dorothy Schutte — A nurse Desmond meets and later becomes engaged to.
• Captain Glover — Desmond's commanding officer, who tries to discharge him and later apologises for dismissing his beliefs.