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A startling and courageous landmark documentary that unflinchingly confronted the United States' involvement in Vietnam at the height of the controversy that surrounded it.A startling and courageous landmark documentary that unflinchingly confronted the United States' involvement in Vietnam at the height of the controversy that surrounded it.A startling and courageous landmark documentary that unflinchingly confronted the United States' involvement in Vietnam at the height of the controversy that surrounded it.
- Won 1 Oscar
- 5 wins & 1 nomination total
Ngo Dinh Diem
- Self - President of South Vietnam
- (archive footage)
John Foster Dulles
- Self - Secretary of State, 1953-1959
- (archive footage)
Kay Dvorshock
- Self
- (archive footage)
Dwight D. Eisenhower
- Self - President of the United States
- (archive footage)
Lyndon B. Johnson
- Self
- (archive footage)
- (as Lyndon Johnson)
John F. Kennedy
- Self - President of the United States
- (archive footage)
Robert F. Kennedy
- Self - U.S. Senator
- (archive footage)
William Marshall
- Self
- (as Sgt. WIlliam Marshall - Detroit)
Eugene McCarthy
- Self - U.S. Senator
- (archive footage)
Ho Chí Minh
- Self
- (archive footage)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaDuring his Oscar acceptance speech, producer Bert Schneider read a letter from the head of the Viet Cong lauding his film. Bob Hope prompted Oscar host Frank Sinatra to disclaim any political statements that had been made during the show.
- Quotes
Daniel Ellsberg: The question used to be: might it be possible that we were on the wrong side in the Vietnamese War? But, we weren't on the wrong side. We are the wrong side.
- Crazy creditsThe listed translators credited in the movie (Le Thai To, Trung Trac, Le Thanh Tong and Trung Hung Dao) were all Vietnamese generals who had defeated the Chinese in various times from the first century C.E., to the fifteenth century C.E. The translator listed as Nguyen Ai Quoc was an early alias of Ho Chi Minh, founder of the Vietnamese Communist Party. I have no knowledge of the last listed translator, Barbara Gore. Apparently, someone played a good joke on the producers of this film, if it wasn't the translators themselves.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Sneak Previews: Take 2: Vietnam Movies (1980)
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Doesn't pull any punches
There are certain subjects so horrendous and so important that fictionalizing them, regardless of the good intentions of the film maker, can only trivialize them. "Schindler's List", "JFK" and "The Deer Hunter" come to mind.
Give me a good documentary any time, and this is one of the best.
It takes the silly rhetoric of our leaders and juxtaposes it with images showing the horrendous results of their short-sighted policies.
If you want to know what the VietNam war was really all about, (and why so many of us were against it,) skip "Apocalypse Now", "Go Tell the Spartans" and "Full Metal Jacket" and watch this one.
Give me a good documentary any time, and this is one of the best.
It takes the silly rhetoric of our leaders and juxtaposes it with images showing the horrendous results of their short-sighted policies.
If you want to know what the VietNam war was really all about, (and why so many of us were against it,) skip "Apocalypse Now", "Go Tell the Spartans" and "Full Metal Jacket" and watch this one.
- rulerattray
- Aug 16, 2001
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $28,754
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $8,556
- Oct 24, 2004
- Gross worldwide
- $28,754
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