A bright shining lie [videorecording] / HBO pictures presents a Bleecker Street Films production ; a Terry George film ; producer, Greg Ricketson ; screenplay by Terry George ; directed by Terry George.
Material type:
FilmPublisher number: 91220 | HBO Home VideoLanguage: English, Spanish Summary language: French Original language: English Publication details: [New York] : HBO Home Video, c1998.Description: 1 videodisc (118 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 inISBN: - 0783114273
- 9780783114279
- Executive producer, Lois Bonfiglio ; director of photography, Jack Conroy ; film editor, Nicholas Beauman ; music, Gary Chang.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Adapted from Neil Sheehan's 1988 Pulitzer Prize-winning best-seller, this $14-million TV docudrama, re-creating the Vietnam War with convincing combat footage, was the most expensive two-hour movie ever produced by HBO Pictures. Lieutenant Colonel John Paul Vann (Bill Paxton) spends ten years (1962-72) in Vietnam. When Vann exposes falsified casualty figures, deceptive battle reports, and other lies about the war, journalist Steven Burnett (Donal Logue) relays the truth to American newspapers, and Vann takes heat from higher-ups. Meanwhile, he's involved with a Vietnamese teacher (Vivian Wu), and his wife (Amy Madigan) is forced to lie so he won't be court-martialed for sexual relations with an underage Vietnamese girl. Back for a second tour, he gets another young Vietnamese woman pregnant and is forced to marry her. Returning in 1968 as a civilian, he's decorated and eventually promoted to general for his contributions during the Tet offensive. The music track features Grace Slick singing "Somebody to Love" while peasant villages are bombed. Filmed in Lompburi, Thailand. Premiered May 30, 1998 on HBO. ~ Bhob Stewart, Rovi
Based on the book by Neil Sheehan.
Originally broadcast by HBO May 30, 1998.
Special features: cast and crew bios.
Executive producer, Lois Bonfiglio ; director of photography, Jack Conroy ; film editor, Nicholas Beauman ; music, Gary Chang.
Bill Paxton, Amy Madigan, Vivian Wu, Donal Logue, Eric Bogosian, Kurtwood Smith, Robert J. Burke, James Rebhorn, Ed Lauter, Harve Presnell, Pichariva Narakboonchai, Les J.N. Mau, Kay Tong Lim.
The story of LTC John Paul Vann (Paxton) and his work as a military and civilian advisor in Vietnam over a ten year period (1962-72) until his death in an accidental helicopter crash. As a military advisor, Vann attempted to fight corruption in the Vietnamese army, recognizing the need to build trust among the Vietnamese peasantry. When his recommendations were ignored by the U.S. military, he exposed falsified battle reports and other deceptions to a New York Times reporter, effectively ending his military career. As the war escalated, however, Vann returned to Vietnam as a civilian advisor under Nixon's "Vietnamization" program, ending as the defacto commander of Vietnamese forces in the successful defense of the Central Highlands during the 1972 Easter Offensive. The film also examines Vann's character flaws, the chief of these being his adulterous nature and affairs with Vietnamese women which resulted in a forced marriage to a Vietnamese schoolgirl whom he had gotten pregnant.
MPAA rating: R.
DVD; Region 1; Dolby surround.
English or Spanish dialogue with optional subtitles in English, French or Spanish; closed-captioned.