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static

May 26, 2017 @ 6:05pm

While you wait - Vietnam War movies you may not have seen

Most everyone's seen Apocalypse Now and We Were Soldiers, but there's a deep well of films drawn from and inspired by the years of conflict that raged when Vietnam was on the front lines of the Cold War.

It's important that we remember all those on both sides who tried to do the best they could in the midst of a confusing and pointless war.

Enjoy the trailers and seek out the films if you find them interesting!

The Quiet American, one of my all-time favorites, based on a famous book. Explores the covert American actions that helped to overthrow the French colonial government and ignite the wider conflict. Earned Michael Caine an Academy Award nomination.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXTXGfMFxR4
Good Morning Vietnam! Tells the story of the famous AFR broadcaster Airman Adrian Cronauer. Brilliantly satirical.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_V-O6nq92wY
Hamburger Hill. The history of the desperate and wasteful Battle of Hill 937 gets put to film by John Irvin. A brutal story of American infantry ordered to assault a fortified mountain that was of no strategic value.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dD8JsqTcZoc
Casualties of War. One of the darkest Vietnam War films made. Inspired by the widespread crimes committed during the war, fittingly directed by Brian De Palma. A profoundly unsettling film.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5YaLbyXh59A
Dead Presidents - The Hughes' brothers take on the Vietnam War. Tells the story of a group of friends from the Bronx who ship off to war, then come home to find a different country than they left behind. A wild and intense story with a lot to say about America.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iB3JtJJZJG8
Platoon - Oliver Stone's first take on the Vietnam War, intended as a direct counterpoint to 1968's The Green Berets. If you haven't seen it you probably should make time for it. Tom Berenger and Willem Dafoe crush their performances.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGsyEkfjhQk
Born on the Fourth of July - Oliver Stone adapts Ron Kovic's famous story of patriotism, service and activism. A scathing indictment of the near-abandonment of many injured veterans by the government.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OwNNUVbdfzI
Heaven & Earth - The final and arguably most sophisticated of Oliver Stone's trilogy. Tells the story of a Viernamese freedom fighter as she struggles to survive amidst the chaos of the American intervention. A very different and captivating perspective.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7yYV6k4t-Ec

Last edited by static; May 26, 2017 @ 8:22pm

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cloudcaptain May 26, 2017 @ 6:20pm

84 Charlie Mopic:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gd6FR4Q-Pes

static

May 26, 2017 @ 6:21pm

Excellent! I almost included that one myself. Love that "found footage" style.

Last edited by static; May 26, 2017 @ 6:26pm

Chumpy

May 26, 2017 @ 6:30pm

Tour Of Duty TV Series

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9gjIONYoYZw&list=PLQIxAfkVPTCXCpDTApUnoaWz66OWr5IVT

GeekFurious has Rising Storm 2: Vietnam

May 26, 2017 @ 7:31pm

Hamburger Hill was a flop but is a very interesting movie about the war. It is based on real events. It is both accurate and not.

static

May 26, 2017 @ 7:34pm

Originally posted by GeekFurious:
Hamburger Hill was a flop but is a very interesting movie about the war. It is based on real events. It is both accurate and not.

Agreed. Has its moments and is well written and acted, but they botched the tone a bit.

What a horrific situation that was... the US leadership threw soldiers at a fortified position of no consequence. They could've just gone after it with airstrikes and artillery, but instead chose to send infantry up in a frontal assault. Absolutely scandalous.

Last edited by static; May 26, 2017 @ 7:42pm

Big Duke

May 26, 2017 @ 7:48pm

Saw this in high school... a long time ago.. Aussies in Nam. "The odd angry shot"

https://youtu.be/vBrGoSkp9ro

Big Duke

May 26, 2017 @ 7:50pm

https://youtu.be/6StvCkTzQ7o

Grizzledorf has Rising Storm 2: Vietnam

May 26, 2017 @ 7:51pm

I been watching documentary clips. theres a series of clips that have vets who were awarded the medal of honor tell their story.

heres one of them

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aOWBw7muH9M