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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
Brand: HBO HOME VIDEO
DVD Layers: 1
DVD Sides: 1
EAN: 9780783114279
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, NTSC
ISBN: 0783114273
Label: Hbo Home Video
Languages: EnglishOriginal LanguageDolby Digital 2.0 SurroundSpanishOriginal LanguageDolby Digital 2.0 SurroundEnglishSubtitledSpanishSubtitledFrenchSubtitled
Manufacturer: Hbo Home Video
MPN: D91220D
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Hbo Home Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: December 22, 1998
Running Time: 118 minutes
Studio: Hbo Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: May 30, 1998
Editorial Review:
Product Description:
ONE MAN'S STORY THROUGH A DECADE OF WAR, VILLAGES TAKEN AND LOST, LOVERS TAKEN AND LOST, THE TRUTH CORRUPTED, LIVES DESTROYED AND SAVED. THIS IS THE STORY OF A MAN TRANSFORMED AS BRUTALLY AS THE WAR TRANSFORMED TWO NATIONS.
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Based on Neil Sheehan's controversial book about the making of the Vietnam war, this HBO production is told from the perspective of Lt. Colonel John Paul Vann (Bill Paxton), one of the original military advisers sent in 1962 to prop up the fledgling South Vietnamese army against the Viet Cong. Battle-ready and enthusiastic upon his arrival, Vann quickly learns that political and social pressures are causing the South Vietnamese to doctor evidence of their victories and local military brass to take undeserved credit for overhyped battles. As the propaganda draws America ever deeper into a war most people clearly don't understand, Vann takes issue with the corruption and finds his career in tatters--only the beginning of a long journey that piles tragedies upon ironies. Written and directed by Terry George (Some Mother's Son), A Bright Shining Lie has a somewhat rushed and brittle quality to it, made all the more dry by passages from Sheehan's book read, documentary-style, by Donal Logue. But George also makes a case for Vann's more blatant personal contradictions--such as the casualness of his womanizing when he so clearly loves his wife (Amy Madigan)--that only grow as years pass and political myths supporting the war fold over onto themselves. (Pentagon Papers leaker Daniel Ellsberg, more or less played in this film by Eric Bogosian, has taken issue with this depiction of Vann's character.) Sustaining the whole project is Paxton's focused, thoughtful performance, and an enduring public hunger to know just what it was that happened in Vietnam. On both counts, the film is well worth seeing. The DVD includes cast bios, English and Spanish audio tracks, and English, Spanish, and French subtitles. --Tom Keogh
Average Rating: 
Rating:  -
A great look at the Vietnam war through the expereinces of John Paul Vann. Follows closely to the book by the same name. A must read for Vietnam history students and buffs.
Rating:  -
Seeing so many 4 and 5 star reviews on here, I'm inclined to think some folks from HBO have passed through this to inflate the rating. This movie stunk in every way imaginable! Making a movie from this excellent book is a difficult task, no doubt. I therefore wasn't expecting it to follow every detail accurately; but it just got plain ridiculous with the liberties they took to make this into film. For example,Vann rushes to the US embassy during Tet to help fight off the VC. When a monk imolates ... Read More
Rating:  -
HBO might be well regarded for its films but this one falls short for me partly because of weak production values and a TV-like pace.
No director can expect to adequately depict a decade from this ever-shifting conflict in a running time of 118 minutes. Events have been conflated to such an extent that they can be manipulated to force a message onto the viewer. In fact, this is what happens. There are too many manufactured moments of angst, too many little soap box speeches minus the ... Read More
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OUTSTANDING!!!!!!! (BEEN THERE,DID THAT FOR MY COUNTRY,SANS THE SEX)... it only left out our return home and being LABELED BABY-KILLERS!
Rating:  -
Bill Paxton is the anchor column of this lean HBO film, but the best acting comes courtesy of Donal Logue as the reporter whom Paxon's Lt. Colonel John Paul Vann befriends early on and Ed Lauter as General Weyand. There is some very stiff work from other members of the cast, but the film succeeds on the strength of the drama it portrays.
The story of what went wrong for the US operation in Vietnam is still amenable to two or three widely differing explanations, each of which has deep ... Read More
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