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Pages in category "Films shot in Vietnam" The following 62 pages are in this category, out of 62 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. 0–9.
B-movies that feature Vietnam veterans with an emphasis on action, violence, and revenge, belong into the exploitation subgenre called "vetsploitation." [ 3 ] ) A more popular stereotype was the "wounded veteran,” a veteran who was always psychologically and sometimes physically traumatized by the war. [ 2 ]
The cinema of Vietnam originates in the 1920s and was largely influenced by wars that have been fought in the country from the 1940s to the 1970s. Some proclaimed Vietnamese language -films include Cyclo , The Scent of Green Papaya and Vertical Ray of the Sun , all by Tran Anh Hung , challenged the war-torn depiction of Vietnam at the time. [ 5 ]
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The United States Embassy in Saigon was first established in June 1952, and moved into a new building in 1967 and eventually closed in 1975. The embassy was the scene of a number of significant events of the Vietnam War, most notably the Viet Cong attack during the Tet Offensive which helped turn American public opinion against the war, and the helicopter evacuation during the Fall of Saigon ...
Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam is a 1987 American documentary film inspired by the anthology of the same title, directed by Bill Couturié. The film's narration consists of real letters written by American soldiers, which are read by actors, including Robert De Niro and Martin Sheen.
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Go Tell the Spartans is a 1978 American war film directed by Ted Post and starring Burt Lancaster.The film is based on Daniel Ford's 1967 novel Incident at Muc Wa [1] about U.S. Army military advisors during the early part of the Vietnam War in 1964, when Ford was a correspondent in Vietnam for The Nation.