Vietnam War Era: Films

From the director of PLATOON, comes this film based on the memoir of Vietnam veteran Ron Kovic. This items contains both DVD and Blu-Ray.

Set in 1940s Vietnam, this film, based upon a collection of short stories by Son Nam, one of Vietnam's most distinguished writers, this film presents a picture of pre-war era Vietnam.

Stars Sean Penn and Michael J. Fox and based on a true story.

Winner of three Academy Awards: Jane Fonda (Best Actress), Jon Voight (Best Actor) and Waldo Salt and Robert C. Jones (Best Screenplay), this film takes a look at the aftermath of war from the perspective of the Vietnam War.

A mix of epic history and intimate family portrait, Daughter from Danang follows the reunion of a Tennessee woman, Heidi, with her Vietnamese mother and siblings after 22 years. Shipped to the U.S. in the waning days of the Vietnam war, Heidi--formerly Mai Thi Hiep--was the daughter of a white American soldier and a Danang woman abandoned by her Viet Cong husband. Fearing reprisals against Amerasian children, Hiep's mother, despite unbearable pain, gave Hiep to an adoption agency. Raised by an abusive woman in Pulaski (birthplace of the KKK), Hiep/Heidi kept her full heritage secret. This episode of PBS's American Experience follows Heidi's journey home: There is sorrow, joy, and relief, of course, but also a slow-brewing uneasiness as cultures collide. As raw expectations of her impoverished, Third World family begin to grate on Heidi, the burden of carrying two national destinies becomes comically and tragically oversized in the poor woman's shoes. --Tom Keogh (Amazon Reviews)

Winner of five Academy Awards (1978) including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Supporting Actor. This item contains both DVD and Blu-Ray.

This A&E production is a docu-drama of Senator John McCain's life as a soldier, POW and war hero.

Producer/Director Errol Morris won an Academy Award for Best Documentary for his film in which he interviews Robert McNamara, Secretary of Defense in the Kennedy and Johnson administrations. Morris makes use of " ... a ton of archival material ... (and) probes the reasons behind the U.S. commitment to the Vietnam War--and finds a depressingly inconsistent policy." -- Amazon.com

This documentary follows four Vietnam War veterans on their return to Vietnam in 1981, visiting Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh (formerly Saigon), and the countryside, meeting local Vietnamese and witnesses their life and struggles. To quote one of the veterans, "It takes fifteen years, but at last the war is over for us. I feel a rage at the conditions here now, and want to help these people."

The film, set during the Vietnam War, that won Robin Williams his first Academy Award nomination.

"Well-produced and directd with an eye to documentary-like realism and authenticity, ... (the film) centers upon a military undertaking of familiar futility during the Vietnam War. It follows a squad of 14 recruits from initial R&R through 10 days' worth of hell, as the men make 11 agonizing assaults on a heavily fortified hill." -- Variety

"A courageous and startling film, Peter Davis' landmark documentary ... unflinchingly confronts the United States' involvement in Vietnam. Using a wealth of sources-from interviews to newsreels to documentary footage of the conflict at home and abroad-Davis constructs a powerfully affecting portrait of the disastrous effects of war. Explosive, persuasive, and shocking, ... (it) is an overwhelming emotional experience and the controversial winner of the 1974 Academy Award®" -- Product Description

"The trial and conviction of William 'Rusty' Calley, an unknown 27-year-old lieutenant charged with the murder of 102 men, women and children in the tiny Vietnamese village of My Lai."

Winner of the 1995 Academy Award for Best Documentary, this film profiles the artist who is perhaps best known for designing the Vietnam War Memorial in Washington, D.C.

Winner of four Academy Awards including Best Picture and Best Director, this film is based on director Oliver Stone's personal experiences as a soldier in the Vietnam War.

Set in 1950s Vietnam, this suspense drama stars, among others, Michael Caine and is based on a novel by Graham Greene.

While not specifically about Vietnam, this award-winning documentary "... is a dramatic window on the dilemma of individual U.S. soldiers in war. Made with the cooperation of the U.S. Army, the film profiles eight American soldiers, including four who decide not to kill, and become conscientious objectors; and four who believe in their duty to kill if necessary."

This film, starring Kiefer Sutherland, is based upon the Tim O'Brien short story "Sweetheart of the Song Tra Bong."

This compilation contains a wealth of "unforgettable moments" both in television entertainment and news history, including Walter Cronkite's report following his trip to Vietnam in which he states his personal opinion that the United States cannot win the war.

From the studio Accuracy in Media.

Contents: Disc 1:The Roots of war ; America's Mandarin, 1954-1963; Disc 2: LBJ goes to war, 1964-1965; America takes charge, 1965-1967; America's enemy, 1954-1967; Diisc 3: Tet, 1968 ; Vietnamizing the war, 1969-1973; Cambodia and Laos; Disc 4: Peace is at hand, 1968-1973 ; Homefront, U.S.A. ; The end of the tunnel, 1973-1975 ; Legacies.

Based on the novel by Scott Lax, this film follows a group of people over the course of the turbulent times at Kent State in the 1970s.