Posts Tagged ‘vietnam-war’

Full Metal Jacket (1987)

Sunday, November 16th, 2008
Genres: Drama | War
Countries: USA
Actors: Modine, Matthew | Baldwin, Adam | D'Onofrio, Vincent | Ermey, R. Lee | Harewood, Dorian | Howard, Kevyn Major | Howard, Arliss | O'Ross, Ed | Terry, John | Jecchinis, Kieron | Taylor, Kirk | Colceri, Tim | Stafford, Jon | Boa, Bruce | Tyler, Ian
Directors: Kubrick, Stanley
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Full Metal Jacket begins by following the trials and tribulations of a platoon of fresh Marine Corps recruits focusing on the relationship between Gunnery Sergeant Hartman and Privates Pyle and Joker. We see Pyle grow into an instrument of death as Hartman has forseen of all of his recruits. Through Pyle’s torment and Joker’s unwillingness to stand up against it the climax of part one is achieved with all three main characters deciding their fates by their action or inaction. The second chapter of Full Metal Jacket delves into Joker’s psyche and the repeated referal to the fact that he joined the Corps to become a killer. When his mostly behind the scenes job as a combat correspondant is interfered with by the Tet offensive he is thrust into real combat and ultimately must choose if he really is a killer.

Missing in America (2005)

Friday, September 26th, 2008
Genres: Drama
Countries: Canada | USA
Actors: Glover, Danny | Perlman, Ron | Hamilton, Linda | Weizenbaum, Zoe | Strathairn, David | Webber, Timothy | Rose, Gabrielle | Turner, Frank C. | Moss, Jesse | Olsson, Ty | Lawrence, Colin | Robbins, Isen
Directors: Savage Dockterman, Gabrielle
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The veteran Vietnam lieutenant Jake Neeley lives alone in a cabin in the woods and his only contact with the civilization is through the owner of a small store, Kate, who periodically supplies his provisions. The solitary Jake helps other lonely veterans that live in the forest giving them part of his supplies and receiving wood in return. When Jake is visited by the former private of his platoon Henry R. Hocknell, who has lung cancer, Henry asks him to raise his Vietnamese daughter Lenny Hocknell. The widow Henry has no family and he will be subjected to a severe treatment of cancer. The reluctant Jake says no, but Henry leaves his daughter and vanishes. Along his contact with the young girl, Jake improves his behavior until a tragedy happens.

Tigerland (2000)

Thursday, August 7th, 2008
Genres: Drama | War
Countries: Germany | USA
Actors: Farrell, Colin | Davis, Matthew | Collins Jr., Clifton | Guiry, Tom | Whigham, Shea | Richardson, Russell | Searcy, Nick | Omilami, Afemo | MacDonald, James | Ewell, Keith | Matt Gerald | Fulton, Stephen | Cravens, Tyler | Edmiston, Michael | Shannon, Michael
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In September 1971, a platoon of recruits arrives in Ft. Polk, LA, for infantry training before leaving for war. The final week takes place in Tigerland, a swamp similar to Vietnam. Jim Paxton has enlisted; he wants to experience everything and write books later. He befriends Roland Bozz, a cool Texan with a gift for getting into trouble and for helping misfits get discharges. At least one sociopath in the platoon hates Bozz, even as the sergeants grudgingly recognize his leadership abilities. As the platoon heads into its week in Tigerland, Paxton’s body gives out, Bozz makes plans to go AWOL, and the sociopath gets hold of live ammo. Is the Louisiana swamp more dangerous than the DMZ?

I’m Not There (2007)

Thursday, May 29th, 2008
Genres: Biography | Drama | Music
Countries: Germany | USA
Actors: Blanchett, Cate | Whishaw, Ben | Bale, Christian | Gere, Richard | Franklin, Marcus Carl | Ledger, Heath | Kristofferson, Kris | Francks, Don | LaFortune, Roc | Day, Larry | Cagelet, Paul | Fortin, Pierre-Alexandre | Havens, Richie | Benskin, Tyrone | Roberts, Kim
Directors: Haynes, Todd
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Six incarnations of Bob Dylan: an actor, a folk singer, an electrified troubadour, Rimbaud, Billy the Kid, and Woody Guthrie. Put Dylan’s music behind their adventures, soliloquies, interviews, marriage, and infidelity. Recreate 1960s documentaries in black and white. Put each at a crossroads, the artist becoming someone else. Jack, the son of Ramblin’ Jack Elliott, finds Jesus; handsome Robbie falls in love then abandons Claire. Woody, a lad escaped from foster care, hobos the U.S. singing; Billy awakes in a valley threatened by a six-lane highway; Rimbaud talks. Jude, booed at Newport when he goes electric, fences with reporters, pundits, and fans. He won’t be classified.

Moonlight Mile (2002)

Monday, May 26th, 2008
Genres: Drama | Romance
Countries: USA
Actors: Gyllenhaal, Jake | Hoffman, Dustin | Sarandon, Susan | Pompeo, Ellen | Landeau, Aleksia | Messing, Richard | Friedman, Lev | Clendenin, Bob | Fyfe, Jim | Trainor, Mary Ellen | Fancy, Richard | Mitzman Gaven, Marcia | Corduner, Allan | Hunter, Holly | Melia, Careena
Directors: Silberling, Brad
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A young man lingers in the family home of his fiancee, after her accidental death. While grieving along with her parents and drawn into legal issues presented by a district attorney seeking justice for the family, he finds himself falling in love with another woman, against his own best intentions.

American Gangster (2007)

Tuesday, May 6th, 2008
Genres: Crime | Drama
Countries: USA
Actors: Washington, Denzel | Crowe, Russell | Ejiofor, Chiwetel | Brolin, Josh | Nadal, Lymari | Levine, Ted | Smith, Roger Guenveur | Hawkes, John | RZA | Vazquez, Yul | Goodwin, Malcolm | Dee, Ruby | Santiago-Hudson, Ruben | Gugino, Carla | Fortgang, Skyler
Directors: Scott, Ridley
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Following the death of his employer and mentor, Bumpy Johnson, Frank Lucas establishes himself as the number one importer of heroin in the Harlem district of Manhattan. He does so by buying heroin directly from the source in South East Asia and he comes up with a unique way of importing the drugs into the United States. As a result, his product is superior to what is currently available on the street and his prices are lower. His alliance with the New York Mafia ensures his position. It is also the story of a dedicated and honest policeman, Richie Roberts, who heads up a joint narcotics task force with the Federal government. Based on a true story.

Casualties of War (1989)

Sunday, May 4th, 2008
Genres: Adventure | Biography | Drama | War
Countries: USA
Actors: Fox, Michael J. | Penn, Sean | Harvey, Don | Reilly, John C. | Leguizamo, John | Le, Thuy Thu | King, Erik | Gwaltney, Jack | Rhames, Ving | Martin, Dan | Dye, Dale | Larson, Steve | Linton, John | Ruginis, Vyto | Shannon, Al
Directors: De Palma, Brian
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During the Vietnam war, a girl is taken from her village by five American soldiers. Four of the soldiers rape her, but the fifth refuses. The young girl is killed. The fifth soldier is determined that justice will be done. The film is more about the realities of war, rather than this single event.

Rescue Dawn (2006)

Thursday, November 22nd, 2007
Genres: Action | Adventure | Drama | War
Countries: USA
Actors: Bale, Christian | Bell, Marshall | Chau, François | Davies, Jeremy | Gellis, Craig | GQ | Grenier, Zach | Healy, Pat | Huss, Toby | Hutchinson, Bonnie Z. | Jones, Evan | Jusakul, Abhijati 'Meuk' | King, Mr. Tony B. | Manning, Mr. Richard | Melich, Mr. Garrett D.
Directors: Herzog, Werner
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This film tells the real-life story of U.S. fighter pilot Dieter Dengler, a German-American shot down and captured in Laos during the Vietnam War. Dengler organized a death-defying escape for a small band of POWs, including Duane Martin.

Bobby (2006)

Friday, October 19th, 2007
Genres: Drama
Countries: USA
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The Ambassador Hotel, 1968: the assassination of Senator Robert F. Kennedy will soon take place here but none of the hotel residents and employees knows about it yet. Everyone at the hotel is busy with his own affairs, and their paths never seem to cross, not even in this closed space. However, it only seems so and twenty two individuals who will become unwitting witnesses to the tragedy will make a lot of startling discoveries and have strange meetings.

Born on the Fourth of July (1989)

Sunday, August 26th, 2007
Genres: Biography | Drama | War
Countries: USA
Actors: Cruise, Tom | Barry, Raymond J. | Kava, Caroline | Evans, Josh | Talisman, Jamie | Bobby, Anne | Larkin, Samantha | Berenger, Tom | Whaley, Frank | Levine, Jerry | Panebianco, Richard | Camilletti, Rob | Baldwin, Stephen | McTighe, Michael | Haus, Richard
Directors: Stone, Oliver
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The biography of Ron Kovic. Paralyzed in the Vietnam war, he becomes an anti-war and pro-human rights political activist after feeling betrayed by the country he fought for.