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Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2006]
Edition
Special collector's edition.
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (approximately 355 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A United States Army officer/trained assassin is sent into the depths of a southeast Asian jungle to seek out a renegade colonel and terminate his command during the Vietnam War.
Language
English
Description
Based on the true story of a squad of soldiers caught in the moral quagmire of wartime Vietnam. Witness to a vile crime, Private Ericksson (Michael J. Fox) is forced to stand alone against his fellow soldiers and commanding officer Sergeant Meserve (Sean Penn). Master filmmaker Brian DePalma creates a devastating and unforgettable tale of one man's quest for sanity and justice amidst the chaos of war.
5) Platoon
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment Inc
Pub. Date
[2001]
Edition
Special edition ; widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (120 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Follows young Chris Taylor who arrives in Vietnam and quickly discovers that his worst enemies are not just the Viet Cong, but gnawing fear, physical exhaustion, and the anger growing within himself.
Publisher
Winterfilm [production company]
Pub. Date
2006.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (95 min.) : sound, black and white with color sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Vietnam veterans speak about atrocities committed upon Vietnamese soldiers and civilians during their time in the U.S. armed forces in Vietnam. Through testimony given at the Winter Soldier Investigation held by the Vietnam Veterans Against the War in 1971, press conferences, and interviews with individual participants, the film graphically portrays the effect of U.S. government policy and practice, which turned soldiers into animals bent on destruction...
Publisher
A & E Television Networks
Pub. Date
2011.
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (282 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
This is the story of the men who came home from the Vietnam War and tried to forget. The men who represent a second silent generation. Covered is the time period from the initial massive troop build-up in 1965 to the fall of Saigon in 1975. Contains never-before-seen color footage transferred to high definition as well as a soundtrack filled with hits from the era. Includes narration from Josh Brolin, and and voice-overs by Blair Underwod, Zachary...
Pub. Date
2011
Edition
DVD.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 90 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A unique dramatized look at the Vietnam War in 1969 revealed through the subjective lens of an army motion picture (MoPic) cameraman who accompanies a 6 man reconnaissance patrol of the 173rd Airborne Brigade in the Central Highlands in order to make a "lessons learned" training film.
Series
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2002]
Edition
Widescreen version ; RSDL Dual-layer edition.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (112 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 guide (19 x 12 cm).
Language
English
Description
Examines the American involvement in Vietnam, and is a chronicle of the war from a psychological perspective. Includes interviews with General William Westmoreland, former Secretary of Defense Clark Clifford, Senator William Fulbright, Walt Rostow, and Daniel Ellsberg, as well as American Vietnam veterans and Vietnamese leaders. Presidents Truman, Kennedy, Johnson, and Nixon are shown in rare footage.
10) FTA
Publisher
New Video Group
Pub. Date
[2008]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (97 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Captures the entertaining magic and mayhem of the anti-war and pro-labor show as it rallies and rouses dissident GIs stationed along the Pacific Rim. A gritty mix of rollicking performances and GI interviews, FTA juxtaposes lighthearted political satire with the somber realities of war, occupation, and the absurdities of military life.
11) Rescue dawn
Pub. Date
2007
Physical Desc
1 DVD (125 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
When U.S. fighter pilot Dieter Dengler escapes death after being shot down over one of the most intense front lines in the Vietnam War, his troubles were just beginning. He is taken captive by the Vietnamese Army and is forced to endure a harrowing stint in a Vietnamese prison camp. Dengler and a small band of his fellow captives stage a death-defying escape. Based on a true story.
12) Apocalypse now
Publisher
Lions Gate Entertainment
Pub. Date
2010.
Edition
Two-disc special edition.
Physical Desc
2 Blu-rays (355 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A soldier travels upriver from Vietnam into Cambodia to kill a colonel who has gone mad and is planning unauthorized attacks by his native troops. Features both the original cut and the Redux version.
Publisher
StarVista Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
6 DVDs (approximately 18 hr., 7 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (1 volume : color illustrations ; 19 cm)
Language
English
Description
"Part EVAC hospital, part USO entertainment center--this outpost of craziness and compassion introduces us to the Vietnam War through the eyes of the women who served there"--Container.
14) Regret to inform
Publisher
Docurama
Pub. Date
[2000]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (75 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In this film made over ten years, filmmaker Barbara Sonneborn took a pilgrimage to the Vietnamese countryside where her husband died. She and translator (and fellow war widow) Xuân Ngoc Nguyẽn explore the meaning of war and loss on a human level. The film weaves interviews with Vietnamese and American widows into a vivid testament to the legacy of war.
Publisher
StarVista Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
5 DVDs (approximately 14 hr., 22 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (1 volume : color illustrations ; 19 cm)
Language
English
Description
"Part EVAC hospital, part USO entertainment center--this outpost of craziness and compassion introduces us to the Vietnam War through the eyes of the women who served there"--Container.
Publisher
HBO Video
Pub. Date
[2005]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (86 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
An authentic account of the Vietnam War from the actual letters of the men and women who served there. The harsh realities of life and death, friendships made and lost - these letters home tell it all, with newsreel and home-movie footage shot by the servicemen themselves. These are the authentic voices of war, some who survived, many who never made it home.
17) Hearts and minds
Series
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2014]
Edition
Director-approved, dual-format Blu-ray and DVD special edition.
Physical Desc
2 DVDs + 1 Blu-ray (112 min.) : digital, sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet.
Language
English
Description
A documentary that unflinchingly confronted the United States' involvement in Vietnam at the height of the controversy that surrounded it. Using a wealth of sources, from interviews to newsreels to footage of the conflict and the upheaval it occasioned on the home front, Davis constructs a powerfully affecting picture of the disastrous effects of war. Includes interviews with General William Westmoreland; former Secretary of Defense, Clark Clifford;...
18) The last hunter
Publisher
Code Red
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
1 Blu-ray (99 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Following the grisly suicide of his shellshocked friend, Captain Harry Morris accepts one final mission: to go behind enemy lines and destroy a Viet Cong radio tower broadcasting anti-American propaganda to US troops.
19) Dogfight
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2003]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (94 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Cpl. Eddie Birdlace is out to party hearty with his pals on their last night in San Francisco before shipping out to Vietnam. They make a wager called the Dogfight, where each Marine puts in $50 and the guy who finds the most unattractive date wins. Birdlace finds Rose, an "ugly duckling" who joins him in a night of life-transforming impact.
20) The deer hunter
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005]
Edition
Special edition.
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (184 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Tracks a group of steelworker pals from a Pennsylvania blast furnace to the cool hunting grounds of the Alleghenies to the lethal cauldron of Vietnam. Shows what happens to friendship and courage under stress.
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