Vietnam War
Danger Close (2019) – War is hell
All clickable links in red Genre – War Movie (true story) Time: 2 Hours Platform: Amazon Prime Director: Kriv Stenders. Platform : Amazon Prime Whenever we think of the Vietnam War, the popular image is the American image, with helicopters ferrying troops, US air force combat planes blasting and napalming jungles and pictures of various…
Read MoreApocalypse Now (1979) – Timeless Classic
All Clickable links are in red Genre – War Movie Time: 3 Hours , 20 minutes (Redux). 3 hours, 5 minutes (Final Director’s Cut) Platform: You Tube Free Director : Francis Ford Coppola Some films are easily forgotten after watching. Then there are films that have a lasting impact on you and remain…
Read MoreGo Tell the Spartans – 1978 – Underrated Gem
Director: Ted Post Cast: Burt Lancaster. Craig Wasson. Marc Singer. The French were defeated in 1954, and as a last act, Vietnam, over which they had ruled completely, was divided into two halves. With Hanoi as its capital, North Vietnam was Communist and wanted complete unification. With its capital in Saigon, South Vietnam was “democratic”…
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