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Overview

User Rating:
5.1/10   4,368 votes
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Writers:

James Lee Barrett (screenplay)
Robin Moore (novel)

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Release Date:

27 July 1968 (Japan) more

Genre:

Action | Drama | War more

Tagline:

They had to be the toughest fighting force on earth - and the men who led them had to be just a little bit tougher! more

Plot:

Col. Mike Kirby picks two teams of crack Green Berets for a mission in South Vietnam. First off is to... more | add synopsis

Awards:

1 win & 1 nomination more

NewsDesk:
(7 articles)

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The Green Berets are coming to Blu-Ray in January
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User Comments:

" A refreshing Change!" more (119 total)


Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

John Wayne ... Colonel Mike Kirby

David Janssen ... George Beckworth
Jim Hutton ... Sergeant Petersen
Aldo Ray ... Master Sergeant Muldoon
Raymond St. Jacques ... Sergeant Doc McGee
Bruce Cabot ... Colonel Morgan
Jack Soo ... Colonel Cai

George Takei ... Captain Nim
Patrick Wayne ... Lieutenant Jamison
Luke Askew ... Sergeant Provo

Irene Tsu ... Lin
Edward Faulkner ... Captain MacDaniel
Jason Evers ... Captain Coleman
Mike Henry ... Sergeant Kowalski
Craig Jue ... Hamchunk
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Additional Details

Runtime:

141 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Vietnamese

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1 more

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

UK:A (original rating) (cut) | Canada:PG (Manitoba/Ontario) | UK:PG (video rating) (1986) (1998) | Canada:13+ (Quebec) (1992) | Canada:G (Nova Scotia) | Finland:K-16 (uncut) (1984) | Finland:K-16 (cut) (1968) | West Germany:16 (f) | New Zealand:PG | Norway:16 | Sweden:15 | USA:G | Singapore:PG

Filming Locations:

Fort Benning, Georgia, USA


Fun Stuff

Trivia:

Late in the movie John Wayne can be seen to wrap his rappelling rope through a carabineer the wrong way. Called a "fatal hookup" in the Army, this would result in an immediate fall once weight was applied. more

Goofs:

Factual errors: The helicopter Kirby is in does not react correctly in terms of aerodynamics after it is hit and catches fire. The helicopter would have swung violently around, speeded up as it fell, and would have crashed extremely hard, easily killing everyone on board. more

Quotes:

[last lines]
Colonel Mike Kirby: You're what this is all about.
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Movie Connections:

Featured in This Film Is Not Yet Rated (2006) more

Soundtrack:

The River Seine more


FAQ

Is it possible to stand in Da Nang and watch the sunset like at the end of the movie?
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61 out of 87 people found the following comment useful.
" A refreshing Change!", 30 January 2007
8/10
Author: unreasonableboy from Dallas, Texas

When I first saw the Green Berets back in the late 1970's early 80's it was widely criticized by contemporary film buffs as being jingoistic and 'gun ho'. Obviously, with John Wayne being the leading role, it only served to reinforce this view. Sure it is patriotic but no more than many of the WWII and Korean War films that were made in the 1950's and 1960's. So when recently I had a chance to see the movie, (the first time in over 15 years) what I noticed was that it was actually a refreshing change to the, anti- American, soul searching, self-loathing anti Vietnam war movies made from the late 1970's onwards.

If the Green Berets was guilty of overdoing the nobility, and righteousness of the Vietnam War, the later movies only served to give comfort to the anti-war, self-indulgent Vietnam movement years later. Apocalypse now, the Deer hunter, Platoon, etc., (you know the ones) are just a few of the movies that ignored the barbarism of both the Viet Cong and Khamer rouge in indo-china, conveniently overlook the global political realities of the time as well as unfairly mock the military.

Years later, the Green Berets actually offer a different viewpoint. If one is to keep it into perspective it comes across quite well as it highlights how the US was welcomed in many parts of Vietnam and how indifferent the North Vietnamese were to their own people. The millions of people murdered in the communist controlled parts of Indo-china during and after the American withdrawal are well documented. Check the movie out

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