The Wall (TV 1998)

The story of three items left at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall: a pencil holder, a sheriff's badge, and an electric guitar. Each item connects the living with the dead and are left as either memorials or to heal the wounds of war.

Director:

Joseph Sargent

Writers:

Scott Abbott, Patrick Sheane Duncan,

Stars:

Edward James Olmos, Richard Chevolleau, Dean McDermott

3 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Edward James Olmos	...	Col. Holst
Richard Chevolleau	...	Timothy Mullen (segment "The Pencilholder")
Dean McDermott	...	Capt. Alleln (segment "The Pencil Holder")
Clive Cholerton	...	Cpl. Daley (segment "The Pencil Holder")
Billy Parrott	...	Adjutant (segment "The Pencilholder")
D. Garnet Harding	...	Green Beret Soldier (segment "The Pencilholder")
Jack Nguyen	...	Sang (segment "The Pencilholder")
Milton Barnes	...	Marine Guard (segment "The Pencilholder")
Nick Jaine	...	Counter Worker (segment "The Pencilholder") (as Deepak Jain)
Trevor Blumas	...	Ben Holst (segment "The Pencilholder")
Elyssa Livergant	...	Medic (segment "The Pencilholder")
Bret Pearson	...	Medic (segment "The Pencilholder")
Carson Durven	...	Soldier (segment "The Pencilholder")
Phil Morrison	...	Soldier (segment "The Pencilholder")
Rustey Davenport	...	Young Soldier (segment "The Pencilholder")

Storyline

The story of three items left at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall: a pencil holder, a sheriff's badge, and an electric guitar. Each item connects the living with the dead and are left as either memorials or to heal the wounds of war.

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Plot Keywords:

vietnam | vietnam memorial | teenager | wounded soldier | colonel | 

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Taglines:

There are 58,183 names on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. The lives they touched tell their stories.

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Genres:

Drama | War

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

24 May 1998 (USA)

Also Known As:

El muro

Filming Locations:

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Company Credits

Production Co:

Edgar J. Scherick Associates

Technical Specs

Runtime:

95 min

Sound Mix:

Ultra Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

User Reviews

Very unrealistic movie of Vietnam

I recommend that people avoid this movie like the plague. This movie is so unrealistic it is laughable, which is a shame. A for instance is Edward James Olmos and his son in Vietnam. The time portrayed is all wrong; all dependents (who were in Vietnam) had already been sent home when the war intensified in the middle 60's and none was permitted there. My cousin was going to have his family with him in 1964, but was unable because that was when the the ban on dependents was begun. The realism of the war shown falls far short of what the war was in Vietnam. It looks as though the producers of this movie believed they could make a Vietnam war movie with little to no research, and it shows. The jungles of Mexico look more realistic than the forests of California. You can go on and on with the problems of this bad movie. This movie is an insult to all Vietnam vets. If you want to see a realistic Vietnam war movie I would recommend Oliver Stone's 'Platoon' or 'The Siege of Fire Base Gloria.' Avoid 'The Wall.' Semper Fi