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30 May 2005 (USA)
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Tagline:
John McCain's father gave him the courage to be a soldier. Five years as a POW gave him the courage to be a hero.
Plot:
The story of John McCain's experience as a Vietnam War POW. Base on the memoir of the same title. | add synopsis
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Vietnam
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John Mccain
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Vietnam War
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1970s
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Nominated for 4 Primetime Emmys.
Another 1 nomination
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An Excellent Story ....but
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Cast
(Credited cast)| Thomas Madell | ... | Army General | |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Michael Arata | ... | Captain Hart | |
| Dale Beasley | ... | News Reporter | |
| Tony Bentley | ... | Grey madden | |
| Brian Bossetta | ... | Hanging POW | |
| Jean-Xavier Brager | ... | Chalais | |
| William Burns | ... | Prisoner / singer | |
| Jude Cambise | ... | Prisoner Of War | |
| Joe Chrest | ... | Craner | |
| Erin Cottrell | ... | Carol McCain | |
| Korbi Dean | ... | Roberta McCain | |
| Elyse Dinh | ... | Hanoi Hannah (voice) | |
| Carol Dupuy | ... | Wife (Returning POW) | |
| Louis Dupuy | ... | Parent (Naval Academy) and Media (POW's Return) | |
| Brian F. Durkin | ... | Henry Witt | |
| J.D. Evermore | ... | Commander James Latimer | |
| Jeff Galpin | ... | Colonel | |
| Scott Glenn | ... | Jack McCain | |
| Nick Gomez | ... | Becker | |
| Douglas M. Griffin | ... | Sailor | |
| Justin Groetsch | ... | Lt. Everett Alvarez | |
| Shawn Hatosy | ... | John McCain | |
| Robert Heath Hickman | ... | Doug McCain | |
| Jerry Leggio | ... | Other Captain | |
| Chi Muoi Lo | ... | Prick | |
| Earl Maddox | ... | Choir Leader | |
| Anh Huu Nguyen | ... | Head Militia | |
| Marc Preston | ... | Newscaster | |
| Jon Purvis | ... | Prisoner | |
| Glenn Robin | ... | Reporter | |
| Troy Ruptash | ... | Bud Day | |
| Arthur Simone | ... | POW Patient | |
| Gary Michael Smith | ... | Naval Commander | |
| Jason Alan Smith | ... | Charles larson | |
| J. Todd Smith | ... | Aide (Richard) | |
| Spike Spencer | ... | Private | |
| Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa | ... | Cat | |
| Ashley Taylor | ... | Jim Branch | |
| Louis Webre | ... | Pow | |
| Shea Whigham | ... | Norris Overly | |
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Rated PG-13 for intense depiction of wartime imprisonment and brief sexual content.
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USA:90 min
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Factual errors: Carol McCain suffered a near fatal car accident during John's captivity that rendered her unable to walk without crutches, and deformed from her surgery. Though Carol's accident is mentioned in the book, the movie ignores it completely, so when Carol and John reunite she is in perfect physical condition. They're even shown dancing together.
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This movie covers the period time Sen. John McCain spent as a POW at the Hanoi Hilton during the Vietnam war. For those of you who enjoyed this movie but have not read the book I would strongly encourage you to do so.
For those of you who have read the book and felt a little unsatisfied with the movie, I feel the same. Unless I missed it they left out Hanoi Jane's visit to the camp which is totally unacceptable. Also, McCain's theft of another persons washrag was not part of the movie.
I'm glad a movie was made from this great book, but as is often the case, the movie is substantially inferior to the book.