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In the Year of the Pig

  • 1968
  • Not Rated
  • 1h 43m
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In the Year of the Pig (1968)
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A documentary chronicling the background to, and history of, the Vietnam War.A documentary chronicling the background to, and history of, the Vietnam War.A documentary chronicling the background to, and history of, the Vietnam War.

  • Director
    • Emile de Antonio
  • Stars
    • Harry S. Ashmore
    • Daniel Berrigan
    • Joseph Buttinger
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    1.9K
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    • Director
      • Emile de Antonio
    • Stars
      • Harry S. Ashmore
      • Daniel Berrigan
      • Joseph Buttinger
    • 7User reviews
    • 7Critic reviews
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    • Nominated for 1 Oscar
      • 1 nomination total

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    Harry S. Ashmore
    • Self - Chairman: Center for Democratic Institutions
    Daniel Berrigan
    Daniel Berrigan
    • Self
    Joseph Buttinger
    • Self - France
    William R. Corson
    • Self - USMC, CIA
    Philippe Devillers
    • Self - France
    David Halberstam
    David Halberstam
    • Self - New York Times
    Roger Hillsman
    • Self - Asst. Secretary of State
    Jean Lacouture
    • Self - France
    Kenneth P. Landon
    • Self - State Dept
    Thruston B. Morton
    • Self - US Senator
    Paul Mus
    • Self - Yale University
    Charlton Osburn
    • Self - State Dept., 1946
    Harrison Salisbury
    • Self - New York Times
    Ilya Todd
    • Self - Reporter: Le nouvel observateur
    John Toller
    • Self - Green Berets, Deserter
    David K. Tuck
    • Self - US Serviceman, Execution of Prisoners
    John White
    • Self - USN, Tonkin Gulf Incident
    David Wurfel
    • Self - University of Missouri
    • Director
      • Emile de Antonio
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    • Trivia
      The poster for the documentary was used as the cover of the Smiths album Meat Is Murder with the slogan on the helmet changed to the album's title.
    • Connections
      Featured in Underground (1976)

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    De Antonio's Masterpiece of Anti-American Documentary
    In The Year of the Pig is as important to narrative cinema as it is to documentary cinema. The raw and powerful anti-Vietnam (note- De made the film in 1968 and not in the 80's or 90's like directors such as Stone or Kubrick) documentary is composed of archival footage, interviews done by De himself, and an amazing soundtrack done by a student of avant-garde composer John Cage. De first tackled didactic montage in Point of Order and he all but masters it in this film. Imagine this- war torn American soldiers, legless and bloody, being carried off the battlefield while "Old Glory" is being played on timbas and other Indonesian instruments. It is so anti-American, anti-War, and brilliant. This film is a seminal piece of work in the New American Cinema and should be preserved for generations to come.
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    • Oct 11, 1999

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    • Release date
      • February 26, 1969 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Vietnam - Grisens år
    • Production companies
      • Emile de Antonio Productions
      • Turin Film Productions
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 43 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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