The Beautiful Country

Name: The Beautiful Country
Genre: Drama
Released: 2004-03-13
Duration: 2 h 17 min
Rating: 7.4
Cast: Damien Nguyen, Bai Ling, Dang Quoc Thinh Tran

20042004
K-11K-11
2h 17m

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After reuniting with his mother in Ho Chi Minh City, a family tragedy causes Binh to flee from Viet Nam to America. Landing in New York, Binh begins a road trip to Texas, where his American ... Read allAfter reuniting with his mother in Ho Chi Minh City, a family tragedy causes Binh to flee from Viet Nam to America. Landing in New York, Binh begins a road trip to Texas, where his American father is said to live.After reuniting with his mother in Ho Chi Minh City, a family tragedy causes Binh to flee from Viet Nam to America. Landing in New York, Binh begins a road trip to Texas, where his American father is said to live.

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7.4/10

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Director
- Hans Petter Moland
Writers
- Sabina Murray(story)
- Lingard Jervey(story)
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Awards
- 1 win & 5 nominations

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Trivia
Movie stars two Hulk film alums. Nick Nolte performing in Hulk and Tim Roth from The Incredible Hulk

Goofs
In some scenes, the upper part of the hull is painted white. In others, it is black.

Quotes
Binh: How long you blind?
Steve: A long time. I worked in a storage facility in Saigon. I thought it was a crate of beer. Turned out to be explosives.
Binh: You're still alive...
Steve: Yeah, that's what they said. One minute I'm in Saigon, the next I'm in a hospital in Maryland, and six months had passed. Woke up, couldn't see, didn't know where I was. Some assholes tell me I'm lucky.

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Featured in 2006 Independent Spirit Awards (2006)

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10/10

I understand the difficulty of the journey to America

My son, Tam, and I were reunited on July 24, 2003, after a separation of 36 years. His mother, Huong, tried to flee Vietnam in May, 1975, but due to circumstances beyond her control, she missed the boat which was to take her and Tam to freedom. The communists caught the boat on the Saigon River, and sank it, killing all aboard. Huong finally decided to stick it out and worked hard to raise the money to come to the US. After arriving with Tam in 1994, she died of a stroke later that year. By a stroke of fortune, Tam, in 2003 found someone (an American) who could access my name in the Navy records. Within a few days of locating my name, the navy received a request to forward a letter from Tam. Needless to say, as I never knew if Tam or his mother had survived the war, I was stunned when I opened the large manila envelope from the Navy Department. The rest is history, and we are together. Tam lives and works near Los Angeles, and I recently retired and moved to a close-by state.

The movie, "The Beautiful Country", which I first viewed last night (3/12/07) really struck home. I feel like "I'm one in a million".

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