Vietnam in HD 

Vintage footage from the Vietnam war is presented in High Definition video format along with narration from both war veterans and Hollywood voice talent. The documentary follows key events ... See full summary »

Stars:

Tempestt Bledsoe, Edward Burns, Dean Cain

2 wins.

Cast

Series cast summary:
Tempestt Bledsoe	...	Elizabeth Allen 6 episodes, 2011
Edward Burns	...	Joe Galloway 6 episodes, 2011
Dean Cain	...	Bob Clewell 6 episodes, 2011
Kevin Connolly	...	Keith Connolly 6 episodes, 2011
Jerry Ferrara	...	Raymond Torres 6 episodes, 2011
Adrian Grenier	...	Barry Romo 6 episodes, 2011
Armie Hammer	...	Gery Benedetti 6 episodes, 2011
Jennifer Love Hewitt	...	Anne Purcell 6 episodes, 2011
Glenn Howerton	...	Don Devore / ... 6 episodes, 2011
Zachary Levi	...	Karl Marlantes 6 episodes, 2011
James Marsden	...	Arthur Wiknik 6 episodes, 2011
Dylan McDermott	...	James Anderson 6 episodes, 2011
Blair Underwood	...	Charles Brown 6 episodes, 2011
Michael C. Hall	...	Himself - Narrator 6 episodes, 2011
Barry Romo	...	Himself - Vietnam Veteran 5 episodes, 2011
Anne Purcell	...	Herself - Wife of Vietnam Soldier 4 episodes, 2011

Storyline

Vintage footage from the Vietnam war is presented in High Definition video format along with narration from both war veterans and Hollywood voice talent. The documentary follows key events and their impact on both the war effort and the American public.

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Genres:

Documentary | History | War

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Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

6 November 2011 (USA)

Also Known As:

Vietnam: Lost Films

Company Credits

Production Co:

A&E Television Networks, Lou Reda Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

360 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Edward Burns portrays Joe Galloway. In We Were Soldiers (2002) Barry Pepper plays Joe Galloway. Both actors starred in Saving Private Ryan (1998)

User Reviews

A lot of original footage, drained with American hero-victory-sauce

I'm giving this one a 5 for the footage. It's nice to see so much original footage and that's what I'm always looking for. I admire the people with the cameras in the field. So using their footage means giving them credit for what they did. They shot with cameras, not with guns. Too bad, however, that it's almost all US footage, almost no North VN footage was used.

Other than that, this is yet another very one-sided documentary of the Vietnam war. From the first second to the last everything shouts "look at us heroes, we're so awesome, we did so good". Americans seem to be utterly incapable of objectively reporting on the subject of war. It seems to me that with every documentary on the subject they're doing all they can to cover up the fact that they got their asses kicked. By a much weaker force by the way. Just admit it and move on. Terrible things happened and those are the facts. That's what I want from a documentary, the facts! Not a deep-sounding voice telling me how difficult some General's decision was, how long he had to think about it just to portray him as a good guy. State the facts please, and leave it at that. Don't put the ever-American gloss over it to make it look more than it is.

Conclusion : If you want a 50/50 mix between some Band Of Brothers with some info put in and everything video and audio pointing out they were incredible heroes, than watch this. If you're looking for a good documentary stating the facts and looking at this war from both sides, keep looking, this is not it.