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A Bright Shining Lie

1998, Movie, R, 130 mins

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Working without his usual collaborator, director Jim Sheridan, Irish screenwriter Terry George (IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER, THE BOXER) directed this made-for-HBO feature about a significant, but heretofore unheralded, figure from the Vietnam war era. The film unfortunately errs by going in too many directions at once. Subsequent to its premiere on HBO, the film was released on home video. In 1962, John Paul Vann (Bill Paxton) is a US Army officer who requests assignment as a... read more
Year: 1998
Rated R

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Cast
Bill Paxton: Lieutenant Colonel John Paul Vann
Amy Madigan: Mary Jane Vann
Eric Bogosian: Doug Elders
Kurtwood Smith: General William Westmoreland
Vivan Wu: Lee
Donal Logue: Steven Burnett

 

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