A Bright Shining Lie

TV Movie
1998
15
1h 58m

IMDb RATING

6.4/10

1.6K

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Drama War

True story of Army man John Paul Vann, whose military success provided him the fulfillment he never found in his personal life.True story of Army man John Paul Vann, whose military success provided him the fulfillment he never found in his personal life.True story of Army man John Paul Vann, whose military success provided him the fulfillment he never found in his personal life.

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IMDb RATING

6.4/10

1.6K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy
- 4 nominations total

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Featured review

9/10

I liked it a lot. The movie seemed to capture the earlier years WAR very well

I liked this motion picture. The work done in preparation and the use of documentary style presentation was effective, and gave the movie and story credibility. The acting was good. The part of Mary Jane was especially good, given the limited amount of screen time. Amy Madigan seems to have a knack to play the angry housewife/mother. She is GOOD at it. Just enough, not too much, just right! Bill Paxton did a believable job as lead character. The story itself is one that needs to be told over and over again, until the American people get the message of truth and LIES surrounding Viet Nam.

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Trivia
The Movie was shot in Lompburi, Thailand and in Cirebon in Central Java, Indonesia. During the filming, the Major of Cirebon City Kumaedhi Syafrudin showed up at one of the filming locations in Cirebon. The Movie Director Terry George also allowed Cirebon City Major Kumaedhi Syafrudin to shoot one of the action sequences of the film.

Goofs
When unzipping a body bag containing the body of a dead soldier, you can see the actor portraying the dead soldier flinching because of the zipper. And a mere couple of seconds later, he flinches again as the dog-tag is ripped from his neck.