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The Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara is a 2003 American documentary film about the life and times of former U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara, illustrating his observations of the nature of modern warfare. It was directed by Errol Morris and features an original score by Philip Glass.
The film opens with a mortar attack on the 1st Australian Task Force (1 ATF) base at Nui Dat by the Viet Cong (VC) and People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN). During the attack, Major Harry Smith is cool under fire, ordering his men to take cover and stand to, while other soldiers don't take it seriously, playing cards or drinking beer.
The Boys in Company C is a 1978 war film directed by Sidney J. Furie about United States Marine Corps recruits preparing for duty and their subsequent combat in the Vietnam War. [1] It stars Stan Shaw , Andrew Stevens , Craig Wasson and Michael Lembeck .
Based on the semi-autobiographical novel The Short-Timers by Gustav Hasford, this film portrays recruit training and the Vietnam War from the point of view of James "Joker" Davis. At boot camp, GySgt Hartman proves to be a vicious drill instructor, and after becoming frustrated by misfit Leonard "Pyle" Lawrence, assigns Joker to bring him up to ...
The Siege of Firebase Gloria was filmed on land that was contested by the New People's Army (NPA)—members of whom had been hired as security guards and extras—and Trenchard-Smith recalled that the Philippine government-owned helicopters that were to be used in battle scenes arrived half a day late, as their crews had been strafing NPA positions 100 miles north.
De Palma then went on to make The Untouchables which was a big hit; Dawn Steel had liked the project at Paramount, and when she became head of production at Columbia Pictures, Casualties of War was the first film she green-lit. [1] [9] [10] "Historically Vietnam War movies have been very profitable," said Steel. "All of them.
The film features a series of missions performed by the Navy SEALs. [3] American Sniper: 2014: The film is based on the memoirs of Chris Kyle, who was a sniper in the U.S. military and had four tours in the Iraq War. [4] Behind Enemy Lines II: Axis of Evil: 2006: A Navy SEAL team that travels to North Korea to destroy a missile site must then ...
It is the second highest-grossing Vietnamese film of all time, [19] the highest opening weekend gross for a Vietnamese film of all time, [20] and the highest-grossing Vietnamese film of 2019. [21] On March 26, 2019, Hai Phượng surpassed the 200 billion dong revenue mark, becoming the first Vietnamese film to achieve this milestone. [22]