Last Days in Vietnam
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| German title | Last Days in Vietnam |
| Original title | Last Days in Vietnam |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 2014 |
| length | 98 minutes |
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| Director | Rory Kennedy |
| script |
Mark Bailey Keven McAlester |
| production | Rory Kennedy Keven McAlester |
| music | Gary Lionelli |
| camera | Joan Churchill |
| cut | Don Kleszy |
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Last Days in Vietnam is an American documentary film by director Rory Kennedy from the year 2014 . The film shows archive footage by Richard Nixon .
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The film is about the last weeks of the Vietnam War . The North Vietnamese army is approaching the largest city in Vietnam, Saigon , then also the capital of the Republic of Vietnam . The South Vietnamese army flees in a panic. Meanwhile, the White House has given orders to evacuate US citizens. The US soldiers are faced with the question of whether they should obey the order or also rescue the South Vietnamese. When the South Vietnamese resistance breaks down, the US soldiers try to save as many lives as possible.
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The director Rory Kennedy makes use of archive material in her film and introduces statements from contemporary witnesses, historians and other experts into the film.
The film was produced film of Moxie Firecracker and took domestic 466,000 US dollars one.
The film premiered on January 17, 2014 at the Sundance Film Festival in Park City , Utah . It was the 30th Sundance Film Festival .
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The film received mostly positive reviews.
"This is both a poignant, compelling story and a profound moral drama."
"Good, but too narrow in focus and a bit biased in choosing the voices the filmmakers met."
"It is a painful series of accounts from venerable patriots, tired politicians, and desperate civilians in a panic-stricken situation - and a remarkable piece of work that should be seen by anyone who thinks they know everything about the Vietnam War."
Awards
At the 2015 Academy Awards , the film was nominated in the Best Documentary Film category. It was nominated for numerous other awards, including the Critics' Choice Award for Best Documentary , but won only four of them.
Web links
- official page
- Last Days in Vietnam in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Last Days in Vietnam. Film releases , accessed January 9, 2016 .
- ↑ Last Days in Vietnam. Box Office Mojo , accessed January 9, 2016 .
- ↑ Release Info. IMDb , accessed January 9, 2016 .
- ↑ a b c d Last Days in Vietnam (2014). Rotten Tomatoes , accessed January 9, 2016 .
- ↑ a b c Last Days in Vietnam. Metacritic , accessed January 9, 2016 .
- ^ Last Days in Vietnam (2014). IMDb , accessed January 9, 2016 .
- ↑ Awards. IMDb , accessed January 9, 2016 .