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 The Green Berets (DVD)
 The Green Berets (DVD) ... Askew ... / DVD released 18 April, 2005 at Warner Home Video / Features of the DVD: PAL, Widescreen / Anyone who fought in Vietnam can tell you that the war bore little resemblance to this propagandistic action film starring and codirected by John Wayne. But Green Berets itself is not nearly as bad as its reputation would suggest; critics roasted its gung-ho politics while ignoring its merits as an exciting (if rather conventional and idealistic) war movie. Some notorious mistakes were made--in the final shot, the sun sets in the east!--and it's an awkward attempt to graft WWII heroics onto the Vietnam experience. But as the Duke's attempt to acknowledge the men who were fighting and dying overseas, it's a rousing film in which Wayne commands a regiment on a mission to kidnap a Viet Cong general. David Janssen plays a journalist who learns to understand Wayne's commitment to battling Communism, and Jim Hutton (Timothy's dad) plays an ill-fated soldier who adopts a Vietnamese orphan. --Jeff ShannonNewest Review: ... Peterson also takes a liking to Hamchunk and takes him under his wing. When one of the small villages near the camp accepts ... more ... medical help from the Americans. The village is destroyed by the Viet Cong, and many of the villagers are killed. The remaining villagers are allowed into the army camp.
After several weeks of small attacks on the camp the Viet Cong finally attack the camp with full force, killing many of the American soldiers. However, with the help of a well-timed and well-placed airstrike. The soldiers are able to hold off the Vietcong.
The following morning, the villagers and the wounded soldiers are evacuated from the camp.
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Read Reviews for The Green Berets (DVD)
The Green Berets (DVD): Green Berets to the rescue (551 words)
by - written on 27/08/09 (Very useful, 18 readings)
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The Green Berets (1968) Genre: action/drama/war Writer: James Lee Barrett Director: Ray Kellogg & John Wayne Cast: John Wayne - Col. Mike Kirby David Janssen - George Beckworth George Takei - Capt. Nim Jim Hutton - Sgt. Peterson Aldo Ray - master Sgt. Muldoon Raymond St. Jacques - Sgt. Doc McGee Irene Tsu - Lin Craig Jue - Hamchunk Plot: The U.S. Army is building a number of Army camps in South Vietnam. One of the camps being built is constantly being attacked by the Vietcong. Green Beret Col. Mike Kirby puts together a crack team of Green Berets to travel to and ... Read the complete review
Long live The Duke! (1137 words)
by - written on 21/02/03 (Very useful, 223 readings)
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Ah, John Wayne! "The Duke". How I miss him. No, he never actually herded a million head of cattle from Alaska down to Texas by himself whilst ignoring a bullet wound to the stomach. Nor did he really fight and die in three world wars. However, on the silver screen, The Duke (and that's all I'm calling him from now on) walked, talked, spat, rode, and shot like he'd done it all, twice. While the bras were still smoldering in the 1960s sexual revolution, The Duke stood apart as a towering man's man in the world of cinema. In my Dad's eyes, there was no finer example of what a man should be than The Duke. I recall clearly the ... Read the complete review
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