Here are 13 of the best Vietnam War movies and how to watch them.
Tom Hardy and Tye Sheridan are just some of the big names joining the cast of the Vietnam War feature The Things They Carried. Back in March 2019, we reported Rupert Sanders (Snow White and the Huntsman) would direct the feature-length adaptation of author and Vietnam vet Tim O'Brien's 1990 short story collection based on his experiences in the war. The book received major acclaim upon release, eventually going on to become a Pulitzer Prize finalist. The short story "Sweetheart of the Song Tra Bong" served as the basis for the 1998 Kiefer Sutherland movie A Soldier'…
Dylan O'Brien is set to star in director Peter Farrelly's Vietnam movie The Greatest Beer Run Ever, Collider has learned. Sources add that Jojo Rabbit star Thomasin McKenzie is being eyed to play the film's female lead, though there's no deal in place yet, and the actress is set to star in M. Night Shyamalan's next film as well. Viggo Mortensen is set to co-star in the Skydance project, which is based on the true story of John "Chickie" Donohue, who traveled from New York to Vietnam in 1967 just to share a few …
The latest Spike Lee joint is now streaming on Netflix.
Fresh off an Oscar win for Best Adapted Screenplay for the terrific BlacKkKlansman, filmmaker Spike Lee took his talents to Netflix to craft an original film. That movie, called Da 5 Bloods, is coming out this summer, and we now have our first look at the film courtesy of a debut trailer. The ensemble pic is a Vietnam War movie that follows four African-American war veterans who return to Vietnam years later to find the remains of their fallen squad leaders—and the promise of buried treasure. The ensemble cast is filled out by Delroy Lindo, Clarke Peters, Norm …
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There's a proud cinematic tradition of Vietnam War dramas in American cinema, but with Danger Close, you might learn a bit about a side of the war you haven't seen on-screen before. Based on a true story, the Australian war drama follows Majory Harry Smith (Travis Fimmel) and his small company of just over a hundred, mostly inexperienced, Australian and New Zealand soldiers who fought off impossible odds and battled a force of more than 2,000 Viet Cong soldiers in the 1966 Battle of Long Tan. Directed by Kriv Stenders (Red Dog) from a script by …
Fresh off winning Oscars for Best Original Screenplay and Best Picture for the race relations drama Green Book, filmmaker Peter Farrelly has settled on his next project. Per Variety, Farrelly will next direct an adaptation of the Joanna Molloy and John “Chickie” Donohue book The Greatest Beer Run Ever: A True Story of Friendship Stronger Than War, which chronicles how Donohue left New York in 1967 to head over to Vietnam and bring his friends messages of support—and beer—in the face of anti-war protestors and low morale. Green Book co-writer Brian Currie and Pete Jones (Hall …
Rupert Sanders is set to direct the Vietnam War movie The Things They Carried, based on the acclaimed collection of linked short stories by Tim O'Brien, who drew on his own experiences as a soldier in the 23rd Infantry Division. The Things They Carried follows a platoon of American soldiers fighting on the ground in the Vietnam War. It was O'Brien's third book about the war, one he wrote in response to what he considered ignorance surrounding the war, and it wound up becoming a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. One of O'Brien's stories, "Sweetheart … The post Exclusive: Rupert Sanders to Direct Vietnam War Movie ‘The Things They Carried’ appeared first on Collider.
The star of Black Panther and the Oscar-nominated director of BlacKkKlansman are teaming up, as Chadwick Boseman is nearing a deal to play a key supporting role in Spike Lee's next film Da 5 Bloods. The drama, which deals with the aftermath of the Vietnam War, will co-star Delroy Lindo and Jean Reno, and it's expected to land at Netflix. Da 5 Bloods follows a group of African-American Vietnam veterans who return to Vietnam and learn to come to terms with each other while they search for the remains of a fellow soldier and hidden …