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1) Vietnam
Series
Publisher
Film Ideas, Inc
Pub. Date
c2002
Language
English
Description
In Vietnam, the former heart of colonial Indochina, there waits for us the picturesque town of Mitho, in the Mekong Delta and the immense metropolis of Ho Chi Minh City, also known as Saigon. Up the coast are the tropical beaches of Nha Trang and the city-port of Da Nang with its extraordinary museum. A little further north is Hue, the former capital of the golden years. The episode concludes amongst the paddy fields of the north, in the capital Hanoi,...
Publisher
Image Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
Vietnamese
Description
On the bustling streets of Saigon, three very different people all seeking connection are about to collide. A beautiful flight attendant looking for love, a zookeeper hiding within his animal kingdom to nurse a broken heart, and the young flower-selling runaway who brings them together.
7) Số đỏ
Publisher
Gia Định Productions
Pub. Date
2003]
Language
Vietnamese
Description
Set in the decade of 1930 Vietnam, the film describes people living after the fashion of westerners in a modern French influenced society.
Series
Publisher
distributed by Genius Products
Pub. Date
c2008
Language
Vietnamese
Description
The films follows Le Van Cuong, a French cultured undercover elite, during the period of French colonial rule of Vietnam. Cuong's inner conscience is troubled by the sea of Vietnamese blood he had spilled to uphold a French ideal.
10) We were soldiers
Series
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
c2002
Language
English
Description
Lt. Col. Hal Moore is the commander of the First Battalion, Seventh Cavalry. As part of the Pleiku Campaign of late 1965, Moore is assigned to action at Landing Zone X-Ray in the Ia Drang Valley, an area known to be overrun by North Vietnamese troops and nicknamed "The Valley of Death." Moore soon finds himself and his men contained to an area about the size of a football field, surrounded by more than 2,000 enemy troops and engaged in the first major...
12) The deer hunter
Language
English
Description
Tracks a group of steelworker pals from a Pennsylvania blast furnace to the coal hunting grounds of the Alleghenies to the lethal cauldron of Vietnam. It is a drama of friendship and courage and of what happens to these qualities under stress.
14) Ai người tôi yêu
Publisher
Apple Films
Pub. Date
[2007?]
Language
Vietnamese
Description
A motorcycle accident leaves a man blind, two women care for him and an operation may restore back his sight.
18) Stallone Rambo
Publisher
Lion's Gate Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2004
Language
English
Description
In "First blood", An ex-Green Beret, a peacetime misfit, is haunted by memories of Vietnam. Falling foul of an over-zealous small-town sheriff, all hell is let loose as he goes on the run. In the life or death manhunt that ensues, he will need all his old skills to stay alive and outwit his pursuers--the sheriff and his posse, and more than 200 National Guardsmen. In "Rambo, first blood part II", John Rambo returns to Vietnam to find and rescue a...
19) Vietnam in HD
Publisher
A & E Home Video
Pub. Date
2011]
Language
English
Description
This is the story of the men who came home from the Vietnam War and tried to forget. The men who represent a second silent generation. Covered is the time period from the initial massive troop build-up in 1965 to the fall of Saigon in 1975. Contains never-before-seen color footage transferred to high definition as well as a soundtrack filled with hits from the era. Includes narration from Josh Brolin, and and voice-overs by Blair Underwod, Zachary...
20) First blood
Publisher
Lions Gate Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
A mentally unstable Vietnam vet has a one-man war with the police force of a small town after they abuse him. Includes a never-before-seen alternate suicide ending, deleted scenes and commentary with Sylvester Stallone.
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