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A Bright Shining Lie

5.6 118 mins Drama   War   TV Movie   1998
HBO   Labrador Films  
Director(s): Terry George

Release Date: 30 Sat, May 1998

Something in his past keeps career Army man John Paul Vann from advancing past colonel. He views being sent to Vietnam as part of the US military advisory force a stepping stone to promotion. However, he disagrees vocally (and on the record) with the way the war is being run and is forced to leave the military. Returning to Vietnam as a civilian working with the Army, he comes to despise some South Vietnamese officers while he takes charge of some of the U.S. forces and continues his liaisons with Vietnamese women.

Casts of A Bright Shining Lie

Bill Paxton

as John Paul Vann

Amy Madigan

as Mary Jane Vann

Donal Logue

as Steven Burnett

Robert John Burke

as Frank Drummond

Vivian Wu

as Lee

Ed Lauter

as General Weyand

Kurtwood Smith

as General Westmoreland

Eric Bogosian

as Doug Elders

James Rebhorn

as Ambassador

Les Mau

as Colonel Dinh

Todd Sible

as Jesse Vann (19 years old)

Harve Presnell

as MACV General

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