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090    PN1992.77|b.B744 1998dvd 
245 02 A bright shining lie /|cHBO pictures presents a Bleecker 
       Street Films production ; a Terry George film ; producer, 
       Greg Ricketson ; director/screenplay, Terry George. 
264  1 [New York] :|bHBO Home Video,|c[1998] 
264  4 |c©1998 
300    1 videodisc (approximately 118 min.) :|bsound, color ;|c4 
       3/4 in. 
336    two-dimensional moving image|btdi|2rdacontent 
337    video|bv|2rdamedia 
338    videodisc|bvd|2rdacarrier 
500    Based on the book by Neil Sheehan. 
500    Originally broadcast by HBO May 30, 1998. 
500    GMD: videorecording. 
508    Executive producer, Lois Bonfiglio ; photography, Jack 
       Conroy ; editor, Nicholas Bealman ; music, Gary Chang. 
511 1  Bill Paxton, Amy Madigan, Vivian Wu, Donal Logue, Eric 
       Bogosian, Kurtwood Smith, Robert J. Burke, James Rebhorn, 
       Ed Lauter, Harve Presnell, Pichariva Narakboonchai, Lee 
       J.N. Mau, Kay Tong Lim. 
520    The story of LTC John Paul Vann (Paxton) and his work as a
       military and civilian advisor in Vietnam over a ten year 
       period (1962-72) until his death in an accidental 
       helicopter crash. As a military advisor, Vann attempted to
       fight corruption in the Vietnamese army, recognizing the 
       need to build trust among the Vietnamese peasantry. When 
       his recommendations were ignored by the U.S. military, he 
       exposed falsified battle reports and other deceptions to a
       New York Times reporter, effectively ending his military 
       career. As the war escalated, however, Vann returned to 
       Vietnam as a civilian advisor under Nixon's 
       "Vietnamization" program, ending as the defacto commander 
       of Vietnamese forces in the successful defense of the 
       Central Highlands during the 1972 Easter Offensive. The 
       film also examines Vann's character flaws, the chief of 
       these being his adulterous nature and affairs with 
       Vietnamese women which resulted in a forced marriage to a 
       Vietnamese schoolgirl whom he had gotten pregnant. 
521 8  MPAA rating: R. 
538    DVD. 
546    Includes Spanish dubbed version. Closed-captioned. 
600 10 Vann, John Paul|vDrama. 
650  0 Biographical films. 
650  0 War films. 
650  0 Vietnam War, 1961-1975|vDrama. 
700 1  George, Terry. 
700 1  Paxton, Bill. 
700 1  Madigan, Amy. 
700 1  Wu, Vivian,|d1966- 
700 1  Logue, Donal,|d1966- 
700 1  Bogosian, Eric. 
700 1  Smith, Kurtwood,|d1943- 
700 1  Burke, Robert J. 
700 1  Rebhorn, James,|d1948-2014. 
700 1  Lauter, Ed,|d1938-2013. 
700 1  Presnell, Harve. 
700 1  Narakboonchai, Pichariva. 
700 1  Mau, Lee J. N. 
700 1  Lim, Kay Tong. 
700 1  Sheehan, Neil. 
710 2  HBO Pictures. 
710 2  Bleecker Street Films (Firm) 
914    GRN76496