| Description |
1 videodisc (128 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| System Details |
DVD, widescreen; Dolby Digital. |
| Cast |
Michael Moriarty, Paul Le Mat, Jeffrey Jones, Lawrence Pressman, David Soul, Doug Savant, David Anthony Smith, John Vargas, John Diehl, James Acheson. |
| Credits |
Director of photography, Mark Irwin ; editor, Penelope Shaw ; music, Jimmy Webb. |
| Note |
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1987. |
| Audience |
MPAA rating: R. |
| Summary |
For most combat soldiers, Vietnam was a battlefield war of guns and grenades. But for thousands of American combatants, the battlefield was a dark, vermin-infested cell in a prison compound like Hoa Lo, or what the POWs called the Hanoi Hilton. Captured Navy pilot Lt. Commander Williamson knows his only defense against torture, disease and despair is an indomitable will. |
| Note |
Special features: "Perseverance of strength: a conversation with John McCain:" the Arizona Senator talks with writer/director Lionel Chetwynd about his POW experiences at the real-life Hanoi Hilton. |
| Language |
English, French or Vietnamese dialogue, English or French subtitles; English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing. |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
| Subject |
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Prisoners and prisons, North Vietnamese -- Drama.
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Torture -- Vietnam -- Hanoi -- Drama.
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Prisoners -- Abuse of -- Vietnam -- Hanoi -- Drama.
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United States. Navy -- Officers -- Drama.
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| Genre/Form |
War films.
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Prison films.
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Thrillers (Motion pictures)
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Feature films.
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Fiction films.
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| Added Author |
Globus, Yoram.
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Golan, Menahem, 1929-2014
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Chetwynd, Lionel, 1940-
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Moriarty, Michael, 1941-
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Le Mat, Paul.
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Jones, Jeffrey, 1947-
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Pressman, Lawrence.
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Soul, David.
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Savant, Doug, 1964-
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Smith, David Anthony, 1928-
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Vargas, John.
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Diehl, John, 1950-
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Acheson, James.
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Cannon Group.
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Golan-Globus (Firm)
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Warner Home Video (Firm)
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| ISBN |
1419872931 |
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9781419872938 |
| Standard No. |
883929034857 |
| Music No. |
1000041860 Warner Home Video |
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