Your rating
Play trailer
55
TMDB
25
-
V&R
0
Favorites
Watchlist
A Bright Shining Lie
1998, May 30
1h 58m
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.
Directed by
Terry George
Bill Paxton
John Paul Vann
Donal Logue
Steven Burnett
Kurtwood Smith
General Westmoreland
Vivian Wu
Lee
Robert John Burke
Frank Drummond
James Rebhorn
Ambassador
Amy Madigan
Mary Jane Vann
Ed Lauter
General Weyand
Eric Bogosian
Doug Elders
Todd Sible
Jesse Vann (19 years old)
Neil Sheehan
Les Mau
Colonel Dinh
0