A Bright shining lie
(DVD)

Based on the book by Neil Sheehan.

Videodisc release of the May 30, 1998 television motion picture.

Special features: cast biographies; English or Spanish language.

Executive producer, Lois Bonfiglio ; producer, Greg Ricketson ; director/screenplay, Terry George ; photography, Jack Conroy ; editor, Nicholas Bealman ; music, Gary Chang.

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.

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.

Rated R.

DVD. full screen presentation, Dolby digital

Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.