The media played a large part in the Vietnam War, both during the war and then Hollywood's account of the war in the years following. According to historynet.com, "Never before or since have journalists been given such complete access to cover a war. Unlive previous wars, where only still images or short movie newsreels were available for conveying images, this was America's first televsion war. Images of fighting, dead and wounded soldiers, of POWs held in North Vietnam were beamed into America's living rooms night after night, as was the footage of hundreds, sometimes thousands of antiwar protestors marching through the streets. Such images pack a tremendous emotional punch but often lack context. The photo of the South Vietnamese police chief, for example, cannot by itself explain he had just seen the dead body of a close friend minutes before, even Eddie Adams, the photojournalist who snapped the phot felt it unfairly maligned Lt. Col Loan. Undoubtedly, the news media played an important role in Americans saying, "Enough.""
There have been many films made about the Vietnam War; the war itself, battles, relationships among the soldiers and about soldiers' homecoming and what happened as a result of their fighting in the war. What follows are some of the more popular films that have entertained and educated America's public over the past several decades.
We were soldiers is a vietnam War movie based on what would happen during the war
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Full Metal Jacket is a Stanley Kubrick film that follows two marines from one platoon during the Tet Offensive.
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Platoon is a semi-autobiographical film by Oliver Stone and his experiences as a soldier fighting in Vietnam. It won an Academy Award in 1986.
Francis Ford Coppola film that follows a central characher on a mission to kill a renegade and presumed insane U.S. Army Special Forces Colonel.
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Good Morning, Vietnam stars loved actor Robin Williams as a quirky radio disc jockey who learns about what is happening in Vietnam the hard way.
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The film Hamburger Hill is about the famous military battle that occurred there.