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List Price: $14.95 Our Price: $12.99 You Save: $1.96 Features • Color • Dolby • DVD-Video • Original recording remastered • NTSC In Theaters : 1983 DVD Release : 01 July, 2003 |
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| ♥♥♥♥♥ | Enjoyable performances, historic events: lives of everyday people.. |
| I'm a Judi Dench fan from way back. This is low-key, not over-the-top with war details and scenes, as the story is more about the regular people, both Vietnamese and American, in their daily lives, leading up to and including the unexpected fast exit from Saigon. I liked the British style of filming, and the possible existences and ways people coped in their unusual circumstances. The reality of people left behind, both by need for quick exit, and by choices made by politicians, brought the story-line into perspective, as to what was not publicized or shown in news reels and reports. People out of their element who had to adjust in whatever ways they could were portrayed well enough to give the feeling of personal acquaintance with their habits, fears, and isolation. I happen to like most of the actors in the film already, which makes any film more enjoyable to me. A sad, but not morose film about a time which was felt to be sad by many.. I liked it. Its content was driven by the war and circumstances which many experienced from one direction or another, so it could not have been expected to be a happy film. I read some of the other reviews, and felt compelled to remind : "Opinions vary, person-to-person", and I rarely put much weight on another person's judgement of a film. If something about it tugs at me in some way, I watch it and discover the film I will see. You will do, or will have done whatever pleases you. I have a copy of this film and watch it periodically. Dench and Forrest can rarely disappoint this viewer, however. | |
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