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Last Days in Vietnam

2014 · 98 min

A tense, sobering plunge into chaotic final days, mixing archival footage and testimony into a moral pressure cooker.

Tagline
How Many Could Be Saved?
Overview
During the chaotic final weeks of the Vietnam War, the North Vietnamese Army closes in on Saigon as the panicked South Vietnamese people desperately attempt to escape. On the ground, American soldiers and diplomats confront a moral quandary: whether to obey White House orders to evacuate only U.S. citizens.
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How it feels

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Tone
  • tensestrength 3 of 3
  • bleakstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • war
  • survival
  • morality
  • guilt
  • politics
Places
  • big city
  • military
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • documentary
  • true story
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror2
Humour1
Realism10
Romance0
Tension7
Darkness7
Complexity6
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
war, documentary
Directed by
Rory Kennedy
Written by
Mark Bailey, Keven McAlester
Starring
Richard Nixon, Henry Kissinger, Frank Snepp, Gerald Ford
Music
Gary Lionelli
Cinematography
Joan Churchill
Runtime
98 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English, Vietnamese

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