A Bright Shining Lie

1998, drama, war

118 minutes

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...

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Cast

Bill Paxton

Bill Paxton

John Paul Vann

Amy Madigan

Amy Madigan

Mary Jane Vann

Donal Logue

Donal Logue

Steven Burnett

Robert John Burke

Robert John Burke

Frank Drummond

Vivian Wu

Vivian Wu

Lee

Ed Lauter

Ed Lauter

General Weyand

Kurtwood Smith

Kurtwood Smith

General Westmoreland

Eric Bogosian

Eric Bogosian

Doug Elders

James Rebhorn

James Rebhorn

Ambassador

Les Mau

Colonel Dinh

Todd Sible

Jesse Vann (19 years old)

Crew

Art

Tom Nursey

Art direction

Graham 'Grace' Walker

Production design

Caroline Usher

Set decoration

Camera

Costume and make-up

Joan Bergin

Costume design

Crew

Directing

Terry George

Director

Editing

Production

Lois Bonfiglio

Executive producer

Greg Ricketson

Producer

Sound

Gary Chang

Gary Chang

Original music composer

Writing

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