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A Bright Shining Lie (film)

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Cast
Award nominations
References
External links

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| genre = Drama
War
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| writer = Terry George
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| director = Terry George
| starring = Bill Paxton
Amy Madigan
Vivian Wu
Donal Logue
Eric Bogosian
Kurtwood Smith
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| theme_music_composer = Gary Chang
| country = United States
| language = English
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| executive_producer = Lois Bonfiglio
| producer = Greg Ricketson
James Bigwood (associate producer)
| editor = Nicholas Beauman
| cinematography = Jack Conroy director of photography
| runtime = 118 minutes
| company = HBO Pictures
| distributor = HBO
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| network = HBO
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A Bright Shining Lie is a 1998 American made-for-television war drama film based on Neil Sheehan's book of the same name and the true story of John Paul Vann's experience in the Vietnam War. It stars Bill Paxton, Amy Madigan, Vivian Wu, Donal Logue, Eric Bogosian and Kurtwood Smith and is written and directed by Terry George, and produced by Greg Ricketson.

Cast

Bill Paxton as John Paul Vann
Karina Logue as Barmaid
Amy Madigan as Mary Jane Vann
Donal Logue as Steven Burnett
Harve Presnell as MACV General
Robert John Burke as Frank Drummond
Bill Whelan as Ron Dray
Lim Kay Tong as Colonel Cao Huynh Van
Seng Kawee as VC Leader
Vivian Wu as Lee
Van Thoa Trinh as VC Commander
Richard Libertini as Marriage Counselor
James Bigwood as Office Manager
Ed Lauter as General Weyand
Kurtwood Smith as General Westmoreland
Eric Bogosian as Doug Elders, a composite character not in the book melding elements of real-life people in the book Daniel Ellsberg and Douglas Ramsey, who both worked with Vann; Ellsberg and reporter David Halberstam had asked that their names be removed from the production after reading an early draft of the screenplay^[1]
James Rebhorn as Ambassador Bunker
Les J.N. Mau as Colonel Dinh
David Warshofsky as Terry Pike
Thanh Nguyen as ARVN Translator
Pichariva Narakbunchai as Annie
Kris von Habsburg as a US soldier

Award nominations

In 1998, the film was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Made for Television Movie. In 1999, Bill Paxton was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for his performance in the film.

References

1. ^Lyman, Rick, [https://www.nytimes.com/1998/05/20/arts/hbo-s-shining-lie-draws-early-complaints.html "HBO's 'Shining Lie' Draws Early Complaints"], New York Times archives, May 20, 1998. Retrieved 2014-09-02.

External links

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