1954, La fin d'un monde

Festival panafricain d'Alger is a documentary by William Klein of the music and dance festival held 40 years ago in the streets and in venues all across Algiers. Klein follows the preparations, the rehearsals, the concerts… He blends images of interviews made to writers and advocates of the freedom movements with stock images, thus all...

Runtime

1h 50m

Director

William Klein

Cast

Nina Simone, Archie Shepp, Miriam Makeba

A pragmatic U.S. Marine observes the dehumanizing effects the U.S.-Vietnam War has on his fellow recruits from their brutal boot camp training to the bloody street fighting in Hue.

Runtime

1h 57m

Director

Stanley Kubrick

Cast

Matthew Modine, Adam Baldwin, Vincent D'Onofrio

New York Times reporter Sydney Schanberg is on assignment covering the Cambodian Civil War, with the help of local interpreter Dith Pran and American photojournalist Al Rockoff. When the U.S. Army pulls out amid escalating violence, Schanberg makes exit arrangements for Pran and his family. Pran, however, tells Schanberg he intends to ...

Runtime

2h 22m

Director

Roland Joffé

Cast

Sam Waterston, Haing S. Ngor, John Malkovich

A disk jockey goes to Vietnam to work for the Armed Forces Radio Service. While he becomes popular among the troops, his superiors disapprove of his humor.

Runtime

2h 1m

Director

Barry Levinson

Cast

Robin Williams, Forest Whitaker, Tom T. Tran

John Rambo is released from prison by the government for a top-secret covert mission to the last place on Earth he'd want to return - the jungles of Vietnam.

Runtime

1h 36m

Director

George P. Cosmatos

Cast

Sylvester Stallone, Richard Crenna, Charles Napier