Fresh
There's nothing innovative in the filmmaking, it's simply a gracefully told story - tense here; poignant there - with strong detailing.
Brad Wheeler, Globe and Mail
Last Days in Vietnam
How Many Could Be Saved?
2014 · 1h 38m · NOT RATED
Documentary, War
Directed by
Rory Kennedy
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Last Days in Vietnam
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.
Director and cast
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95%
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Fresh
Archived film of the final, chaotic push to clear the embassy compound by helicopter is as dramatic as any thriller, heightened by stories of bravery and risk.
Linda Barnard, Toronto Star
Fresh
A testament to people, as one source puts it, "doing their best under terrible circumstances."
Kristin Tillotson, Minneapolis Star Tribune
Fresh
This is both a gripping suspense story and a profound moral drama.
J. R. Jones, Chicago Reader
Fresh
"Last Days in Vietnam" will be broadcast in April on the long-running PBS series "American Experience." But it holds up on a bigger screen and deserves a large audience earlier than that.
Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune
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