Summary
For three days in 1971, former US soldiers who were in Vietnam testify in Detroit about their war experiences. Nearly 30 speak, describing atrocities personally committed or witnessed, telling of inaccurate body counts, and recounting the process of destroying a village.
Good for
- Friends night
- Thought-provoking
- Adults
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Critics vs audiences
Critics like it more than audiences (+12)
Critics 100Audiences 88GoodWatch 92
Tomatometer100%
Audience score94%
IMDb8.1
Running time
1 h 36 min
A typical length for documentaries
typical 9696Half of all documentaries run 89–107 min.
Reach
Streams in 1 country, rent or buy in 1 more
Released
1972
January 27, 1972
54 years ago
Genre
DocumentaryLanguage
English
Original language
Made in
- United States
Rated
No age rating yet.
What's in it
- ViolenceStrong
- Gore, disturbing imagesLittle or none
- Frightening scenesMild
- Sex, nudityLittle or none
- Dark themesStrong
- Strong languageNamed in the advisories
In white: what the content advisories name. Levels from the title analysis.
Viewing guide
AdultsFriends NightSolo WatchThought-ProvokingNot listed for kids or family movie night.
28 people
- RSRusty SachsSelf
- KCKenneth CampbellSelf
- JBJoe BangertSelf
- SSScott ShimabukuroSelf
- SCScott CamilSelf
- John KerrySelf
- SPSteve PitkinSelf
- JBJonathan BirchSelf
- CSCharles StevensSelf
- FNFred NienkeSelf
- DBDavid BishopSelf
- NHNathan HaleSelf
- MHMichael HunterSelf
- MLMurphy LloydSelf
- CRCarl RippbergerSelf
- EHEvan HaneySelf
- GSGordon StewartSelf
- CWCurtis WindgrodskySelf
- GKGary KeyesSelf
- AAAllan AkersSelf
- WHWilliam HattonSelf
- JGJoseph GalballySelf
- EMEdmund MurphySelf
- JDJames DuffySelf
Directing · 2
- Rusty Sachs Director
- Michaël Weill Director, Producer, Editor
Production · 16
- David Grubin Producer, Cinematography
- Barbara Kopple Producer, Editor, Sound Mixer
- Roger Phenix Producer, Sound mixer
- Michael Lesser Producer, Cinematography
- Robert Fiore Producer, Cinematography
- Lee Osborne Producer, Sound mixer
Editing · 3
- Rhetta Barron Editor
- Rhetta Barron Editor
- Benay Rubinstein Editor
Other crew · 2
- Jeff Holstein Cinematography
- David Gillis Cinematography
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