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Budget. $18 million. Box office. $3,531,971. In Country is a 1989 American drama film produced and directed by Norman Jewison, starring Bruce Willis and Emily Lloyd. The screenplay by Frank Pierson and Cynthia Cidre was based on the novel by Bobbie Ann Mason. The original music score was composed by James Horner.
In Country: Directed by Norman Jewison. With Bruce Willis, Emily Lloyd, Joan Allen, Kevin Anderson. A young girl whose father died in the Vietnam War becomes determined to find out more about him and his experiences.
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- Drama, Romance, War
- Norman Jewison
- 1989-09-29
Samantha Hughes, a teenaged Kentucky girl, never knew her father, who died in Vietnam before her birth. Samantha lives with her uncle Emmett, who also served in Vietnam. Emmett hangs around with Tom, Earl, and Pete, three other Vietnam vets who, like Emmett, all have problems of one kind or another that relate to their war experiences. Samantha becomes obsessed with finding out about her father.
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Overview. Samantha Hughes, a teenaged Kentucky girl, never knew her father, who died in Vietnam before her birth. Samantha lives with her uncle Emmett, who also served in Vietnam. Emmett hangs around with Tom, Earl, and Pete, three other Vietnam vets who, like Emmett, all have problems of one kind or another that relate to their war experiences ...
Roger Ebert. September 29, 1989. 4 min read. Norman Jewison’s “In Country” is constructed like a short story, not a novel. It sneaks up on us with a series of incidents from daily life – moments that don’t seem to be leading anywhere in particular, until we’re blind-sided by the surprising emotional impact of the closing scene.
