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Go Tell the Spartans is a 1978 American war film directed by Ted Post and starring Burt Lancaster. The film is based on Daniel Ford's 1967 novel Incident at Muc Wa about U.S. Army military advisors during the early part of the Vietnam War in 1964, when Ford was a correspondent in Vietnam for The Nation.
Sep 1, 1978 · A 1978 drama film based on a novel by Daniel Ford, depicting the early days of the U.S. involvement in Vietnam. It follows a unit of American military advisors and their Vietnamese allies as they face the Viet Cong and the French legacy of colonialism.
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- Drama, War
- Ted Post
- 1978-09-01
A movie about a U.S. military adviser and his Vietnamese allies in 1964, facing the Cong and their own doubts. Roger Ebert praises Burt Lancaster's performance and the realistic war scenes, but criticizes the cliches and the prophetic tone.
A famous epigram by Simonides commemorating the Spartan heroes who died at Thermopylae in 480 BC. Learn about the historical context, the poem's location and the modern monument with a plaque.
Go tell the Spartans, you who read: We took their orders, and lie here dead. Aubrey de Sélincourt: Friend, tell Lacedaemon Here we lie Obedient to our orders. William Shepherd Tell them in Lacedaemon, passer-by, that here obedient to their word we lie. Hadas (1950) Oh Stranger, tell the Spartans That we lie here obedient to their word.
67% Tomatometer 6 Reviews. Rotten audience score. 58% Audience Score 250+ Ratings. The veteran major (Burt Lancaster) in charge of a U.S. advisory group follows futile orders to their tragic end ...
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- War, History, Drama
- R
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Aug 21, 2020 · Subscribed. 705. 66K views 3 years ago. Go Tell the Spartans (1978) [1080p] - full movie with English audio and subtitles During the early 1960s, U.S. military advisers in South Vietnam...
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