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   A Bright Shining Lie

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   R1998 · Drama · 2h 10m

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     Bill Paxton

     John Paul Vann
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     Amy Madigan

     Mary Jane Vann
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     Bo Eason

     Officer Tally
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     William L. Mansey

     Officer Conroy
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     Vivian Wu

     Lee
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     Donal Logue

     Steven Burnett

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   A Bright Shining Lie is a 1998 American war drama television film written and directed by Terry George, based on Neil Sheehan's 1988 book of the same name and the true story of John Paul Vann's experience in the Vietnam War. It stars Bill Paxton, Amy Madigan, Vivian Wu, Donal Logue, Eric Bogosian and Kurtwood Smith. It aired on HBO on May 30, 1998.

   • Budget: $14 million
   • Music by: Gary Chang

   • Directed by: Terry George

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   May 30, 1998 · A Bright Shining Lie: Directed by Terry George. With Bill Paxton, Bo Eason, William L. Mansey, Karina Logue. True story of Army man John Paul Vann, whose military success provided him the fulfillment he never found in his personal life.

   • 6.4/10 (1.5K)
   • Genre: Drama, War

   • Director: Terry George
   • Release Date: 1998-05-30

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   A Bright Shining Lie: John Paul Vann and America in Vietnam (1988) is a book by Neil Sheehan, a former New York Times reporter, about U.S. Army lieutenant colonel John Paul Vann (killed in action) and the United States' involvement in the Vietnam War . Sheehan was awarded the 1988 National Book Award for Nonfiction and the 1989 Pulitzer Prize ...

   • Author: Neil Sheehan
   • Language: English

   • Publish Year: 1988
   • Published: 1988 (Random House)

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   • A Bright Shining Lie is a 1998 American war drama television film written and directed by Terry George, based on Neil Sheehan 's 1988 book of the same name and the true story of John Paul Vann 's experience in the Vietnam War. It stars Bill Paxton, Amy Madigan, Vivian Wu, Donal Logue, Eric Bogosian and Kurtwood Smith.

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   • In September, 1988, Sheehan was interviewed by Brian Lamb about A Bright Shining Lie. The discussion was aired on C-SPAN in five 30-minute segments and was the basis for the later C-SPAN show Booknotes.

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   • Four presidential administrations and a societal shift in recognizing Vietnam veterans later, Vann, a former lieutenant colonel and the first “civilian general” to lead American troops in combat, was memorialized in Neil Sheehan’s masterpiece, “A Bright Shining Lie.” Thirty years on, Sheehan’s book hasn’t lost any of its astonishing power.

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   A Bright Shining Lie. John Paul Vann (Bill Paxton) is sent to Vietnam in 1962 as a military adviser and quickly learns that several South Vietnamese battalions are forging low casualty numbers and ...

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   • Director: Terry George

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   • Actors: Bill Paxton

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   Jan 16, 2018 · The Truth Behind ‘A Bright Shining Lie’. More than 58,000 United States soldiers died in the Vietnam War, but in the world of letters, the death of a single American civilian came to represent ...

   • Author: Patrick Sauer

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    Brief Synopsis. True story of Army man John Paul Vann, whose military success provided him the fulfillment he never found in his personal life.