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The Green Berets

( Catalog Number 1002 )
(2.35:1) (3 Sides) (CLV) (NTSC)

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The Green Berets
1968 - 135 min. - Color
Genre: War
Rated G
Country: USA

LaserDisc Movie Storyline:
One of the first American films specifically about the Vietnam War was also one of the most hawkish, offering a pro-intervention perspective at the height of the conflict. Filmed along the conventions of a World War II action drama, a gung-ho colonel battles the vicious Viet Cong while protecting innocent civilians, befriending an orphaned boy, and reforming a liberal newspaperman's misguided political views.

LaserDisc Movie Review:
The Green Berets is an exciting war film that was lambasted by critics who at the time of its release opposed the war in Vietnam. Wayne reprises the same role played in The Longest Day(1963), but it was evident to the worldwide public that the same bravado that flew well in World War II crash-landed in 1968 in the wake of a very different war and political time. Wayne plays the hard-nosed rough-and-ready Colonel Mike Kirby who heads a courageous bunch of tough-as-nails Green Berets determined to capture an important enemy general. They are accompanied by a skeptical reporter who soon becomes a gung-ho red-white-and-blue patriot as the Colonel and the others lecture and show him why they must defeat the "commies." Interestingly, despite the massive anti-war sentiments of the times, the film grossed over $11 million at the box-office and is especially notable for the fine battle scenes. The film also features the hit song "Ballad of the Green Berets," sung by Sgt. Barry Sadler. --- Dan Pavlides

John Wayne's gung-ho Vietnam War film has long been the subject of ridicule and it would be fair to say that, in hindsight, it becomes obvious that the Duke did not have the most comprehensive grasp of the historical issues involved in the war. Yet, viewed strictly as the kind of standard war movie that Wayne had churned out by the dozen in his career, it's reasonably well made. He stars as a Green Beret colonel who takes a reporter skeptical about the war (David Janssen) with him on a mission to capture an enemy general, hoping to convince the man, and by extension the American population, why we should be in Vietnam. Aside from the laughable script, which is little more than an elaboration of the kind of knee-jerk anti-communist rhetoric than Wayne had been spouting in his public appearances around the country during the period, the film has some effective battle scenes, and the cast does a credible job with notable work by Janssen and St. Jacques. Some commentators have expressed surprise that a film about such an agonizing and unpopular war could do as well at the box-office as it did. It is worth remembering that Wayne had been for years the most popular star in American films, and remained so as late as 1995, sixteen years after his death. As author Garry Wills has observed, he was the symbol of the United States in combat, despite never having fought in any war. Historians have pointed out that in Vietnam, the kind of heroics Wayne enacted in his films proved fatal in practice, and his name became a joke among the troops, synonymous with such stupidly suicidal action. To put The Green Berets in context, one might see it on a double-bill with Oliver Stone's Platoon(1986), a film made by a director who had fought in Vietnam. --- Michael Costello

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Cast for The Green Berets

John Wayne - Col. Mike Kirby
David Janssen - Beckworth
Jim Hutton - Sgt. Peterson
Aldo Ray - Sgt. Muldoon
Raymond St. Jacques - Doc McGee
Bruce Cabot - Col. Morgan
Jack Soo - Col. Cai
George Takei - Capt. Nim
Patrick Wayne - Jamison
Luke Askew - Sgt. Provo
Irene Tsu - Lin
Eddy Donno - Sgt. Watson
William Shannon - Sgt. White
Chuck Bail - Sgt. Lark
Mike Henry - Sgt. Kowalski
Richard Pryor - Collier
William Olds - Gen. Phan Son Ti
Jason Evers - Capt. Coleman
Edward Faulkner - Capt. MacDaniels
Chuck Roberson - Sgt. Griffin

Crew for The Green Berets

Ray Kellogg - Producer / Director
John Wayne - Producer / Director
Michael Wayne - Producer
James Lee Barrett - Screenwriter
Winton Hoch - Cinematographer
Miklos Rozsa - Composer (Music Score)
Otho Lovering - Editor
Walter M. Simonds - Production Designer
Ray Moyer - Set Designer
Jerry Alpert - Costume Designer
David Grayson - Makeup
Sass Bedig - Special Effects
Stan Jones - Sound/Sound Designer
Cliff Lyons - Second Unit Director

Feature Details

Title: The Green Berets
Feature Release Date: 1968
Genre: War
Rating: G
Color: Color
Runtime: 135 Minutes
Chapters: 26
Picture: Letterboxed
Ratio: 2.35:1
Playback Format: CLV

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LD Release Date: 22 Jun 1991
Catalog Number: 1002
UPC: 012569100268
ISBN: 0-7907-0435-8
Manufacturer: Pioneer USA
Publisher: Warner Home Video

Diameter: 12"
Sides: 3
Cover: Jacket
Spoken Language: English
Country: USA
Video Format: NTSC

Model: 1002
Shipping Weight: 1 lbs
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John Wayne, David Janssen and Jim Hutton in...

The Green Berets

( Catalog Number 1002 )
(2.35:1) (3 Sides) (CLV) (NTSC)

LaserDisc Special Features

Best Version on LaserDisc

The Green Berets
1968 - 135 min. - Color
Genre: War
Rated G
Country: USA

LaserDisc Movie Storyline:
One of the first American films specifically about the Vietnam War was also one of the most hawkish, offering a pro-intervention perspective at the height of the conflict. Filmed along the conventions of a World War II action drama, a gung-ho colonel battles the vicious Viet Cong while protecting innocent civilians, befriending an orphaned boy, and reforming a liberal newspaperman's misguided political views.

LaserDisc Movie Review:
The Green Berets is an exciting war film that was lambasted by critics who at the time of its release opposed the war in Vietnam. Wayne reprises the same role played in The Longest Day(1963), but it was evident to the worldwide public that the same bravado that flew well in World War II crash-landed in 1968 in the wake of a very different war and political time. Wayne plays the hard-nosed rough-and-ready Colonel Mike Kirby who heads a courageous bunch of tough-as-nails Green Berets determined to capture an important enemy general. They are accompanied by a skeptical reporter who soon becomes a gung-ho red-white-and-blue patriot as the Colonel and the others lecture and show him why they must defeat the "commies." Interestingly, despite the massive anti-war sentiments of the times, the film grossed over $11 million at the box-office and is especially notable for the fine battle scenes. The film also features the hit song "Ballad of the Green Berets," sung by Sgt. Barry Sadler. --- Dan Pavlides

John Wayne's gung-ho Vietnam War film has long been the subject of ridicule and it would be fair to say that, in hindsight, it becomes obvious that the Duke did not have the most comprehensive grasp of the historical issues involved in the war. Yet, viewed strictly as the kind of standard war movie that Wayne had churned out by the dozen in his career, it's reasonably well made. He stars as a Green Beret colonel who takes a reporter skeptical about the war (David Janssen) with him on a mission to capture an enemy general, hoping to convince the man, and by extension the American population, why we should be in Vietnam. Aside from the laughable script, which is little more than an elaboration of the kind of knee-jerk anti-communist rhetoric than Wayne had been spouting in his public appearances around the country during the period, the film has some effective battle scenes, and the cast does a credible job with notable work by Janssen and St. Jacques. Some commentators have expressed surprise that a film about such an agonizing and unpopular war could do as well at the box-office as it did. It is worth remembering that Wayne had been for years the most popular star in American films, and remained so as late as 1995, sixteen years after his death. As author Garry Wills has observed, he was the symbol of the United States in combat, despite never having fought in any war. Historians have pointed out that in Vietnam, the kind of heroics Wayne enacted in his films proved fatal in practice, and his name became a joke among the troops, synonymous with such stupidly suicidal action. To put The Green Berets in context, one might see it on a double-bill with Oliver Stone's Platoon(1986), a film made by a director who had fought in Vietnam. --- Michael Costello

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Cast for The Green Berets

John Wayne - Col. Mike Kirby
David Janssen - Beckworth
Jim Hutton - Sgt. Peterson
Aldo Ray - Sgt. Muldoon
Raymond St. Jacques - Doc McGee
Bruce Cabot - Col. Morgan
Jack Soo - Col. Cai
George Takei - Capt. Nim
Patrick Wayne - Jamison
Luke Askew - Sgt. Provo
Irene Tsu - Lin
Eddy Donno - Sgt. Watson
William Shannon - Sgt. White
Chuck Bail - Sgt. Lark
Mike Henry - Sgt. Kowalski
Richard Pryor - Collier
William Olds - Gen. Phan Son Ti
Jason Evers - Capt. Coleman
Edward Faulkner - Capt. MacDaniels
Chuck Roberson - Sgt. Griffin

Crew for The Green Berets

Ray Kellogg - Producer / Director
John Wayne - Producer / Director
Michael Wayne - Producer
James Lee Barrett - Screenwriter
Winton Hoch - Cinematographer
Miklos Rozsa - Composer (Music Score)
Otho Lovering - Editor
Walter M. Simonds - Production Designer
Ray Moyer - Set Designer
Jerry Alpert - Costume Designer
David Grayson - Makeup
Sass Bedig - Special Effects
Stan Jones - Sound/Sound Designer
Cliff Lyons - Second Unit Director

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