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| Director: Lionel Chetwynd
Actors: Michael Moriarty, Paul Le Mat, John Edwin Shaw, Ken Wright, David Soul
Studio: Warner Home Video
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Rating:  15 reviews
Sales Rank: 9296
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), French (Original Language), Vietnamese (Original Language)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Media: VHS Tape
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 125 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 7.3 x 4.2 x 1.1
UPC: 085393723231
EAN: 0085393723231
ASIN: B00000F14W
Release Date: October 13, 1998
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| Customer Reviews:
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 Bad Telling of Good Story April 18, 2000
Ellen Chris Fanizzi (Boston, MA)
10 out of 24 found this review helpful
The Hanoi Hilton, Lionel Chetwynd's well-intentioned effort to tell the story of the American POWs, may be one of the best examples of what can happen when good directorial intentions go bad. The true story is a riveting and inspirational one, but Chetwynd's stiff editorial decisions and inane dialogue results in a movie that will make anyone who knows the POW story cringe. He researched the subject thoroughly and consulted with ex-POWs to ensure accuracy in the details (such as the layout of the prison and the garb), but the script falls so short it is embarrassing. Too bad this 1987 feature film used up the name "the Hanoi Hilton," because the best work on the infamous POW camp of North Vietnam is actually told in a 1998 documentary Return With Honor (produced by Academy Award winners Sanders and Mock for the American Film Foundation. Tom Hanks has put his name behind it.). The documentary weaves extraordinary historical footage with the comments of the real POWs - and the men are infinitely more authentic and fascinating to listen to than the stereotypical portrayals in The Hanoi Hilton. Anyone interested in an intelligent and articulate presentation of this subject should avoid Chetwynd's movie and see Return With Honor instead.
The best Vietnam War film ever made. July 16, 2000
Eric Finkelstein (King Of Prussia, PA USA)
9 out of 12 found this review helpful
I think that this the best Vietnam War film ever made since The Green Berets. What I like about this movie is that it explains about the subject of American Prisoners of War in Vietnam. The film depicted the harsh reality of the suffering and torture that was inflicted on them in these prisoner of war camps. I really enjoyed this film.
 Good, but overemotional January 19, 1999
Michael T. Bennett (USA)
7 out of 12 found this review helpful
This was an excellent dramatization of POWs in Vietnam, in the infamous Hanoi Hilton camp where many Americans were held prisoner. While the scenery and locations made it look like you were there and while the attitude of the North Vietnamese was exposed, the acting of several of the characters was too over-emotional. I understand that there have to have been attitudes like that in that situation, but the re-enactment of it was too melodramatic and sappy. If it were not for this, it would be a 5 star film. Still an interesting look at life as a POW in North Vietnam.
 A film where the silence speaks volumes November 14, 2004
Lady Aurora (Regina, Saskatchewan Canada)
7 out of 9 found this review helpful
The Hanoi Hilton is a chilling video that gives an inside look into what it was like to be a PoW. They didn't allow you to talk, the silence speaks of the many tortures they went through. The lack of dialogue makes you look between the lines and hear what isn't said. There are no right sides in war, the movie wasn't about how horrible the North Vietnamese were, it is about the conditions of war in general and that place in particular. In case no one noticed, the torture became worse after the Cubans became involved. War is ugly, and the people who end up running things do ugly things on both sides. This is a haunting film that tells us just one part of what the Vietnam War was like. If you think its an attack on anyone, or not enough dialogue, you are missing the point. The point was very well made in this film...try listening harder to the silence between the lines.
The "REAL HANOI HILTON" See Sen. John McCain's Home for 5-1/2 years. November 29, 2005
Michael N. Roberts (Freedom of Thought and Action)
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
I intially saw this at the movies when first released. AT THAT TIME I felt this was a very graphic and powerful movie. One reason I had enjoyed it so much was because of Senator John McCain, tho' not mentioned by name in the movie (he is listed in the credits as being a "guest for 5-1/2 years." It's powerful to me how these regular guys perform these courageous patriotic acts without a second thought. It proves people become heroes from their circumstances and abilities to hold true to beliefs of our democratic principles. This is a must see just for the history of the era. To see Jane Fonda doing what she felt was right to our veterans upholding and protecting our values as a free Nation.
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