Sir! No Sir! - The Suppressed Story of the GI Movement to End the War in Vietnam
by David Zeiger
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Actor: Louis Font; Michael Wong (IX); Joe Bangert; Dave Blalock; Howard Levy (II); Troy Garity; Susan Schnall; Terry Whitmore; Susan Schnall (II); Oliver Hirsch; Donald Sutherland; Richard Boyle; Donald Duncan (IV); Terry Iverson; John Lamboke; Darnell Stephen Summers; Keith Mather; David Blalock; Greg Payton; Tom Bernard (III)Director: David Zeiger
Brand: New Video
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo
Format: Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 84 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2006-12-19
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: DOCURAMA
Movie Reviews of Sir! No Sir! - The Suppressed Story of the GI Movement to End the War in Vietnam
Movie Review: Mediocre Fiction
Summary: 1 Stars
Save your money and pass on this lame story about a few traitors who were too cowardly to defend their country. It is good for a few laughs. Now, communists longing for the good old days of murdering their own people and forcing everyone into poverty may enjoy it. However, those with an IQ above 80 will most likely be disappointed.
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Summary of Sir! No Sir! - The Suppressed Story of the GI Movement to End the War in Vietnam
Easily the most timely and resonant film about the soldiers on the front lines of antiwar resistance, the award-winning breakout theatrical hit SIR! NO SIR! Tells an almost entirely forgotten story of the military men and women who helped force the U.S. government to end the Vietnam War. Contrary to the popular image of long-haired hippies spitting on returning soldiers, SIR! NO SIR! vividly demonstrates that GIs were the heart and soul of the anti-war movement. Poignantly narrated by a diverse cast of veteran GI resisters who recall the ferocious days of peace marches and stiff jail sentences, SIR! NO SIR! pulls no punches in its raw depiction of the power of people, especially those in uniform. Directed by David Zeiger, SIR! NO SIR! is "powerful stuff, offering us not only a new look at the past, but to the unavoidably relevant insights into the present" (New York Daily News).Pundits often make parallels between America's involvement in Iraq and the nightmare that was Vietnam; director-writer-producer David Zeiger's Sir! No Sir! does it too. But while the comparisons are generally apt (both conflicts are known as "quagmires," became hugely unpopular with the public, and inflicted serious political damage on the presidents who presided over them), this documentary makes a vital distinction: namely, that some of the most vocal and active opponents of the Vietnam War were the very soldiers who fought in it. These are haunted men who went to Southeast Asia because it was their duty, perhaps even because they saw it as the right thing to do, only to become sorely disillusioned when they witnessed the horrible injuries, the villages bombed for little or no reason, the civilians tortured and killed, and various other horrors that took place "in country." Some, like the so-called Nine for Peace, formed GI protest groups while still on active duty in Vietnam; some went AWOL (there were reportedly 500,000 incidents of desertion); a great many, including soldiers who refused to be deployed to 'Nam at all, were court-martialed and imprisoned in military stockades like San Francisco's Presidio, while still others returned home, joined movements like Vietnam Veterans Against the War, and published virulent underground newspapers. All of this is delivered via personal anecdotes, photos, and occasional file footage. The material is undoubtedly compelling, but Sir! No Sir! pretty much makes its point in the first half hour, rendering the final hour somewhat tedious. And that's not even including the nearly two hours of accompanying bonus material. Most of the latter consists of extended interviews based on what we've already seen in the main program; there's also a look at the Winter Soldier inquiry (the subject of a separate documentary), as well as a joint appearance by "Hanoi Jane" Fonda, Vietnam's most infamous celebrity protester, and Cindy Sheehan, who became an anti-war activist after her son was killed in Iraq in 2004. --Sam Graham
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