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Genres: ActionDrama
Starring: John Wayne, George Takei, Jason Evers, David Janssen, Patrick Wayne, Bruce Cabot, Aldo Ray
Director(s): Ray Kellogg, John Wayne
Available Quality: Hi Def
Country: USA
Year: 1968
Available Quality: Hi Def, iPod, Hi Def
IMDB Rating: 5.1 out of 10 (5599 votes)
Col. Mike Kirby picks two teams of crack Green Berets for a mission in South Vietnam. First off is to build and control a camp that is trying to be taken by the enemy the second mission is to kidnap a North Vietnamese General
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steelerstwin (22 February 2012)
It's not the message, it's the movie.
A lot of reviewers of this film seem to be more upset by the allegedleftist political views of those who dislike the movie, rather thantaking a look at why this motion picture is, sadly, an embarrassingjoke.Prior to the Tet Offensive, there was still a good deal of support forthe Vietnam War in the USA. Indeed, it was far more likely that theproduction of a pro-Vietnam War movie was going to be undertaken atthis point than an anti-Vietnam War film. Those anti-war (and farsuperior) films wouldn't come until the 1970's and 1980's. But movieslike "Coming Home", "Apocolypse Now", "Platoon", etc., weren't betterbecause they were often perceived as anti-war, they were just better.The problems with this production are legion. Sure, there may be pinetrees, deserts and a variety of terrain in South Vietnam. So what? Thismovie looks like a movie filmed on a soundstage that's SUPPOSED to looklike South Vietnam and DOES NOT. The war wasn't fought in Georgia. Thislooks like Georgia. Secondly, John Wayne, in the latter portion of his career could bequite effective on screen. His performances in "The Shootist" and "TrueGrit" come to mind immediately... and an under-rated Wayne film, MarkRydell's "The Cowboys" in 1972, has a marked right-wing bent, and is aterrific movie. Having said that, Wayne is truly at his worst in thispicture. He is simply too old, fat and immobile to play his roleconvincingly. David Janssen, another compelling actor, is totallywasted as a stereotypical liberal journalist. Not one character in thismovie rings true.That's the main problem with this picture. It isn't its sloppyattention to detail (yeah, sorry previous posters, but the sun settingon the wrong side of the planet IS terrible film making, even if it ispossible to see it that way in some portions of South Vietnam), it'sthe jingoistic simplicity of the film's entire approach and cardboardcharacterizations.You've got every form of tired, old stereotypical World War IIsoldier... the brave commander, the tough-as-nails with heart-of-goldfield grunt, the subservient natives, the soldier who dies so we've gotvillainy to hang our anger on... no need to go on.What the pro-Vietnam contingent deserved was a three-dimensionalpicture that wasn't geared toward 14-year-olds, but to adults who, eventhough they were pro-war, might have had compelling reasons to doubt -as all adults do in times of stress an conflict. This movie demandedcharacters that didn't superficially deal with the intense difficultiesthat the war brought up at home and abroad. The whole film is marred bythese omission - and by an unrealistic story, badly filmed in TV movieof the week fashion. The battle scenes just don't hold up andproduction seemed rushed. No amount of revisionist reviewing will makethis absurdly insulting film any better. It's a truly horrible movie.John Wayne was a talented actor who deserved better, but time and timeagain got stuck with turkeys like this.
(21 February 2012)
A boost to LBJ and Nixon.
Here we get a simplistic view of a very complex war. We didn't know in 1968, when this film was released and when the action for American soldiers in Vietnam was very hot indeed, that it would be a full seven years before this political morass of a conflict would be ultimately ended and that the Americans would lose the war. In fact, in '68, the idea that we could possibly lose the Vietnam War probably didn't even occur to the average American.I said all that to lay the proper groundwork for the film. This is clearly a pro-war movie and it has suffered significant critical review (especially in retrospect) as a result. Hollywood drew upon their biggest gun, John Wayne, for the role of the tough and heroic Colonel Mike Kirby who ultimately "wins the battle" -- even Hollywood anticipated the risk of going out any further on a limb than this, given that they were no doubt more clearly apprised of the otherwise little-known actualities of America's lack of direction and progress in Vietnam.The story itself is a simple one: American soldiers are trying their best to crush the purveyors of horrific Communism and thus save the vulnerable South Vietnamese people from eternal, unfathomable atrocities which were generally associated with the North Vietnamese rulers and Vietcong soldiers during this time period. This Herculean task was to be accomplished, in this case, through superior tactics, by the employment of superior American weaponry, and, through the patriotic intestinal fortitude of John Wayne's sterling leadership. Of course, this microcosm of the war was allegedly representative of what we were supposedly doing all over South Vietnam.What you will NOT see in this film, which most later movies exploited, is drug use by American soldiers, prostitution for the troops offered by Vietnamese women who were trying to survive their circumstances, or any of the other common, supplementary, and graphic appurtenances to the typical lengthy war. Other than Jim Hutton's little humorous Black Market escapades, it's mostly shooting and body counts. Here, the viewer can expect a very straightforward presentation of battle, tenoned with the occasional swatch of personal anguish."The Green Berets" is the antithesis to the more self-loathing, later-period, movies like "Apocalypse Now," (1979) and "The Deer Hunter," (1978). And it's probably accurate to say that each of these three flicks were reflective of the American public's general sentiment (in hindsight of Vietnam, regarding the latter two) at the time of their respective releases. I feel certain that both LBJ and Nixon would have wished for the production of a lot more movies like "The Green Berets".I based my 3-star rating on my view of the film AFTER having separated it from period politics. It's well-done in terms of cinematography, is supported by a quality filmscore (composed and effected by Miklos Rozsa), bulging with notable stars of the era (Jim Hutton, Mike Henry, Jack Soo), albeit I've never been a huge fan of David Janssen. I've always been turned off by his eternal despondence and grimness throughout his film career, ergo "The Fugitive" television series. In the end, one can't escape the propaganda feel of this film. Even at the time of its initial release I recall thinking that it was pretty stiff, and wreaking somewhat of Ozzie and Harriet-ness."The Green Berets" was filmed at Fort Benning, Georgia and if you look closely, you can spot that they utilized caucasians as some of the Vietcong soldiers. I do think that it was a fine performance by John Wayne, even though I'm not exactly rabid on The Duke as some folks are. Still, one cannot deny that he was perfect in the role. The film was co-directed by Ray Kellogg, John Wayne, and Mervyn LeRoy, the latter being uncredited. To summarize, I still enjoy seeing this film occasionally but about the only accurate part of it was the portrayal of the media's rising cynicism in regard to our continuing role in Vietnam.
(21 February 2012)
John Wayne's Movie
I used to have the Movie: The Green Berets: starring John Wayne. I plan on trying to repurchase it as soon as I can find it. It is my favorite of all the Johm Wayne movies that I have.
Adam (20 February 2012)
The Number One Propaganda Film for Vietnam
While it is the only Vietnam film made during the war, this picture uses a subtle method of defending the war. Using conversation and images to horrify the American people, we were shown why we should want to fight. It makes light of those who protest, and tries to bring a human element to those who fight. The most notable bit of propaganda in the film is the suggestion that the Army Special Forces do not mind dying, and even make light of it though having facilities named after them.
Chris. (20 February 2012)
Dull Vietnam war drama
An experienced war campaigner (Wayne) enlists the aid of a specialistgroup of highly trained commandos on a deadly mission during theVietnam War. War skeptic and photo journalist (Janssen) tags along todocument proceedings and is confronted by the gritty realities ofcombat in close proximity and the impact it has on both the victims andthe antagonists.Atrocious comes to mind when describing this jingoist propagandawasting the talents of a number of capable actors in a soap operaversion of the Vietnam War. It's not unlike most Wayne vehicles in bothsentiment and tone, and may as well be a WWII war film with SE Asianlocales, names and characters. Even if you ignore the historicalcontext, it's still difficult to find this film entertaining; a talky,ponderous epic 140 minutes with only scant action pieces, yet chockfull of political rhetoric and overly-sentimental dialogue.Several serious actors (Aldo Ray, Bruce Cabot, Jason Evers) serve onlyfunctional purpose as stereotypical military types, while Jim Huttonplays the lanky clown commensurate with his comedic talents. Whetherthat type of character was appropriate for a war film is debatable, butit didn't work for me. Tim Healey essayed this film in his book "TheWorld's Worst Movies" (1986), which might be a cue to consider ifyou're contemplating "The Green Berets".
(20 February 2012)
Utter Garbage
This is the worst war film I have ever viewed. It is flawed in every respect. The acting is shoddy...the special effects are absolutely childlike. The helicopter crashing scene rates as the most amatuerish scene I have ever witnessed on screen. John Wayne is a favourite of mine...I just can't find any redeeming fetures at all. Give this a wide berth.
TERRELL T (19 February 2012)
a joke of a war ,a joke of a movie
what was the us army ,let alone robin moore thinking about ,when they pushed this propaganda piece fit for ww1 ,out on the general public? john wayne should have stuck to cowboy movies!
(19 February 2012)
A Viet Nam Classic - a MUST SEE!
Censorized in Sweden when the film originally hit the white screen as glorifying the Viet Nam War, I only 30+ years later, and then with a military career pocketed, I wonder why all the adoo! Showing the war as it was, the good, the bad and the ugly you might say, it is real, entertaining and certainly adds an additional angle. Today's generation will have seen similar either by Clint Eastwood or Oliver Stone. The added value for those of us too young to have experienced it is to get a glimpse of what life like could be like at the front(often obscured in this war), in the 1960's or 70's or off duty, and the environment faced among people then in contrast to the present. It is entertaining and certainly a film needed at the time to portray the professional soldier in a war 'unpopular', as much as there is a need today when facing Iraq, Afghanistan and international engagements in among other, Africa. And to be honest - it is not a soldier who goes to war it is in effect - his/her government, when everything else has failed, opinions and people have been violently opressed and the truth has been sold down the river...
Graham Deans Williamson (18 February 2012)
This film will probably never be reviewed objectively... still...
When 'The Green Berets' came out, around the time that reports were startingto filter back to America about the terrible cost of the misguided groundwar in Vietnam, critics hated it. They tore it apart, and that's largelybecause of its political stance. That always seemed a bit misguided to me -if the only criticism you can make of a film is that you disagree with itspolitical stance, then it can't be all that bad, surely? (Of course, theRight are equally guilty of doing the opposite, as many user comments belowme will bear out)Unfortunately for any passing Vietnam apologists, 'The Green Berets' is abad film, and a silly one to boot. If you're sufficiently apolitical toview it as a modern-dress western, you might get something out of it. JohnWayne - not my favourite actor by a long stretch - puts in a pretty goodperformance, despite being visibly too old for service. Some of the combatscenes are impressive, too. But everything else... well, you don't have tohave a history degree to realise how hokey this movie is. The most shamelessly manipulative part of the movie for me is the whole dogsubplot. The team come across an adorable little Vietnamese orphan whobefriends one of the troops and the camp dog. Any sentient life form knowsexactly what's coming next; yup, the dog buys it in a VC mortar attack. Thekid, for his part, immediately scurries out into the battlefield and digs agrave for it while the shells are still falling. (I'm not making this up)It's a sequence which gives the film a certain attitude. Whenever theaudience is in danger of doubting the heinous evil of the Viet Cong, we moveon to a scene featuring that poor little orphan boy - so often, in fact,that the film gives the impression that the entire Vietnam war was foughtover one dog. This is just the tip of a very silly iceberg. Frequently, a handsomelymounted battle scene is followed by tediously extended footage of USsoldiers patching up civilians and spouting exposition, undeniably shoringup the patriotism quotient while killing the pacing stone dead. Around thetime of the ludicrous sex-and-socialism espionage plot, all viewer credulityflies out of the window, never to return. Criticising this film on grounds of art is probably a bit mistaken. It'spropaganda, and not very good propaganda at that. (Say what you like aboutthe ideologies behind 'Triumph of the Will' or 'I Am Cuba', at least thefilms were good) As such, it probably did its job to raise morale at USArmy showings, presenting as it does a wishful picture of a clean,uncomplicated Vietnam war that can be easily fought and won. But who wouldwatch it now? It's on TV quite often, so someone clearly likes it. There is, I suppose, arising tide of historical revisionism over both Vietnam and World War One -kind of like a beginner's kit before you graduate to Holocaust denial. Thisfilm might be useful to those people. As for the rest of us, don't hatethis film because it's right-wing. Hate it because it's pretty ropey.
(17 February 2012)
The Duke, The Man, The Patriot
This review is from: The Green Berets (DVD) John Wayne, to me, is the consummate actor for the roles he played in his long career in movies. I have been a fan of his and his work since I was a little dude. As an adult I continue to collect his work and enjoy them over and over. I spent 30 years in the Army which started in 1968 and his character and the plot of the movie is very believable and true to the real life war in Vietnam. The rhetoric, clothing, operations and missions and all else about the movie are within acceptable tolerances for this story. The booby traps, the visciousness of the Viet Cong against their own people and the missions are true to life. This movie will be represents actual places, people and events in our military history that should help Americans honor the fewer and fewer Vietnam veterans in our great nation who fought a war that wasn't fought to be won (in my own opinion). A lot of them weren't honored when they came home, they were branded as "baby killers" and the like which caused untold mental agony and distress. God bless 'em (us).As a side note, his westerns are entertaining and action filled. One of the reasons I enjoy them so much is the screen writer he used for so many years, especially his westerns, James Edward Grant. He is the one who put the Duke's famous phrases onto the screen; phrases like, "a man's got to do what a man's got to do", and "Comfortable?!?! I've been called a lot of things in my life, but comfortable was not one of them." The legend lives on in his movies, as does each of the actors that worked with him for all those decades. He is my favorite western star. The vendor was very particular in the packaging and prompt in getting the DVD out to me. My thanks and kudoes to you and your staff for their attention to detail and professionalism. I'll be back for more.
(16 February 2012)
Beware! Older, 2 sided DVD
I was disappointed that this DVD was an older, 2 sided version of the movie. Looks like I'll be shopping again for a newer version that I won't have to flip over in the middle of the movie.
(16 February 2012)
I rather watch TGB and We Were Soldiers than Platoon
I am more concerned with the identification of PLATOON as a accurate representation of the Vietnam experience than with TGB's.To start with, people, I don't see how a movie that portrays US soldiers in the Vietnam War as war criminals, druggies and trash like PLATOON could be better than ANY other movie on the subject, THE GREEN BERETS included.Would you acclaim a movie negatively stereotyping Afro Americans,Latino or any other minority?No.In this aspect,John Wayne's movie has to be seen as an effort to somehow stem the wave of soldier in Vietnam/Vietnam veteran bashing that corroded this nation to its ever lasting shame at that time.The experiences,type of missions,tactics,use of eqipment,etc shown in the movie corresponds to what is now considered historical fact.The uniforms and weapons are correct.The NVA VC represented were the NVA VC as armed and uniformed up to 1966/67 so they are either black pajamed or uniformed in khaki not with the NVA green and VC khaki of Main Force units of 67 onwards.The odd thing to some people is that it was filmed in the US at North Carolina but as someone wrote both North and South Vietnam has many diferent types of vegetation and clime and there were pines and cold places. Not everything was jungle or swamps!Another thing that results odd to some is the positive way and the negative way GIs are portrayed vs the negative way communists are portrayed. Well,if you happen to be prejudiced because of politics or just plain bigotry and believe Vietnam veterans were all Lt William Calley clones and every action a My Lai...you need to flash forward to the present and reality because it's a matter of historical fact that pop culture vision is not true. THE GREEN BERETS has no special effects or natural settings or computer enhancing as we are accustomed today.The real value is that it portrays Special Warfare ops as accurately as it was possible and it was, until very recently, the only movie which did not echoed the foolishness,ignorance,vanality and malaise that so much hurted a generation of soldiers which sinned only by answering the call of duty.
(15 February 2012)
Disappointing
This review is from: The Green Berets (DVD) After bringing three bad copies of this movie home from a local retailer, I decided to order it in hopes of getting a good copy of the movie. No such luck. This copy goes blank at the same point that the other three did; in the middle of the restaurant scene. Its hardly seems worthwhile to keep trying to buy this DVD.
daipress-1 (15 February 2012)
Dreadful obscene propaganda
Hardly a film - more an inept attempt at overt propaganda. No wonderthinking individuals saw fit to attempt to burn down cinemas in whichthis degenerate justification for a wholly criminal war was shown. Thedialogue centred on "Killin' Gooks" is totally nauseating. Especiallywhen taken in the context of a conflict in which the most powerfulnation on earth, set about slaughtering up to three million people in apeasant agrarian state, simply because it didn't agree with it'spolitics. Virtually every negative aspect of cinematography is ondisplay here. Racism. Historical distortion. Terrible dialogue. Badcamera-work. Absurd plot. Feeble acting. Not so much a film as agenuine piece of cinematic pornography of the truly obscene kind.Certainly one for the trash-bin of cinema history.
James (15 February 2012)
whahats up
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(14 February 2012)
Great War Movie
This review is from: The Green Berets [Blu-ray] (Blu-ray) This to me is one of the best WWII movies. Of course, John Wayne does make it work watching. Bluray enhances the details perfectly. Definely worth watching!!
rcy_filmtex (13 February 2012)
The Duke in 'Nam.
On this day to honor Veterans, I watched "THE GREEN BERETS" for the100th? time.In honor of John Wayne, it is my third favorite movie about the VietnamWar.This movie is neither as bad as credit given to it, or as good as itcould have been.It is really a JW western set in Vietnam and that is fine. It hasplenty of shoot 'em up to go around.I wish the movie had been written to play at about two hours and justtell the story of the Green Beret team and the battle for the basecamp.The total elimination of the Dondi-like waif and the cryingsentimentality would have been refreshing, also the the capture of theenemy officer to just show off Vietnam era technology was boring.I saw this movie at a theater in Colorado Springs, Colorado while I wasstationed at Fort Carson in 1968 just before I shipped to Vietnam. Idon't recall that it either scared me about Vietnam or enlightened me,as I said, it is an entertaining JW western set in Vietnam.
jhawk-2 (13 February 2012)
A movie that's better than the movie critics say
Leonard Maltin's Movie Guide gave this movie a rating of BOMB.That is justso ridiculous. Clearly, too many movie reviewers let their anti-Vietnam warpolitics color their review of this movie. It has some pretty good actionscenes and holds your interest the whole way through the movie, although themovie is a little long.This is not a great movie by any means, but it doesn'tdeserve the absolute ridicule that the mostly left-wing movie critics havegiven it. Even if you don't like the politics in the movie, I think you canstill enjoy it as an action/war film.One final thing about the movie. The movie critics enjoy making fun of thefinal scene where John Wayne and the Vietnamese boy walk on the beach as thesun sets in the east. It is patently unfair to single out this movie sceneas bad movie-making. Hollywood takes artistic license with movie scenes allthe time. Most ignorant actors don't even know how to give a proper militarysalute when they play a soldier. Settings and locations in movies often haveno resemblance to the places they are trying to portray in reallife.In short, forget the politics and just enjoy this decent war movie on itsown merits.
vales1431 (13 February 2012)
Good on action, lousy on all else
I was a sophomore in High School when I first watched The Green Beretsin the early '80s; I was 15 then, enjoyed all sorts of war movies justfor the action, and was gung-ho patriotic. But then, as you grow up,you become more informed and as one goes through college, more aware. Iwatched this movie again in the early 1990s(and countless timesthereafter thanks to AMC Channel) and suddenly realized howpathetically-flawed and misguided it really was. Not for nothing, Ilove John Wayne movies. But in my opinion, he should have left this onealone! The timing was bad to begin with. The filming location was allwrong, the extras, half of which did not look Vietnamese, were a joke,the NVA/VC weaponry and helmets were Diem Bien Phu-vintage , and thedialog and atmosphere of the entire film was profoundly trite and wayoutdated. It is CORNY to say the least (I now own a copy of this movieand watch it just for laughs). As far as the political aspect, it isinsulting to see how the Duke "painted a pretty picture" of ourinvolvement - with the exception of the Montagnard tribes (who werevery much pro-SF) and the corrupt politicians and military brass inSaigon, most of the South Vietnamese population either did not want usthere or secretly rooted for the North, who were no angels either; butthe fact remains that Saigon committed atrocities as well and abusedits population wholesale, thus swinging the pendulum of sympathytowards Hanoi. The U.S. presence there just fuelled the situation evenmore. All in all, good cast and good action if you 're in the mood fora war movie; as far as the message it evokes, just ignore it and get agood laugh!
(12 February 2012)
"If you wanna go where the war is, this is the way!"
The first feature film about American involvement in Viet Nam, "The Green Berets" (based on the book by Robin Moore) follows Colonel Mike Kirby (John Wayne) and his team of Special Forces warriors from Ft Bragg to the firebases and jungles of Viet Nam. Followed by newshound skeptic David Janssen, Kirby shows Janssen and the audience a vicious enemy and the strange world of South East Asia. "The Green Berets" makes no attempt to be neutral -- the Bad Guys are bad guys, the Good Guys are good guys (including Captain Nim, played by George Takei) and the issues are clear. Wayne and Moore made no doubt of their support and admiration for the American troops in Viet Nam, while only briefly touching on the serpentine politics of the war. Author Moore claimed that much of the book was a fictionalized retelling of actual events, and most of the vignettes are familiar to anyone who served there.Released in 1968, the film is more Disneyesque than later films such as "The Siege of Firebase Gloria," and the Ft Bragg location sets are much cleaner than the real jungles, but the US Army didn't pinch pennies supplying equipment and extras (in exchange, Wayne's Batjac Productions donated the accurately-duplicated Viet Nam village and firebase sets for training the REAL Special Forces soldiers following filming)."The Green Berets" also introduced the public to the modern military technology now taken for granted, from Claymore mines and the "Mighty Mattel" M-16 rifle to the "Attack Cargo" gunships ("Puff, the Magic Dragon") and the everpresent "Air Cavalry" concept via Huey helicopters.Production values are very good, and special features include theatrical trailers, multiple languages (including, ironically, French), and letterbox widescreen. END
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