Last Days in Vietnam

2014, Documentary/War, 1h 38m

62 Reviews 5,000+ Ratings

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As gripping as it is inspiring, Last Days in Vietnam offers a surprisingly fresh -- and heart-wrenching -- perspective on the end of the Vietnam War. Read critic reviews

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In the final weeks of the Vietnam War, American servicemen and others begin the difficult mission of evacuating as many friends, family members and South Vietnamese collaborators as possible before Saigon falls to the North Vietnamese.

Cast & Crew

Henry Kissinger
Stuart Herrington
Juan Valdez
Frank Snepp
Kiem Do
Ron Nessen
Rory Kennedy
Director
Mark Bailey
Writer
Keven McAlester
Writer
Mark Samels
Executive Producer
Rory Kennedy
Producer
Kevin Mcalester
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Critic Reviews for Last Days in Vietnam

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  • May 02, 2015
    A historical documentary with surprising emotional power and the reason is that it has no real desire to make any kind of statement (for those who were troubled by this fact, I can only say that most people are well aware the Vietnam war was a debacle, so restating it has no impact) other than to tell the facts. I had no idea so much raw footage of those few weeks existed.
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  • Feb 19, 2015
    Held together strongly by powerful interviews and heartbreaking imagery, "Last Days in Vietnam" tells the stories of the many people that were left at the end of the war, who made it out alive to tell their stories and who was unlucky. This film gives a very raw and true look into the lives of these people, and by the end of the film you may find yourself tearing up every now and then. My biggest complaint about this Documentary is that it feels extremely repetitive and many people use a lot of the same material to get their stories across, dragging the film to it's conclusion. At 97-minutes, I truly believe about 20-minutes could have been shaven off to make for a really great film, but it is a good film overall. "Last Days in Vietnam" is not groundbreaking, but it is impressive.
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  • Jan 15, 2015
    One of the better PBS films. I had seen the image of the last plane leaving Vietnam but here we get the full story of fate and how some survive due to circumstance with others being less fortunate.
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