Perhaps the most novel feature of HBO's A Bright Shining Lie, an otherwise serviceable adaptation of Neil Sheehan's…

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Cast
Bill Paxton (John Paul Vann)Bo Eason (Officer Tally)William L. Mansey (Officer Conroy)Karina Logue (Barmaid)Amy Madigan (Mary Jane Vann)Robert L. Hull (Bureaucrat Soldier)Donal Logue (Steven Burnett)'Josh' Somsak Orajan (Vann's ARVN Driver)Harve Presnell (MACV General)Robert John Burke (Frank Drummond)Bill Whelan (Ron Dray)Kay Tong Lim (Colonel Cao Huynh Van)Seng Kawee (VC Leader)Kajie Khan (Madame Nhu)Vivian Wu (Lee)Van Thoa Trinh (VC Commander)Richard Montgomery (General's Aide)Andrew Borba (Reporter #1 - Nick)
Director
Terry George
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Synopsis
True story of Army man John Paul Vann, whose military success provided him the fulfillment he never found in his personal life.
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