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Green Dragon (2002)

Green Dragon (2002)
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In 1975, as the war in Vietnam finally draws to a close, a number of Vietnamese refugees seeking new homes in the United States find themselves housed at the Camp Pendleton Marine base in California, where Sgt. Jim Lance (Patrick Swayze) is put in charge of their care. Lance is a compassionate man who tries to afford the refugees as much dignity and respect as is possible; frustrated by his inability to speak with them directly, Lance strikes up a friendship with Tai (Don Duong), who worked with the U.S. Army as a translator during the war and now wants to settle in America. Tai helps Lance speak with the refugees, and coaches him in conversational Vietnamese. Tai and Lance soon come to realize how much they have in common, and how they are both still coming to terms with the emotional scars inflicted upon them by the war. Tai is looking after his nephew Minh (Trung Nguyen) and niece Anh (Jennifer Tran), who are waiting for their mother to arrive, but Tai is tortured with guilt, convinced he should have given her his seat on the flight to California. Lance, on the other hand, was stationed in America while his brother fought and died in Vietnam, and Lance believes he should have taken his brother's place. Meanwhile, Minh spends his days looking after Anh and wandering the camp; he strikes up a friendship with Addie (Forest Whitaker), a cook at the camp with a passion for art. Together, Addie and Minh try to brighten the refugees' area by creating a large and colorful mural that symbolizes the multicultural America they dream of. Green Dragon was written and directed by Timothy Linh Bui, whose brother Tony Bui helmed the acclaimed drama Three Seasons, which examined life in contemporary Vietnam. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi

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Starring:
Patrick Swayze, Forest Whitaker, (more)
Director(s):
Timothy Linh Bui
Theatrical MPAA Rating:
PG13
Format(s):
DVD
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Synopsis of Green Dragon

In 1975, as the war in Vietnam finally draws to a close, a number of Vietnamese refugees seeking new homes in the United States find themselves housed at the Camp Pendleton Marine base in California, where Sgt. Jim Lance (Patrick Swayze) is put in charge of their care. Lance is a compassionate man who tries to afford the refugees as much dignity and respect as is possible; frustrated by his inability to speak with them directly, Lance strikes up a friendship with Tai (Don Duong), who worked with the U.S. Army as a translator during the war and now wants to settle in America. Tai helps Lance speak with the refugees, and coaches him in conversational Vietnamese. Tai and Lance soon come to realize how much they have in common, and how they are both still coming to terms with the emotional scars inflicted upon them by the war. Tai is looking after his nephew Minh (Trung Nguyen) and niece Anh (Jennifer Tran), who are waiting for their mother to arrive, but Tai is tortured with guilt, convinced he should have given her his seat on the flight to California. Lance, on the other hand, was stationed in America while his brother fought and died in Vietnam, and Lance believes he should have taken his brother's place. Meanwhile, Minh spends his days looking after Anh and wandering the camp; he strikes up a friendship with Addie (Forest Whitaker), a cook at the camp with a passion for art. Together, Addie and Minh try to brighten the refugees' area by creating a large and colorful mural that symbolizes the multicultural America they dream of. Green Dragon was written and directed by Timothy Linh Bui, whose brother Tony Bui helmed the acclaimed drama Three Seasons, which examined life in contemporary Vietnam. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi

Theatrical Feature Running Time:
112 mins

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Director(s):
Timothy Linh Bui
Writer(s):
Timothy Linh Bui
Producer(s):
Tony Bui, Tajamika Paxton, Andrew Stevens
Theatrical MPAA Rating:
PG13(Adult Situations, Adult Language, Nudity)
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    Rebecca L.

    This movie is about the Vietnam war from the viewpoint of the refugees who escaped just as America was leaving the war. The refugees were relocated to a Marine camp until sponsors could be found for them. Families were separated, some family members did not make it out of Vietnam before the fall. The movie is worth watching, just to learn another view point of the Vietnam war. Patrick Swayze plays a very "startched" Marine officer that does not relate very well with the Vietnamese in is responsible for. In fact, this is perhaps a little "too stiff upper lip" for the character. But then I am a Patrick Swayze fan and was hoping to see a little Johnny Castle showing through or the father from Father Hood.

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    Thomas J.

    Very good movie - better than we expected. Not a thriller, but more of a character study and also showed the problems that the vietnamese refugees had when they came here. Swayze, Whitaker, Don Duong, and Trung Nguyen were all excellent in their parts. Be sure to look at the "Making of" extra for info on the history of the moviemakers and the research that they did.

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    William Z.

    I really liked this movie. I was in the military during this time and found the movie very interesting and intertaining. I never got to see what happen to the people that came to the US. Sgt Lance the military person that was incharge at this who finally came to finally realized that he was not communicating very well with the refugees. He finally enlisted the aide of one of the refugees to help him. That was what we did on the other side of the world. I like good endings and found this so in this movie. I would strongly recommend this movie ro everyone!

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