- Actors: Haing S. Ngor, Bussaro Sanruck, Supak Pititam, Joan Chen, Thuan K. Nguyen
- Directors: Oliver Stone
- Format: PAL
- Language English, Vietnamese
- Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
- Number of discs: 1
- Classification: 15
- Studio: Warner Home Video
- DVD Release Date: 9 April 2001
- Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
- ASIN: B000059RLL
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 35,986 in Film & TV (See Top 100 in Film & TV)
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Heaven and Earth follows Platoon (1986) and Born of the Fourth of July (1989) to conclude director Oliver Stone's Vietnam War trilogy. Where Stone won Best Director Oscars for both previous films, Heaven and Earth proved a box-office disaster and went unrecognised by the Academy, though Kitaro bagged a Golden Globe for his haunting score. It's hard not to suspect that racism underlay the commercial failure, for where the hit movies addressed the sufferings of white American soldiers played by Hollywood stars, Heaven and Earth focused on the fundamental victims, adapting the true story of a young Vietnamese woman, Le Ly, who goes from village girl to freedom fighter to wife of a US marine struggling to adjust to life in America to reconciliation in Vietnam. Superbly made, with a stunning performance by Hiep Thi Le as Le Ly, and powerful support from Tommy Lee Jones, this is intelligent, harrowing filmmaking that attempts to understand and bridge the divide between nations traumatised by war. Unfortunately heavily cut to bring it down to a multiplex-friendly running time, the often brilliant 135 minutes on show suggest a longer modern classic ended-up on the cutting room floor. --Gary S Dalkin
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
Recent tour of Vietnam Laos and Cambodia hence the interest.In my opinion the DVD gives an insight into the conflict that happened in Indochina and displays the suffering that the people went through that otherwise one could not comprehend.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
I first saw this movie when i was 11 years old. and i was drawn to it fast.... I'am now 27 and have never forgot this film and the deep impact it had on me. I love this film. a true love story with in a war story.
8 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Format:VHS Tape
If you like war films then this has to be one of the best, I missed it when it first came out, but was not dissapointed with this at all. It shows the vietnamise war from the perspective of a normal family caught up in the middle, and I thought was directed brilliantly. It has something of everything in the film and makes a great companion to platoon which I liked very much also. That film shows the war from the american viewpoint, and was another which I thought was very well made, but for me heaven and earth just has the edge.
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Heaven and Earth
I saw this film when i was 12 years old. It was monumental. It had conflict, trauma, war, migration, betrayal, relationships and personal failure. Read more
Published 5 days ago by gp212
This fine film should be better known
Most critics did not like Heaven & Earth when first released, but that is their loss. I recomend this film even to people who do not usually like war films or do not otherwise like... Read more
Published 8 months ago by Legal Vampire
Heaven & Earth
A real "feel good" movie full of hope. A lovely film for a Girlie night in.
Published on 19 Jan 2010 by Loraine Connor
5*
i love this film. oliver stone at his best. i first seen this film years ago, i asked friends had they seen it, they didnt. i thought it was strange.i was glued to the screen. Read more
Published on 14 Oct 2009 by Ms. Sandra Millar
a brilliant film
although the film has parts that are a bit grusom i still thik this is a great fill.
i first saw this film a couple of years a got it really touched my heart . Read more
Published on 22 Sep 2003
A real feel good film
This just has to be one of the greatest musicals ever made. It has a fantastic cast and has you laughing and of course crying but like all the great movies they used to make ends... Read more
Published on 1 April 2001
The other side of the story- but is it realistic Mr Stone?
It's interesting how this film is set up to be the conclusion to the Vietnam War trilogy in which Oliver Stone investigates three sides of the story- the young recruit (Platoon),... Read more
Published on 20 Nov 2000
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