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In Country
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Director:
Writers (WGA):
Bobbie Ann Mason (novel)
Frank Pierson (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
29 September 1989 (USA) more
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The story of an American family.
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Samantha Hughes, a teenaged Kentucky girl, never knew her father, who died in Vietnam before her birth... more | add synopsis
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Nominated for Golden Globe. more
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Sam graduates from high school in Kentucky, then tries to find out who her father was. more (23 total)

Cast

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Bruce Willis ... Emmett Smith
Emily Lloyd ... Samantha Hughes

Joan Allen ... Irene
Kevin Anderson ... Lonnie

John Terry ... Tom
Peggy Rea ... Mamaw
Judith Ivey ... Anita
Daniel Jenkins ... Dwayne

Stephen Tobolowsky ... Pete

Jim Beaver ... Earl Smith
Richard Hamilton ... Grampaw
Heidi Swedberg ... Dawn
Ken Jenkins ... Jim Holly
Jonathan Hogan ... Larry

Patricia Richardson ... Cindy
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120 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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70 mm 6-Track (70 mm prints) | Dolby (35 mm prints)
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Ken Jenkins, who plays "Jim Holly" (the organizer of the veteran's dance), is the father of Daniel Jenkins who plays Sam's father in the Vietnam flashbacks. Their casting in the film was purely coincidental. more
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Sam graduates from high school in Kentucky, then tries to find out who her father was., 17 February 2002
Author: TxMike from Houston, Tx, USA, Earth

"In Country" is what soldiers called being in Viet Nam during the war, thus the title of this 1989 film. Emily Lloyd, an 18-year-old English actress credibly plays Sam (Samantha) who is being raised by her uncle (Bruce Willis) while her mother (Jane Allen) lives elsewhere in Kentucky. Sam wonders about her father, who was killed in Viet Nam right before she was born. She found old letters of his to her mom, and this sparks her interest in finding out more about him. The film ends when she finds his name in D.C. at the memorial.

I was drafted in 1968, and only a medical disqualification kept me out of Viet Nam. I'm certain that some of my college buddies, and ROTC mates, went and never returned. For us who remember those times this is an especially meaningful film. It is slow moving in many places, but well-done and perhaps deserving of a bit higher rating on the IMDb.

This is one of the many older movies now being released as budget DVDs. It sold for under $6. It is very basic, no extras, no surround sound. Still, the picture is very true, in fullscreen, and the sound is above average. Includes some good Bruce Springsteen.

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