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Release Year2017
Runtime1h 36m
LanguageEnglish
CertificationNR
GenresDocumentary, History
Votes1
DirectorThomas D. Herman
WritersThomas D. Herman
TypeFeature Film
Rating8.0 out of 10
Cast7 credited
Also Known AsDateline: Saigon
About Dateline: Saigon
How does a nation slip into war? Dateline-Saigon profiles the controversial reporting of five Pulitzer Prize-winning journalists -The New York Times' David Halberstam, the Associated Press' Malcolm Browne, Peter Arnett, and legendary photojournalist Horst Faas, and UPI's Neil Sheehan -- during the early years of the Vietnam War as President John F. Kennedy is secretly committing US troops to what is initially dismissed by some as 'a nice little war in a land of tigers and elephants.' 'When the government is telling the truth, reporters become a relatively unimportant conduit to what is happening,' Halberstam tells us. 'But when the government doesn't tell the truth, begins to twist the truth, hide the truth, then the journalist becomes involuntarily infinitely more important.'
Directed by Thomas D. Herman, Dateline: Saigon leans on a strong ensemble — Sam Waterston, Neil Sheehan, Peter Arnett — to carry a story that balances spectacle with character.
The film landed with audiences for its craft and performances, and remains one of the most talked-about documentary titles of 2017.
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