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A Bright Shining Lie Page #7
- R
- Year:
- 1998
- 118 min
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We can go to my family's home by the sea.
Please come, John.
I can't.
- Who is it?
- General Weyand.
Look, I'm sorry, Lee, I gotta go.
Be careful.
Yeah, go, Fred.
(Fireworks cracking)
(# Easy listening lounge music)
(Man) Happy New Year.
(John) Happy New Year.
Admiral, very nice to meet you.
Happy New Year.
- Good evening, Mr Ambassador.
- Hey, John.
- Can I have a word with you, sir?
- Sure.
- Sir, did you receive General Weyand's alert?
- No.
- Are you sure?
- Absolutely.
Our intelligence indicates the enemy's
about to plan a major offensive.
- Where?
- Here in Saigon, sir.
Why didn't the General Westmoreland
tell me this?
General Westmoreland
doesn't agree with our analysis
and I feel he's about to make
- (Guest) Good evening.
- I'll take this up with you in the morning.
Welcome, Major, good to see you.
Try to relax, John.
Evening. Help yourself to a drink,
enjoy yourself.
Nice party, huh?
All that's missing is Nero and his fiddle.
Did you see who's here?
They made him a general. Rising star
at the palace. Inspiring, huh?
- (Fireworks fizz and bang)
- (All) Oh.
(# Pianist plays Auld Lang Syne)
(Drumbeats, fireworks)
Hi. Me?
Hello. Hello. Hello.
(American) Hey, baby, how much?
(Woman) Hi, GI.
Hello, GI, I really, really like you. (Blows kiss)
# This is one of those days... #
(Sighs)
(Man shouts in Vietnamese outside)
(Gunfire, explosion)
(Machine-gun fire)
Sh*t.
(Man shouts)
(Shouting)
Let's go, head for the embassy.
- Let's go. Let's go.
- Man, get us out of here.
- You know what the hell's going on?
- Give me that radio.
Lightning-six, this is Vann. Over.
Lightning-six, this is Vann. Over.
(Man on radio) The airport's under attack.
He's up on the roof.
Well, get him on the horn, God damn it. Over.
Come on, get those bags up here.
(Man shouts)... field of fire.
Ah!
- We got them up our ass here, where the...
- Holy sh*t.
- Control...
- Our guys are firing into the embassy.
Charlie's taken the f***ing embassy, man.
(Heavy gunfire, shouting)
(John) Come on, let's go. Go.
(lndistinct shouting)
(Man) We need a...
- Who's in charge?
- Somebody down there.
F*** this, man.
(lndistinct shouting)
John.
- Yes, sir.
- I was in bed. It's unbelievable, John.
They've taken the radio station
they're about to take over the palace.
Get General Weyand on the horn.
It's John Vann, sir.
John, we're holding them here.
What about there? Over.
They're pushing to take the whole city.
We got any troops, Fred?
I kept six battalions in reserve.
I'm sending four to the city.
That's great news. Keep that line open.
- What's happening?
- We got the men. We can hold them.
Now CIA men and MPs
have gone into the embassy
and are trying to get the snipers out.
We've got two more alert forces
that are trying to push him out this way
but he's heavily fortified.
232 Gls killed and 900 wounded.
(Broadcaster) 21 towns and cities attacked...
...snipers
and suicide commandos...
The palace, the radio station,
the Philippine embassy...
...sniper fire still coming...
...civilians caught in the crossfire.
Annie.
Hi, baby. You OK, the baby OK?
Don't worry about a thing, Gran,
I'm gonna take care of all of you.
All right?
(Broadcaster) The official explanation, that
it's an attempt to divert American forces...
The Vietcong paid dearly for their terrorism...
The enemy is mounting
some last desperate campaign.
- Clean this up.
- (John) We're mopping up.
What's the word at the radio station? Over.
I see, real good, keep us posted. Over.
Keep this line open.
John. Ah.
We did it, Fred. They threw their best
at us and we beat 'em.
- Yeah, it got a bit crazy out there.
- (Man) General Westmoreland.
- What's your assessment of the situation?
- (Bang)
That's just our guys clearing up
some unexploded M-79 rounds.
The enemy appears to be trying
to take over South Vietnam.
- The Vietcong has very deceitfully...
- (Bang)
...taken advantage of the Tet truce
in order to create maximum consternation
in South Vietnam.
Particularly in the, er, populated areas.
- John?
- Mr Ambassador.
- Good work, thank you very much.
- General Weyand should take the credit, sir.
- Well, I'm aware of that, thank you.
- I'll tell you this, you throw a hell of a party.
Yeah, a real blowout.
Yeah. Yeah. Let's get a picture.
- Muek.
- Yes, sir.
Get a picture.
Little hands. Come on.
(Johnson) I shall not seek and I will not accept
the nomination of my party
for another term as your president.
do solemnly swear
that I will faithfully execute
the office of president of the United States.
or humiliate the United States.
Only Americans can do that.
(Gl) We get really stoned. Then, you know,
like, who cares about the war?
Gentlemen and ladies, as you know,
General Westmoreland
has returned to Washington
and General Abrams has replaced him
as commander of ground forces.
This reorganisation is part
of the president's Vietnamisation strategy.
Now the new second-in-command,
General Weyand,
is here to brief you on the implementation
of this phase of the war.
Ambassador, with Abrams in and Westy out,
is this an admission that
Westmoreland's strategy was a failure?
- General Westmoreland was promoted.
- (Journalists clamour)
Ladies and gentlemen,
we now believe that the South Vietnamese
are ready to take on a primary role
in driving back the enemy's forces,
their divisions, North Vietnamese regulars
across the western border.
- Is this an American withdrawal?
- No, no. In no way is this a withdrawal.
(Weyand) It's a change of strategy
and I have appointed the former Lieutenant
Colonel John Vann, whom you all know...
John, please step up here?
...to act as my deputy for military functions,
who will help me implement this strategy.
He will serve as a commanding general
for the central highlands region.
Please, General, help me clarify this.
You are placing a US civilian in command
of ten divisions of south Vietnamese troops
in the central highlands, which is a large area,
while the rest of the US troops pull back?
We're not pulling back.
The South Vietnamese are moving forward.
If it's not a withdrawal, what is Vietnamisation?
Well, that's what we're trying to explain to you
if you just, er, pay attention.
John, you've always advocated that the US
take control here in Saigon, yes?
That's correct. But Tet has proved
that the South Vietnamese
are capable and willing
to take control of this war.
- (Journalists clamour)
- The American people
have been completely demoralised
by recent developments.
Not at all. Not at all. On the contrary.
Our intelligence indicates it is the Vietcong
who have been demoralised since Tet.
Wait, I'm highly confused.
I find this contradictory
because, with this restructuring,
the South Vietnamese are not in command
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