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Heaven and Earth

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Le Ly (Hiep Thi Le) lives in a small Vietnamese village whose serenity is shattered when war breaks out. Caught between the Viet Cong and the South Vietnamese army, the village is all but destroyed. After being both brutalized and raped, Le Ly resolves to flee. She leaves for the city, surviving desperate situations, but surviving nonetheless. Eventually she meets a U.S. Marine named Steve Butler (Tommy Lee Jones) who treats her kindly and tells her he would like to be married -- maybe to her.
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Heaven & Earth is a well-intentioned glimpse into an underrepresented perspective on Vietnam, but Oliver Stone's solemn storytelling keeps audiences at a fatal distance from Hiep Thi Le's enigmatic heroine.

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David Ansen Newsweek Some of the parts are undeniably gripping; what gets lost are the characters themselves. Mar 13, 2015 Full Review Owen Gleiberman Entertainment Weekly Rated: C- Sep 7, 2011 Full Review Marjorie Baumgarten Austin Chronicle What Oliver Stone has created is his Mrs. Miniver for the Vietnam era. Rated: 1/5 Nov 21, 2004 Full Review Rob Gonsalves Rob's Movie Vault Stone rams the heroine’s agony down your throat instead of letting you feel it for yourself. Rated: B- Aug 31, 2022 Full Review Robert Stone The New York Review of Books From the moment the war intrudes on the landscape with the coming of the French troops in the 1950s, the mood is somber and almost ceremonial and perhaps for that reason the many emotional scenes fail to move us. Aug 15, 2018 Full Review Josh Larsen LarsenOnFilm ...despite every intention the movie can't quite shake its American male point of view. Rated: 1.5/4 Sep 20, 2016 Full Review Read all reviews

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Munkhchimeg T What a romantic movie 😍. Soooo lovely to feel their chemistry ⚛️ Rated 5 out of 5 stars 08/07/24 Full Review Geke g It is really shows what’s the difference between heaven and hell. Amazing Rated 5 out of 5 stars 08/07/24 Full Review Bahad j This idea of ​​the film shooting technique director made the film more attractive to people. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 08/06/24 Full Review Audience Member The greatest 02 hours: and 20 minutes ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/11/23 Full Review kevin c Oliver Stone directed this Vietnam saga focusing on a young woman hustling in the streets who meets and marries an American soldier played by Tommy Lee Jones and leaves her family behind to move to California which is a culture shock for her and a strain on their already unsteady marriage. Based on the memoirs of Le Ly Hayslip. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member By far the best Vietnam movie, especially considered so in Vietnam itself, where I worked for a couple of years. Seen through the eyes of a young woman, whose family is ripped apart by their different views of the whole thing Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/23/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Le Ly (Hiep Thi Le) lives in a small Vietnamese village whose serenity is shattered when war breaks out. Caught between the Viet Cong and the South Vietnamese army, the village is all but destroyed. After being both brutalized and raped, Le Ly resolves to flee. She leaves for the city, surviving desperate situations, but surviving nonetheless. Eventually she meets a U.S. Marine named Steve Butler (Tommy Lee Jones) who treats her kindly and tells her he would like to be married -- maybe to her.
Director
Uli Lommel
Producer
Uli Lommel, A. Kitman Ho, Robert Kline, Arnon Milchan, Oliver Stone
Screenwriter
Oliver Stone
Production Co
Warner Brothers/Seven Arts, Alcor Films, Canal+
Rating
R
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Dec 25, 1993, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
May 8, 2015
Runtime
2h 20m
Sound Mix
Surround, Stereo
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