So I'm officially directing and producing a feature-length Vietnam War film

[Omega Atrocity]

You lighting that guys cigarette made me laugh a lot for some reason.

[Chimera]

39 minutes ago, PhillyB said:

? no one's wearing those, they're all vietnam-era M1 helmets with mitchell pattern covers

It looks like there is a mix, but I suppose it could be how they're wearing it. The first black and white picture looks like a few PASGTs mixed in, but the next black and white picture (from behind) looks otherwise.

If not, I apologize. False alarm.

[PhillyB]

9 minutes ago, Chimera said:

It looks like there is a mix, but I suppose it could be how they're wearing it. The first black and white picture looks like a few PASGTs mixed in, but the next black and white picture (from behind) looks otherwise.

If not, I apologize. False alarm.

the only anachronism in the gear loadouts is anyone with a backpack. original P64 frames and jungle rucksacks are a good $500/set, so i'm having to take ALICE packs and rig them up on frames to look as similar as possible to the originals.

[stirs]

Westmoreland gonna be in your film?  I could play him.  I have 8-10 years experience being the old white guy that everyone hates.  Just let me know.  Will have to do some work on my eyebrows though

[Anybodyhome]

Those guys look like newbs in the bush with their clean, no frills unis. 

Check out these pics:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3215411/Vietnam-veteran-rediscovers-candid-wartime-showing-dawn-patrols-war-buddies-died-action-baseball-game-jungle.html

http://archive.boston.com/bigpicture/2013/03/a_soldiers_eye_rediscovered_pi.html

http://www.pbase.com/rcalmes/vietnam

 

[Anybodyhome]

5 minutes ago, El Dandy said:

I second the guy who said you should tone down the rhetoric. Bashing on Stanley Kubrick, Oliver Stone, and Francis Ford Coppola isn't going to win you over any fans. Pretty much every Vietnam movie ever has pointed out how bad and morally ambiguous it was too.

Although my personal involvement was on the periphery, toward the end of the war the rhetoric had given way to the stories and lives of the individuals. Guys cared about each other and the common goal was to make sure the short-timers got home. The name of the game was survival and everyone leaned on each other for that support. "Hurt Locker" and "Jarhead," while of a different era, captured some of the personal struggles rather than deal almost exclusively with the politics.   

[PhillyB]

1 hour ago, Anybodyhome said:

Those guys look like newbs in the bush with their clean, no frills unis. 

Check out these pics:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3215411/Vietnam-veteran-rediscovers-candid-wartime-showing-dawn-patrols-war-buddies-died-action-baseball-game-jungle.html

http://archive.boston.com/bigpicture/2013/03/a_soldiers_eye_rediscovered_pi.html

http://www.pbase.com/rcalmes/vietnam

 

i'm about 80% done with gear acquisitions, but the other 20% will go to rounding out the authenticity factor. i've got field-worn buttpacks coming in, vintage canteen holders, etc.

i'll also be getting everything properly faded and filthy prior to shooting principle photography on the film. this is just a teaser. also worth noting this particular sequence is set about three hours into a mission, after a week or so on base with plenty of time to wash clothes, so while gear will be worn and weapons will be scratched up, guys won't need to be dirty per se.

it'll all come together in time for the film.

[PhillyB]

1 hour ago, El Dandy said:

I second the guy who said you should tone down the rhetoric. Bashing on Stanley Kubrick, Oliver Stone, and Francis Ford Coppola isn't going to win you over any fans. Pretty much every Vietnam movie ever has pointed out how bad and morally ambiguous it was too.

i'm not bashing them. this is a common strategy for niche-market independent films trying to carve out a space in an existing pantheon of period films. it also helps with fundraising.

[TANTRIC-NINJA]

If you can write in any extended sex scenes with Ninjas... then I am your guy. 

Think about it..the "War is Hell" theme is overplayed in most 'Nam movies.

What would stand out is a movie that explores the plight of war AND has a Ninja sex scene in it!!  It is truly the story that needs to be told. 

[uncfan888]

My grandfather was in the Vietnam war and he told me so many stories throughout my life about things he saw over there.. he passed away five years back, so make him proud, @PhillyB

[PhillyB]

just launched the teaser trailer! i shot and cut the entire thing myself, which is pretty much proof positive we need to get the budget to come through for a pro DP and production team, haha. still it's the best visual we've got so far.

 

 

[PhillyB]

first promo poster released

 

[Chimera]

Be careful throwing that R rating on there if the movie isn't finished. The MPAA will throw a lawsuit fast as hell; they consider it copyright infringement.

[ClawOn]

Very cool Philly. Congrats on the progress. 

I avoid most Vietnam movies since my father left his soul there. For a panther fan,  I'll buy a ticket or copy.