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Contents 1 Who wrote this shit?? 2 Interview with Richard Nixon 3 Eliminating censorship 4 Plot 5 Music

[edit] Who wrote this shit??

My friend, a marine sniper who killed 83 people before he stopped counting, told me this was the best Vietnam movie he ever saw. --Uncle Ed 20:06, 27 Aug 2004 (UTC)

I notice that the movie is easily dated as the "leisure years" of the American operations in Vietnam. Soldiers seem to be enjoying themselves at times, coasting along on speeding gunboats, for example. The Viet Cong has yet to bring the hammer down.

There's cute lines here, like Cronauer lifting Wizard of Oz lines, "follow the Ho Chi Minh trail!" GBC 06:14, 7 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Interview with Richard Nixon

At some point in the movie, having been assigned to prepare an interview of former vice-president (and future president) Richard M. Nixon for broadcast, Cronauer mixes usable comments of Nixon in with sexually-explicit questions from Cronauer. It hits the air in Cronauer's absence.

When did that happen? Before or after his suspension?

GBC 06:11, 7 December 2005 (UTC)

he references wizard of oz 4 times, that should be put in the article

[edit] Eliminating censorship

I'm fixing the censored words in the various quotes -- Whittaker never said "at pound dollar sign exclamation point," he said "fuck." R 07:38, 12 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Plot

I think the plot "outline" here is way too detailed. Surely a reasonably brief summary of the plot will suffice (which might entice someone to rent the movie if they haven't seen it already!) whereas at the moment it's almost a line by line breakdown. I don't need to rent it now! In presenting it this way, I think some of the "point" of what transpires in the film is lost too. Not to mention all the errors it currently contains. Graham 05:38, 6 February 2006 (UTC)

I agree and the quotes inside the brackets just looks messy, actually I think it was the messiest looking article I have seen on Wikipedia but I don't know enough about it to make it better.

I also agree; it's waaay too long and quite tiresome to read. At least one of the "quotes" is incorrect (it's just "military issue," not "standard military issue") I'm also pretty sure that "called on the carpet" isn't what I would call encyclopedic language. If no one has any objections I'll be happy to give it a good once-over and remove most of the fluff. Any comments on just how severely we should chop it? intooblv 05:11, 8 February 2007 (UTC)

Would it be better to put the soundtrack on a different page? --Sidewinded 06:15, 12 February 2007 (UTC)

I removed the plot summary since it is wordy. I tried to shorten it down, but there was really no way since it was too detailed. Anyway, if anyone wants to try again, give it a shot. Laraspal00. 12:43, 9 February 2007 (UTC)

I gave it a shot, essentially revamping the plot - let me know if anyone thinks I'm on the right track, and we can take the warning down. Sledgeh101

[edit] Music

I added the music as it was on the credits of the movie, add/edit as you wish :) --Sidewinded 22:25, 9 January 2007 (UTC)

Does anyone know what its called when they take a piece like wonderful world and play it over scenes of murder and destruction like they did with this film. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.14.203.32 (talk) 04:02, 3 September 2007 (UTC)

Irony? --Sidewinded 00:28, 18 September 2007 (UTC)