The most famous anti-Vietnam War movies from 1978 are "The Deer Hunter", "Coming Home" and "Who'll Stop the Rain". Another one was Ted Post's "Go Tell the Spartans". This one takes place in Vietnam right before US troops got fully involved. It makes clear that the US made a bad choice by taking over the French effort. And as always, those at the top were always gung ho no matter how bad things got. To this day, the ultra-hawks insist that we could have "won" the Vietnam War (what would that even mean?). As Michael Moore later noted, the US army hasn't had a military victory in over seventy years.
It made sense to cast Burt Lancaster in the movie, as he had come out against the war (as did Jane Fonda, star of "Coming Home"). We thought that it would permanently end war. Too bad that the war machine was still there. Indeed, at the time of the movie's release, the US was arming South Africa in the latter's version of the Vietnam War in Angola (although that one led to the eventual collapse of apartheid).
The rest of the cast includes Jonathan Goldsmith (known as the most interesting man in the world) and Clyde Kusatsu (of "American Pie").
It made sense to cast Burt Lancaster in the movie, as he had come out against the war (as did Jane Fonda, star of "Coming Home"). We thought that it would permanently end war. Too bad that the war machine was still there. Indeed, at the time of the movie's release, the US was arming South Africa in the latter's version of the Vietnam War in Angola (although that one led to the eventual collapse of apartheid).
The rest of the cast includes Jonathan Goldsmith (known as the most interesting man in the world) and Clyde Kusatsu (of "American Pie").