Dateline: Saigon
Lies, deception, and the dangerous search for truth
2017 | 96m | English
Popularity: 1 (history)
| Director: | Thomas D. Herman |
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| Writer: | Thomas D. Herman |
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| How does a nation slip into war? Dateline-Saigon profiles the controversial reporting of five Pulitzer Prize-winning journalists -The New York Times' David Halberstam, the Associated Press' Malcolm Browne, Peter Arnett, and legendary photojournalist Horst Faas, and UPI's Neil Sheehan -- during the early years of the Vietnam War as President John F. Kennedy is secretly committing US troops to what is initially dismissed by some as 'a nice little war in a land of tigers and elephants.' 'When the government is telling the truth, reporters become a relatively unimportant conduit to what is happening,' Halberstam tells us. 'But when the government doesn't tell the truth, begins to twist the truth, hide the truth, then the journalist becomes involuntarily infinitely more important.' | |
| Release Date: | Mar 07, 2017 |
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| Director: | Thomas D. Herman |
| Writer: | Thomas D. Herman |
| Genres: | History, Documentary |
| Keywords | usa president, vietnam war, foreign correspondent, investigative journalism |
| Production Companies | Northern Light Productions, Good Neighbor Productions |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 03, 2025 Entered: Apr 27, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Sam Waterston | Narrator (voice) |
| Neil Sheehan | Self |
| Peter Arnett | Self |
| Malcolm Browne | Self |
| Horst Faas | Self |
| David Halberstam | Self |
| Walter Cronkite | Self (archival footage) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Thomas D. Herman | Director, Writer |
| Greg McCleary | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Geof Thurber | Sound Editor |
| Steven Miloszewski | Editor |
| William A. Anderson | Editor |
| Jenni Matz | Archival Footage Research |
| Michael Josephs | Music |
| Steve Keeny | Director of Photography |
| Mark Bakker | Director of Photography |
| Abdulkarim Sabham | Director of Photography |
| Lorie Conway | Post Production Supervisor |
| Bestor Cram | Director of Photography |
| Pepijn Aben | Sound Recordist |
| David Bigelow | Online Editor, Colorist |
| Randel Cole | Director of Photography |
| Dominique Siemens | Sound Recordist |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Randel Cole | Co-Producer |
| Richard Chapman | Executive Producer |
| Thomas D. Herman | Producer |
| Bestor Cram | Producer |
| Amy Macd | Associate Producer |
| Susan Grey | Associate Producer |
| Marianne Harris | Associate Producer |
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