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Farewell to the King is a 1989 American action adventure drama film written and directed by John Milius. It stars Nick Nolte, Nigel Havers, Frank McRae, and Gerry Lopez and is loosely based on the 1969 novel Farewell to the King by Pierre Schoendoerffer. Longtime Milius collaborator Basil Poledouris composed the musical score.
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French writer and director Pierre Schoendoerffer left indelible imprint on Hollywood’s framing of Vietnam War. His experiences as documentary film maker embedded to French Army during First Indochina War resulted in widely praised 1965 live action film *The 317th Platoon*, while his coverage of US Army during Second Indochina War ended as famed 1967 documentary *The Anderson Platoon*. Both films heavily influenced m…More
