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A documentary chronicling the background to, and history of, the Vietnam War.A documentary chronicling the background to, and history of, the Vietnam War.A documentary chronicling the background to, and history of, the Vietnam War.
- Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 1 nomination total
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- TriviaThe poster for the documentary was used as the cover of the Smiths album Meat Is Murder with the slogan on the helmet changed to the album's title.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Underground (1976)
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De Antonio's Masterpiece of Anti-American Documentary
In The Year of the Pig is as important to narrative cinema as it is to documentary cinema. The raw and powerful anti-Vietnam (note- De made the film in 1968 and not in the 80's or 90's like directors such as Stone or Kubrick) documentary is composed of archival footage, interviews done by De himself, and an amazing soundtrack done by a student of avant-garde composer John Cage. De first tackled didactic montage in Point of Order and he all but masters it in this film. Imagine this- war torn American soldiers, legless and bloody, being carried off the battlefield while "Old Glory" is being played on timbas and other Indonesian instruments. It is so anti-American, anti-War, and brilliant. This film is a seminal piece of work in the New American Cinema and should be preserved for generations to come.
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- Runtime1 hour 43 minutes
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- 1.33 : 1
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By what name was In the Year of the Pig (1968) officially released in Canada in English?
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