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Topic: Apocalypse Now

Vietnamese-American actress Kieu-Chinh on the set of John Irvin's Vietnam war film 'Hamburger Hill', where she is working as Vietnamese adviser, in the Philippine jungle south of Manila, 3rd November 1986. (Alex Bowie/Getty Images)

"Vietnam is more than just a war"

Teresa Tran
Mel Gibson as William Wallace in "Braveheart" (Paramount Pictures)

The 16 worst Oscar-winning films

Gabriel Bell
(Associated Press)

Comics captured ambivalence of Vietnam

Cathy Schlund-Vials - The Conversation
Still from "No Escape" (The Weinstein Company)

Does Hollywood hate Asia?

Hilary Cadigan
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Secrets of "Star Wars" drafts

Chris Taylor
(AP/Jaber al-Helo)

Peter Van Buren - TomDispatch.com
(AP)

William J. Astore - TomDispatch.com
Ravi Shankar (AP/Aijaz Rahi)

Jason Overdorf
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