Sir! No Sir!

Name: Sir! No Sir!
Director: David Zeiger
Released: 2005
Duration: 85 min
Rating: 7.6
Cast: Edward Asner, Joe Bangert, Tom Bernard, Dave Blalock, Verna Blossomgame

2005 · 85 MIN · IMDB 7.6 · 866 VOTES · DIR. David Zeiger

Overview

Sir! No Sir! is a documentary film about the anti-war movement within the ranks of the United States Military during the Vietnam War. It consists in part of interviews with Vietnam veterans explaining the reasons they protested the war or even defected. The film tells the story of how, from the very start of the war, there was resentment within the ranks over the difference between the conflict in Vietnam and the "good wars" that their fathers had fought. Over time, it became apparent that so many were opposed to the war that they could speak of a movement.

Dialogue Timeline — 2,636 lines

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00:00:11 The following program is in living colours

00:04:05 everything I'd learned, everything I grew up with

00:07:31 The Têt offensive revealed that the enemy

00:11:03 protesting the US' involvement in Vietnam.

00:14:13 That when we were supposed to break ranks

00:17:25 And I saw the front side of an AK-47 and a muzzle flash.

00:20:40 And as time went on, the guys who'd been to Vietnam

00:23:56 And they did things like put up pictures of Che Guevara.

00:26:47 the GI who founded the Fatigue Press, Gypsy Peterson

00:30:01 with my desire to end the war.

00:34:14 The discussion started going, saying, "Man, why don't we do something?

00:37:36 It was a pretty dire situation.

00:41:22 They came at us with bayonets.

00:44:37 You weren't just coming home saying, "I'm against the war."

00:47:28 You can get anything out of that you want

00:51:47 the Nixon administration announced the policy of Vietnamization

00:54:52 But it's not an isolated incident.

00:58:33 Billy was, in my impression of him anyway

01:01:59 One of the main things about me that changed my mind

01:05:33 was when the soldiers stopped fighting it.

01:09:14 that we were supposed to be producing

01:13:05 there couldn't have been protesters on the base

01:17:26 # They locked you up in the stockades

503:09:02 "incidents of desertion."

Cast & Characters

Edward Asner Colonel Heinl Joe Bangert Self Tom Bernard Self Dave Blalock Self Verna Blossomgame Self Richard Boyle Self David Cline Self Donald Duncan Self Ed Eskelson Self

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed2,636

Dialogue density31.0 lines / min

First line00:00:11

Final line503:09:02

Production Record

DirectorDavid Zeiger

LanguageEnglish

IMDb votes866