The film is only available on VHS, and a petition has been set up at IMDb urging the companies that own the rights to the film to consider reissuing it in DVD format.[3] It was also premiered at the Seattle International Film Festival in 1998. The film received a theatrical release in Belgium in 2010.
Reception
Bob Batz from Dayton Daily News gave A Soldier's Sweetheart a very positive review, stating: "The film, based on Tim O'Brien's award-winning short story Sweetheart of the Song Tra Bong, is a brutal, often bloody story of the Vietnam War and how it changed many of the men - and women - who were part of it. It is filled with excellent dialogue and has enough plot twists to keep viewers riveted to their easy chairs for the entire two hours."[4]
Ken Eisner from Variety magazine also gave the film a good review, concluding: "Just when you think all the basic Vietnam stories have been told, helmer Thomas Michael Donnelly puts a new spin on America's lost cause by viewing it from a female angle. Striving for mythic levels — although there's plenty of scary grit to it — "A Soldier's Sweetheart" taps into an aspect of warfare that transcends gender. Subject, then, is a difficult one, but extremely well-mounted pic could resonate with women if Paramount can find a way to package it for theatrical release".[5]
A Soldier's Sweetheart was nominated for two awards. One Primetime Emmy Awards for "Outstanding Sound Editing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special"[6] and one Golden Reel Awards for "Best Sound Editing - Television Movies of the Week - Dialogue & ADR".[7]
soldier, sweetheart, 1998, television, film, directed, thomas, michael, donnelly, starring, kiefer, sutherland, skeet, ulrich, georgina, cates, based, short, story, brien, sweetheart, song, bong, story, part, award, winning, book, things, they, carried, 1990, . A Soldier s Sweetheart is a 1998 television film directed by Thomas Michael Donnelly and starring Kiefer Sutherland 1 Skeet Ulrich and Georgina Cates It is based on a short story by Tim O Brien Sweetheart of the Song Tra Bong 2 The story was part of his award winning book The Things They Carried 1990 A Soldier s SweetheartFilm posterDirected byThomas Michael DonnellyWritten byTim O BrienThomas Michael DonnellyProduced byWilliam S GilmoreMarianne Moloney Exec StarringKiefer Sutherland Skeet Ulrich Georgina CatesCinematographyJacek LaskusEdited byAnthony SherinMusic byGary ChangProductioncompaniesShowtime Networks Moloney Donnelly ProductionsDistributed byShowtime NetworksRelease dateJune 9 1998 1998 06 09 Seattle International Film Festival Running time112 minutesLanguageEnglish Contents 1 Cast 2 Release 3 Reception 4 References 5 External links 6 See alsoCast EditKiefer Sutherland as Rat Kiley Skeet Ulrich as Mark Fossie Georgina Cates as Marianne Bell Daniel London as Eddie Diamond Louis Vanaria as Bobbie D Lawrence Gilliard Jr as Shoeshine Christopher Birt as Lt Mitchell Sanders Tony Billy as Soldier 2Release EditThe film is only available on VHS and a petition has been set up at IMDb urging the companies that own the rights to the film to consider reissuing it in DVD format 3 It was also premiered at the Seattle International Film Festival in 1998 The film received a theatrical release in Belgium in 2010 Reception EditBob Batz from Dayton Daily News gave A Soldier s Sweetheart a very positive review stating The film based on Tim O Brien s award winning short story Sweetheart of the Song Tra Bong is a brutal often bloody story of the Vietnam War and how it changed many of the men and women who were part of it It is filled with excellent dialogue and has enough plot twists to keep viewers riveted to their easy chairs for the entire two hours 4 Ken Eisner from Variety magazine also gave the film a good review concluding Just when you think all the basic Vietnam stories have been told helmer Thomas Michael Donnelly puts a new spin on America s lost cause by viewing it from a female angle Striving for mythic levels although there s plenty of scary grit to it A Soldier s Sweetheart taps into an aspect of warfare that transcends gender Subject then is a difficult one but extremely well mounted pic could resonate with women if Paramount can find a way to package it for theatrical release 5 A Soldier s Sweetheart was nominated for two awards One Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Sound Editing for a Miniseries Movie or a Special 6 and one Golden Reel Awards for Best Sound Editing Television Movies of the Week Dialogue amp ADR 7 References Edit A second Sutherland goes to war Toronto Star A SOLDIER S STORY MAKES FOR A GREAT CABLE MOVIE Dayton Daily News A Soldier s Sweetheart 1998 for DVD Release Petition Online Archived July 5 2011 at the Wayback Machine Batz Bob A SOLDIER S STORY MAKES FOR A GREAT CABLE MOVIE Dayton Daily News Retrieved 17 May 2017 Eisner Ken Review A Soldier s Sweetheart Variety Retrieved 17 May 2017 51st Emmy Awards Nominees and Winners Emmys com Retrieved 17 May 2017 Awards IMDB Retrieved 17 May 2017 External links Edit The things they carried a work of fiction Volume 1998 Part 2 Google Books A Soldier s Sweetheart at IMDb This Soldier s in a New Viet Quagmire Multichannel NewsSee also EditUnreliable narrator Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title A Soldier 27s Sweetheart amp oldid 1108349930, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
