In The Year Of The Pig

Directed by Emile de Antonio

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University of Ottawa
Friday November 23, 2007
Screening begins 19h00
Venue: University of Ottawa, MacDonald Hall Auditorium (MCD 146),150 Louis Pasteur Street, Ottawa, Ontario

Vietnam/USA/1968/103 Minutes/English with English full captions

In the Year of the Pig is a 1968 documentary film about the origins of the Vietnam War, directed by Emile de Antonio.

It was nominated for an Academy award for best documentary.

The film, which is in black and white, contains much historical footage and many interviews.

Those interviewed include Harry S. Ashmore, Daniel Berrigan, Philippe Devillers, David Halberstam, Roger Hillsman, Jean Lacouture, Kenneth P. Landon, Thruston B. Morton, Paul Mus, Charlton Osburn, Harrison Salisbury, Ilya Todd, John Toller, David K. Tuck, David Werfel, and John White.

Produced at the height of the Vietnam War, the film was greeted with hostility by many audiences, with bomb threats and vandalism directed at theaters that showed it.

De Antonio cites the film as his personal favorite.

It features the ironic use of patriotic music, portrays Ho Chi Minh as a patriot to the Vietnamese people, and asserts that Vietnam was always a single country rather than two.

Source:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_the_Year_of_the_Pig

IMDB film profile:
www.imdb.com/title/tt0064482/

Yahoo movie profile:
http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1808705774/info

Movie reviews:
http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/24668/In-the-Year-of-the-Pig/overview

www.imdb.com/title/tt0064482/externalreviews

Movie trailer on a commercial for TV:

Other related videos:

Vietnam, The lost war
www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYKJocb5VmM

Director info:

www.imdb.com/name/nm0207108/

www.reverseshot.com/legacy/winter06/emiledeantonio.html

www.filmreference.com/Directors-Co-Du/de-Antonio-Emile.html

Another film directed by Emile de Antonio:

Rush to Judgement: aka The plot to kill JFK
www.imdb.com/title/tt0060920

Directed by
Emile de Antonio

Cast (in alphabetical order)
Harry S. Ashmore ... Himself (chairman, Center for Democratic Institutions)
Daniel Berrigan ... Himself
Joseph Buttinger ... Himself (France)
William R. Corson ... Himself (USMC, CIA)
Philippe Devillers ... Himself (France)
David Halberstam ... Himself (New York Times)
Roger Hillsman ... Himself (Asst. Secretary of State)
Jean Lacouture ... Himself (France)
Kenneth P. Landon ... Himself (State Dept.)
Thruston B. Morton ... Himself (US Senator)
Paul Mus ... Himself (Yale University)
Charlton Osburn ... Himself (State Dept., 1946)
Harrison Salisbury ... Himself (New York Times)
Ilya Todd ... Himself (reporter, Le nouvel observateur)
John Toller ... Himself (Green Berets, deserter)
David K. Tuck ... Himself (US serviceman, execution of prisoners)
David Werfel ... Himself (University of Missouri)
John White ... Himself (USN, Tonkin Gulf Incident)
Dai Bao ... Himself (in Cannes) (archive footage) (uncredited)
En-lai Chou ... Himself (in Geneva for conference) (archive footage) (uncredited)
Mark W. Clark ... Himself (recommends attack on Haiphong) (archive footage) (uncredited)
Jean de Lattre de Tassigny ... Himself (arrives in Vietnam) (archive footage) (uncredited)
Everett Dirksen ... Himself (US Senator) (archive footage) (uncredited)
John Foster Dulles ... Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Anthony Eden ... Himself (in Geneva for conference) (archive footage) (uncredited)

Dwight D. Eisenhower ... Himself (in limousine with Diem) (archive footage) (uncredited)
Gerald Ford ... Himself (speech on economic success of Vietnam) (archive footage) (uncredited)
Ernest Gruening ... Himself (US Senator) (archive footage) (uncredited)
Alexander Haig ... Himself (in Vietnam) (archive footage) (uncredited) (unconfirmed)
Chi Minh Ho ... Himself (in his rustic house in downtown Hanoi) (archive footage) (uncredited)
Richard Hughes ... Himself (Governor, New Jersey, observer team) (archive footage) (uncredited)
Hubert H. Humphrey ... Himself (speech on military policy) (archive footage) (uncredited)
General Ilie ... Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Lady Bird Johnson ... Herself (with LBJ and JFK) (archive footage) (uncredited)
Lyndon Johnson ... Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)

John F. Kennedy ... Himself (speech on Vietnam) (archive footage) (uncredited)
Curtis LeMay ... Himself (speech on Communist aggression) (archive footage) (uncredited)
Malcolm MacDonald ... Himself (with African colonial soldier) (archive footage) (uncredited)
Joseph McCarthy ... Himself (speech on Indochina) (archive footage) (uncredited)
Robert McNamara ... Himself (Secretary of Defense, on Tonkin Gulf Incident) (archive footage) (uncredited)
Vyacheslav Molotov ... Himself (in Geneva for conference) (archive footage) (uncredited)
Wayne Morse ... Himself (US Senator) (archive footage) (uncredited)
Dinh Diem Ngo ... Himself (sits in throne as elephant bows) (archive footage) (uncredited)
Dinh Nhu Ngo ... Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Cao Ky Nguyen ... Himself (states his opposition to free speech) (archive footage) (uncredited)
Madame Nhu ... Herself (speech on monk suicides) (archive footage) (uncredited)
Richard Nixon ... Himself (handshake with Diem) (archive footage) (uncredited)
George S. Patton IV ... Himself (US Army, tank commander) (archive footage) (uncredited)
Van Dong Pham ... Himself (with Ho) (archive footage) (uncredited)
Duc Quang ... Himself (prepares to be burned) (archive footage) (uncredited)
Arthur Sylvester ... Himself (Asst. Secretary of Defense, on Tonkin Gulf Incident) (archive footage) (uncredited)
Nguyen Giap Vo ... Himself (with officers at Dien Bien Phu) (archive footage) (uncredited)
William C. Westmoreland ... Himself (speech on treatment of captured VC) (archive footage) (uncredited)
Earle G. Wheeler ... Himself (Chairman, Joint Chiefs, on Tonkin Gulf Incident) (archive footage) (uncredited)
Charles Wilson ... Himself (Secretary of Defense, 1954) (archive footage) (uncredited)
Whitney Young ... Himself (Urban League, observer team) (archive footage) (uncredited)

Produced by
Emile de Antonio .... producer
Vincent Hanlon .... producer
Orville Schell .... executive producer

Original Music by
Steve Addiss

Cinematography by
John F. Newman
Jean-Jacques Rochut

Film Editing by
Lynzee Klingman
Helen Levitt
Hannah Moreinis

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Albert Maher .... assistant director

Sound Department
Harald Maury .... sound

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