In Country

Release Date: 1989-09-15

Overview: Samantha Hughes, a teenaged Kentucky girl, never knew her father, who died in Vietnam before her birth. Samantha lives with her uncle Emmett, who also served in Vietnam. Emmett hangs around with Tom, Earl, and Pete, three other Vietnam vets who, like Emmett, all have problems of one kind or another that relate to their war experiences. Samantha becomes obsessed with finding out about her father.

Rating: 5.6 / 10

Cast

Bruce Willis

as Emmett Smith

Emily Lloyd

as Samantha Hughes

Joan Allen

as Irene

Kevin Anderson

as Lonnie

John Terry

as Tom

Crew

Frank Pierson - Screenplay
Norman Jewison - Director
James Horner - Original Music Composer
James Horner - Conductor
Russell Boyd - Director of Photography

Reviews

Wuchak:

***Low-key drama about Vietnam survivors and the teen daughter of one who died in the war*** A 17 year-old girl from western Kentucky (Emily Lloyd) lives with her Vietnam vet uncle (Bruce Willis) w...