Produced at the height of the Vietnam War, Emile de Antonio’s Oscar®-nominated 1968 documentary chronicles the war’s historical roots. With palpable outrage, De Antonio (Point of Order, Underground) assembles period interviews with journalists, politicians, and key military personnel and international newsreel and archival footage to create a scathing chronicle of America’ escalating involvement in this divisive conflict. The savage and horrific images speak for themselves in perhaps the most controversial film of de Antonio’s career, and the film he cites as his personal favorite.

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In the Year of the Pig (1968)

War/Documentary · 1h 43m · 2/26/1969

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Produced at the height of the Vietnam War, Emile de Antonio’s Oscar®-nominated 1968 documentary chronicles the war’s historical roots. With palpable outrage, De Antonio (Point of Order, Underground) assembles period interviews with journalists, politicians, and key military personnel and international newsreel and archival footage to create a scathing chronicle of America’ escalating involvement in this divisive conflict. The savage and horrific images speak for themselves in perhaps the most controversial film of de Antonio’s career, and the film he cites as his personal favorite.

Status

Released

Language

English

Country

United States
Source
Cast
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Harry S. Ashmore

Himself (chairman, Center for Democratic Institutions)
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Daniel Berrigan

Himself
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Joseph Buttinger

Himself (France)
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William R. Corson

Himself (USMC, CIA)
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Philippe Devillers

Himself (France)
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David Halberstam

Himself (New York Times)
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Roger Hillsman

Himself (Asst. Secretary of State)
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Jean Lacouture

Himself (France)
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Kenneth P. Landon

Himself (State Dept.)
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Thruston B. Morton

Himself (US Senator)
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Paul Mus

Himself (Yale University)
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Charlton Osburn

Himself (State Dept., 1946)
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Harrison Salisbury

Himself (New York Times)
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Ilya Todd

Himself (reporter, Le nouvel observateur)
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John Toller

Himself (Green Berets, deserter)
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David K. Tuck

Himself (US serviceman, execution of prisoners)
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David Werfel

Himself (University of Missouri)
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John White

Himself (USN, Tonkin Gulf Incident)
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Dai Bao

Himself (in Cannes) (archive footage) (uncredited)
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Mark W. Clark

Himself (recommends attack on Haiphong) (archive footage) (uncredited)
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Jean de Lattre de Tassigny

Himself (arrives in Vietnam) (archive footage) (uncredited)
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Ngo Dinh Diem

Himself (sits in throne as elephant bows) (archive footage) (uncredited)
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Everett Dirksen

Himself (US Senator) (archive footage) (uncredited)
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John Foster Dulles

Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
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Anthony Eden

Himself (in Geneva for conference) (archive footage) (uncredited)
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Dwight D. Eisenhower

Himself (in limousine with Diem) (archive footage) (uncredited)
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Gerald Ford

Himself (speech on economic success of Vietnam) (archive footage) (uncredited)
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Ernest Gruening

Himself (US Senator) (archive footage) (uncredited)
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Alexander Haig

Himself (in Vietnam) (archive footage) (uncredited) (unconfirmed)
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Chi Minh Ho

Himself (in his rustic house in downtown Hanoi) (archive footage) (uncredited)
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Richard Hughes

Himself (Governor, New Jersey, observer team) (archive footage) (uncredited)
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Hubert H. Humphrey

Himself (speech on military policy) (archive footage) (uncredited)
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General Ilie

Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
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Lady Bird Johnson

Herself (with LBJ and JFK) (archive footage) (uncredited)
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Lyndon Johnson

Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
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John F. Kennedy

Himself (speech on Vietnam) (archive footage) (uncredited)
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Curtis LeMay

Himself (speech on Communist aggression) (archive footage) (uncredited)
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Malcolm MacDonald

Himself (with African colonial soldier) (archive footage) (uncredited)
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Joseph McCarthy

Himself (speech on Indochina) (archive footage) (uncredited)
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Robert McNamara

Himself (Secretary of Defense, on Tonkin Gulf Incident) (archive footage) (uncredited)
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Vyacheslav Molotov

Himself (in Geneva for conference) (archive footage) (uncredited)
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Wayne Morse

Himself (US Senator) (archive footage) (uncredited)
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Dinh Nhu Ngo

Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
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Cao Ky Nguyen

Himself (states his opposition to free speech) (archive footage) (uncredited)
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Madame Nhu

Herself (speech on monk suicides) (archive footage) (uncredited)
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Richard Nixon

Himself (handshake with Diem) (archive footage) (uncredited)
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George S. Patton IV

Himself (US Army, tank commander) (archive footage) (uncredited)
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Van Dong Pham

Himself (with Ho) (archive footage) (uncredited)
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Duc Quang

Himself (prepares to be burned) (archive footage) (uncredited)
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Arthur Sylvester

Himself (Asst. Secretary of Defense, on Tonkin Gulf Incident) (archive footage) (uncredited)
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Nguyen Giap Vo

Himself (with officers at Dien Bien Phu) (archive footage) (uncredited)
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William C. Westmoreland

Himself (speech on treatment of captured VC) (archive footage) (uncredited)
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Earle G. Wheeler

Himself (Chairman, Joint Chiefs, on Tonkin Gulf Incident) (archive footage) (uncredited)
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Charles Wilson

Himself (Secretary of Defense, 1954) (archive footage) (uncredited)
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Whitney Young

Himself (Urban League, observer team) (archive footage) (uncredited)
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Enlai Zhou

Himself (in Geneva for conference) (archive footage) (uncredited)
Crew
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Emile de Antonio

Director
Disc Releases
Disc Title Front Cover

In the Year of the Pig

(DVD)

9/20/2005

$39.39

Disc Title Front Cover

Emile de Antonio: Radical Saint

(DVD)

7/8/2008

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