Heaven And Earth
Action, Biography, Drama, War
Warner Bros.  (1993) 140 mins R

6.7 (4,347 votes)
Le Ly (Hiep Thi Le) is a young Vietnamese girl who has shamed her family by becoming pregnant while not being married. This along with the brutality of the invading Viet Cong lead her to search for a way out of Vietnam. She begins to communicate with American troops, hoping to con her way out of the country and back to America when she meets U. S. Marine Steve Butler (Tommy Lee Jones). The two fall in love and Butler takes her back with him to America, where the two start a life together. Both soon find out how quickly the American dream can become a nightmare and shatter their lives....

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Cast and Crew
Bussaro Sanruck  ......  Le Ly (5)
Thuan K. Nguyen  ......  Uncle Luc
Hiep Thi Le  ......  Le Ly
Lan Nguyen Calderon  ......  Ba
Joan Chen  ......  Mama
Thuan Le  ......  Kim
Director  .....  Oliver Stone
Producer  .....  Arnon Milchan; Oliver Stone; A. Kitman Ho; Robert Kline
Writer  .....  Oliver Stone; Jay Wurts; Le Ly Hayslip
Cinematography  .....  Robert Richardson
Notes
Trivia:
According to director Oliver Stone, he held auditions for the lead role, and Hiep Thi Le (who ended up as the lead role) was pushed into doing the audition by one of her friends. (more)

Filming Locations:
Bangkok, Thailand

Quotes:
Steve Butler: [showing Le Ly some photographs] This is Mom's eighth dog. She has the eight ugliest dogs in the United States!
[he and Le Ly laugh]
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Awards:
Won Golden Globe. Another 2 nominations (more)