Directed by Oliver Stone Written by Le Ly Hayslip   Jay Wurts   James Hayslip   Oliver Stone   Cast Haing S. Ngor ... Papa Bussaro Sanruck ... Le Ly - Age 5 Supak Pititam ... Buddhist Monk Joan Chen ... Mama Thuan K. Nguyen ... Uncle Luc Hiep Thi Le ... Le Ly Lan Nguyen Calderon ... Ba Thuan Le ... Kim Dustin Nguyen ... Sau Mai Le Ho ... Hai Vinh Dang ... Bon Khiem Thai ... Brother In Law Liem Whatley ... Viet Cong Captain Michelle Vynh Le ... Viet Cong Cadre Woman Tuan Tran ... Rapist Aron Starrat ... Helicopter Soldier Peter Duong ... Republican Colonel Hieu Van Vu ... Teacher Phil Neilson ... Marine in Helicopter Ming-Yang Li ... Ky La Wizard (as Michael Lee) Thanh Vo ... Grenade Girl George A. Roark ... U.S. Advisor (as George Roarke) Michael Paul Chan ... Interrogator Dave Cooper ... Bald Onlooker Irene Ng ... Torture Girl #1 Thuc-Hanh Tran ... Torture Girl #2 Vu Anh Phan ... Snakeman Mai Le ... Steward Vivian Wu ... Madame Lien Long Nguyen ... Anh Term Saefam ... Herbalist Stephen Polk ... G.I. #1 Keith Smith ... G.I. #2 Brad Rea ... G.I. #3 Tran Huy ... Danang Cop Robert John Burke ... G.I. Paul Tim Guinee ... Young Sergeant (as Timothy Guinee) Yeun Yong Dumda ... Jimmy - Age 1 Timothy Carhart ... Big Mike Kevin Gallagher ... Tall Marine Brian Helmick ... Short Marine Catherine Ai ... Bar Girl Tommy Lee Jones ... Steve Butler Somsak Hormsombat ... Siclo Driver Nuttikit ... Jimmy - Age 3 Don Ho Jr. ... Tommy - Age 2 Phuong Huu Le ... Jimmy - Age 6 Dale Dye ... Larry Scott Barkwill ... Staff Sergeant at Embassy Conchata Ferrell ... Bernice Debbie Reynolds ... Eugenia Jennifer Low Sauer ... Supermarket Shopper #1 London Garcia ... Supermarket Shopper #2 (as Gina Sheri Tavizon) Chitra F. Mojtabai ... Supermarket Check-out Girl (as Chitra Mojtabai) Annie McEnroe ... Dinner Guest #1 Marianne Muellerleile ... Dinner Guest #2 Marshall Bell ... Dinner Guest #3 Le Ly Hayslip ... Jewelry Broker Huynh Cao Nguyen ... Landlord Willie Nark-Orn ... Tommy - Age 5 Lester Gopaoco ... Jimmy - Age 8 Toby Vu ... Alan - Age 2 Andy Reeder ... Alan - Age 4 Doan Chau Mau ... California Monk (as Chau Mao Doan) Vivien Straus ... Neighbor's Wife Mai Nguyen ... California Wizard Melinda Renna ... Police Woman Robert Marshall ... Detective (as Robert F. Marshall) Tai Thai ... Jimmy - Age 20 Tom Nam Ly ... Tommy - Age 15 Uncredited Cast Noël John Howard ... Alan - Age 2 Jeffrey Jones ... Minister Donal Logue ... Red Espérance Pham Thai Lan ... Student Kathlyne Pham ... Ghost Wife Sean Stone ... Young Boy with Jesuit Missionaries Produced by Risa Bramon Garcia   A. Kitman Ho   Mario Kassar   Robert Kline   Arnon Milchan   Christina Rodgers   Richard Rutowski   Oliver Stone   Clayton Townsend   Original Music by Kitarô

Additional Info Premiere: December 25, 1993 Theatrical Release: January 07, 1994 DVD Release: January 16, 2001 Blu-ray Release: December 08, 2014 Countries: Distributor: Warner Brother Studios Websites: Production Companies Alcor Films Canal+ Ixtlan New Regency Pictures Regency Enterprises TAE Todd-AO Studios Warner Bros. Distributors Warner Bros.   (1993) (USA) (theatrical) Twilight Time   (2014) (USA) (Blu-ray) (video) Warner Home Video   (USA) (DVD) Warner Home Video   (USA) (all media) (laserdisc) Rating Stats Overall Rating 6.8 / 10 Our Rating -- / 10 Your Friends -- / 10 Male Users -- / 10 Female Users -- / 10 Site Ranking #4,007 / 20,725 Site Ranking #4,003 Cosmic Sin (2021) #4,004 Area 51 (2015) #4,005 Yoga Hosers (2016) #4,006 The Addams Family 2 (2021) #4,007 Heaven & Earth (1993) #4,008 Van Wilder: Freshman Year (2009) #4,009 Auto Focus (2002) #4,010 Primeval (2007) #4,011 Best Of The Best (1989)