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Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Sony
EAN: 9781404988033
ISBN: 1404988033
Label: Sony Pictures
Manufacturer: Sony Pictures
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Sony Pictures
Region Code: 99
Release Date: August 30, 2005
Running Time: 90 minutes
Sales Rank: 21690
Studio: Sony Pictures
Theatrical Release Date: May 30, 2005
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Editorial Review:
Description:
Based on the autobiography by Senator John McCain and Mark Salter, Faith of My Fathers chronicles the younger years of Senator McCain's life. Beginning as a hotshot Navy pilot through his five years of captivity as a prisoner of war in North Vietnam, the film captures how his experiences helped shape the man that he has become.
Amazon.com:
'It's all about character,' Jack McCain says to son John on his first day at Annapolis Naval Academy. Based on John McCain's autobiography, A&E’s Faith of Our Fathers traces the senator's character-building journey from pilot to POW to war hero. Shawn Hatosy (Soldier's Girl) is John and Scott Glenn (The Right Stuff) is his four-star admiral father. The story begins in 1967 when the younger man is shot down over North Vietnam, tortured, and hospitalized--only to be tortured again. Then it flashes back to 1953 as he takes his initial steps towards a military career and life with first wife Carol (Erin Cottrell). The made-for-TV movie continues to alternate between Annapolis and Vietnam's Hanoi Hilton. The story ends after McCain is released in 1973. Although his part often feels underwritten, Hatosy shines as a man who, like his father before him, would not betray his country at any cost. --Kathleen C. Fennessy
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Rating: - A Television Movie about the Horror of War!
Based on the memoir of the same name, this story is the familiar one about United States Senator John McCain who survives a prison camp in Vietnam during his tour of duty.
The actors are somewhat unknown but familiar. The film was produced by Arts & Entertainment network which is probably why the tone of the violence was toned down in retrospect and some might say not enough.
I can't imagine what really happened to John McCain during his time there. I have not read his book but I ... Read More
Rating: - Faith of My Fathers
This was an excellent movie and should be seen by all Americans.John McCain has a legacy left by his father and grandfather that is instilled in him.
Rating: - Real American Hero
This effective dramatization of Sen. John McCain's ordeal in the "Hanoi Hilton" prisoner of war camp for 5 years was actually released a few years ago, based on his memoir of the same name. It also deals delicately with his relationship with his father, both remote and adored, and the clearly the strongest influence in his life. It is very well acted, with a cast that I didn't recognize with the exception of Scott Glenn. In an interview with Sen McCain, he touches lightly on the accuracy of the set ... Read More
Rating:  - Toned down but balanced
As others have noted, to create a film that could be shown on television, the violence that McCain and other POWs experienced is toned down. That distorts just what McCain went through before he signed the statement his captors were demanding. Keep that in mind as you watch this film. If most people can't stand to merely watch what he went through, what must it have been like to have endured that torture?
McCain was a POW for five and a half years, from October 27, 1967 until March 14, ... Read More
Rating: - This is Courage
While not the highest quality of movie ever made, this movie does a tremendous service in highlighting the integrity and character of John McCain.Whether or not you agree with him politically, this is a movie that should be should be seen by every American that is voting this fall.This tells the story of McCain's naval service with much of the focus on his time in a North Vietnamese POW camp.McCain deserves our respect and honor for the service he has provided to this country, regardless of whether ... Read More
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