A tale about Vietnamese refugees sent to an orientation camp on the Camp Pendleton Marine Base in California, 'Green Dragon' focuses on a young boy and his sister. Set in 1975, the film chronicles the stories told to the two children by other refugees in the camp and of Tai Tran, who dares to introduce himself to Sergeant Jim Lance. In developing a relationship with Lance, Tran is able to improve
Directed byTimothy Linh Bui
- Status
- Released
- Runtime
- 1h 55m
- Language
- EN
- Released
- May 17, 2001
Franchise ClassicsRickshaw FilmsWatch the
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Featuring
Cast & crew
Patrick Swayze
Gunnery Sergeant Jim Lance
Forest Whitaker
Addie
Đơn Dương
Tai Tran
Hiep Thi Le
Thuy Hoa
Billinjer C. Tran
Duc (as Billinjer Tran)
Kathleen Luong
Second Wife
Phuoc Quan Nguyen
Loi
Long Nguyen
Quang Hai
Catherine Ai
Hien
Kieu Chinh
Kieu
- Directed by
- Timothy Linh Bui
- Written by
- Timothy Linh BuiTony Bui
- Produced by
- Elie Samaha
Andrew Stevens
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