Overview
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
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Music
Music by Jeff Danna
Details
- Director
- Writers
- Timothy Linh BuiScreenplay, Story
- Tony BuiStory
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- May 17, 2001
- Original language
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
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In the United States
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Cast
Patrick SwayzeGunnery Sergeant Jim Lance
Forest WhitakerAddie
Đơn DươngTai Tran
Hiep Thi LeThuy Hoa- Billinjer C. TranDuc (as Billinjer Tran)
Kathleen LuongSecond Wife- Phuoc Quan NguyenLoi
Long NguyenQuang Hai- Catherine AiHien
Kieu ChinhKieu
Elyse DinhRed Cross Volunteer- Phong Atwood VoMan on Crutches (as Phong Vo)
John GripentrogAmerican Server- Monique LetranQ. Hai's Wife
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