The Veteran (2006 film)

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The Veteran
Screenplay by	John Flock J. Stephen Maunder (wrriten by)
Directed by	Sidney J. Furie
Starring	Ally Sheedy Bobby Hosea Michael Ironside Casper Van Dien Colin Glazer Sean Baek Jim Codrington Donald Burda
Music by	Eric Cadesky Nick Dyer
Country of origin	Canada United States
Original language	English
Production
Producer	Curtis Petersen
Cinematography	David Mitchell Curtis Petersen
Editors	Eduardo Martinez Mitchell Lackie
Running time	90 mins
Production companies	Alliance Atlantis Peace Arch Entertainment Group
Original release
Release	2006 (2006)
Related
Under Heavy Fire

The Veteran is a 2006 American

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The film is the third in Sidney J. Furie's Vietnam War trilogy along with 1977's The Boys in Company C and 2001's Under Heavy Fire, resembling Oliver Stone and his Vietnam War trilogy of 1986's Platoon, 1989's Born on the Fourth of July and 1993's Heaven & Earth.

Synopsis

30 years since the

, along with a few government agents, are in the hotel opposite secretly listening in to the conversation between the two veterans as they are assigned to search for a missing soldier.

The character played by Michael Ironside is Doc Jordan, from the original film, Under Heavy Fire. The scenes taken from that film and used in The Veteran as a background color for the story star Austin Farwell as the young Doc Jordan, who went missing in the battle of Hue in Under Heavy Fire. Austin Farwell is not acknowledged in the credits of The Veteran although the central character is based upon his original portrayal of Doc Jordan.

Cast

• Ally Sheedy as Sara Reid
• Bobby Hosea as Raymond Watson
• Michael Ironside as Mark Jordan
• Colin Glazer as Dennis McBride
• Sean Baek as CIA Agent Huang
• Jim Codrington as Agent Cooper
• Donald Burda as Agent McDonald

External links

• The Veteran at
  IMDb