Sir! No Sir! (2006)
89%RT Audience Score: 84%
Awards & Nominations: 1 win & 2 nominations
A powerful reflection on a pivotal era, from a viewpoint seldom visited, this documentary hits home, especially with its relevance to current events
If you’re looking for a documentary that will make you laugh, cry, and question everything you thought you knew about the Vietnam War, then Sir! No Sir! is the film for you. David Zeiger’s use of archival footage and interviews with former soldiers will leave you feeling both inspired and heartbroken. It’s a must-watch for anyone interested in the anti-war movement and the power of speaking out against injustice. Plus, who doesn’t love a good trippy alternative history?
Production Company(ies)
Channel Four Films, Ci By 2000 Thin Man Films,
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Filming Location(s)
Docklands, Poplar, London, England, UK
MPAA / Certificate
Approved
Year of Release
1967
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Color:Color
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Sound mix:Dolby
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Aspect ratio:1.85 : 1
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Runtime:NA
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Language(s):English
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Country of origin:United States
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Release date:Release Date (Theaters): Jun 19, 2005 Original
Release Date (Streaming): Dec 19, 2006
Genre(s)
Documentary
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David Zeiger – Writer
David Zeiger – Producer
Evangeline Griego – Producer
Aaron Zarrow – Producer
Peter Broderick – Executive Producer
Director(s)
David Zeiger
Writer(s)
David Zeiger
Producer(s)
David Zeiger, Evangeline Griego, Aaron Zarrow
Film Festivals
Awards & Nominations
1 win & 2 nominations
Academy Awards
All Critics (53) | Top Critics (22) | Fresh (47) | Rotten (6)
We haven’t got space to do justice to David Zeiger’s important historical documentary Sir! No Sir! but suffice it to say that it will change your understanding of the Vietnam era, even if you were alive then.
December 15, 2006
Andrew O’Hehir
Salon.com
TOP CRITIC
I expected to emerge depressed by how long these stories have gone untold, but the speakers’ courage and humanity are a shot in the arm.
December 15, 2006
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Chicago Reader
TOP CRITIC
Zeiger’s movie is a timely salute to the risky and brave men and women who had the temerity not only to think for themselves but to speak their minds.
June 16, 2006 | Rating: 3/4
Wesley Morris
Boston Globe
TOP CRITIC
Shines a light on a forgotten corner of the antiwar movement: the men (and a few women) who returned from their tours of duty filled with doubt and disillusionment over what they saw, and did, there.
June 9, 2006 | Rating: 3.5/4
Steven Rea
Philadelphia Inquirer
TOP CRITIC
About an almost-forgotten fact of the Vietnam era: Anti-war sentiment among U.S. troops grew into a problem for the Pentagon.
June 9, 2006 | Rating: 3/4
Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
TOP CRITIC
Honors those who fought, then questioned the morality of that fight, then joined the national protest.
June 8, 2006 | Rating: 3/4
Michael Phillips
Chicago Tribune
TOP CRITIC
An aimless pastiche of archival footage and current interviews of former Vietnam vets court-martialed and jailed for their anti-war activities.
March 1, 2007
Maria Garcia
Film Journal International
The power Sir! No Sir! has as a film overrides any problems it presents.
December 16, 2006 | Rating: 3/5
David Cornelius
DVDTalk.com
David Zeiger’s documentary feature Sir! No Sir! might be described as a therapeutic film, since it seeks to cure some small part of America’s amnesia.
November 11, 2006
Stuart Klawans
The Nation
Not only a fascinating illumination of a blotted-out part of the counter-cultural, popular-protest ’60s, but a timely questioning of patriotism and duty in the midst of an increasingly unjustifiable war.
September 2, 2006
Brian Gibson
Vue Weekly (Edmonton, Alberta)
Zeiger makes good use of archival footage, photos and sound bites from the period. And the frankness of his interview subjects is refreshing.
July 1, 2006 | Rating: 3/4
Jeff Vice
Deseret News (Salt Lake City)
Zeiger presents a trippy alternative history that prompts questions about what today’s troops in Iraq might be thinking.
June 30, 2006 | Rating: 3/4
Sean P. Means
Salt Lake Tribune…
Plot
Engineer Mark Thackeray arrives to teach a totally undisciplined class at an East End school. Still hoping for a good engineering job, he’s hopeful that he won’t be there long. He starts implementing his own brand of classroom discipline: forcing the pupils to treat each other with respect. Inevitably he begins getting involved in the students’ personal lives, and must avoid the advances of an amorous student while winning over the class tough. What will he decide when the engineering job comes through?
Trivia
Goofs / Tidbits
Fresh Kernels doesn’t provide any goofy or funny comments about the film Sir! No Sir!, but it does mention that Jane Fonda is among the celebrities who join their voices with veterans and soldiers in the documentary.
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