China Beach Pilot (1988) With Bill Broyles and John Sacret Young
NR, 95 min.
Directed by Rod Holcomb, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Dana Delaney, Nan Woods, Michael Boatman, Marg Helgenberger.

The creators and writers of the TV show China Beach – John Sacret Young and Austin screenwriter and Vietnam veteran Bill Broyles – will be on hand to kick off this new film series. In addition to presenting the pilot for the groundbreaking show whose focus was the everyday lives of average Americans serving in Vietnam, Broyles and Sacret will discuss the ideas behind the creation of the series. The film series will continue in 2003.

This article appears in November 8 • 2002.

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Marjorie Baumgarten is a film critic and contributing writer at The Austin Chronicle, where she has worked in many capacities since the paper's founding in 1981. She served as the Chronicle's Film Reviews editor for 25 years.