Faith of My Fathers (film)
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| Faith of My Fathers | |
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| Directed by | Peter Markle |
| Produced by | Alan Barnette |
| Written by | Peter Markle William Bingham |
| Starring | Shawn Hatosy Scott Glenn Erin Cottrell |
| Music by | Velton Ray Bunch |
| Cinematography | Bill Roe |
| Editing by | Scott Boyd |
| Running time | 90 minutes |
| Language | English |
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Faith of My Fathers is a 2005 American television film, directed by Peter Markle. Based on the 1999 memoir of the same name by United States Senator and former United States Navy aviator John McCain (with Mark Salter), it aired on A&E Network on Memorial Day, May 30, 2005.[1]
Filmed in Louisiana,[1] Faith of My Fathers is based on the story of Lieutenant Commander John McCain's experiences as a prisoner of war in North Vietnam for five and a half years during the Vietnam War,[2] interleaved with his memories of growing up in a heritage rich with military service. Shawn Hatosy is cast as John McCain, with Scott Glenn as his father, Admiral Jack McCain. Of the North Vietnamese captors, Chi Moui Lo played the keyman "Prick" and Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa played prison commander "Cat".
Reviews for Faith of My Fathers were mixed, with Variety calling the treatment an "earnest [and] stark, by-the-numbers account of the horrors POWs endured in Vietnam", while The Washington Post said the film was "serviceable" but fell short of McCain's "much more nuanced" memoir.[3] The New York Times acknowledged the lack of complexity or texture, but said the film was "a respectful, moving view of a veteran's effort to pay respects to his family and fellow P.O.W.'s."[4]
The film was nominated for four Primetime Emmy Awards, in categories involving art direction, cinematography, and editing, but did not win any of them.[5] It was also a nominee for the American Society of Cinematographers Awards of 2005.[6] It was released to DVD by Sony Pictures Television[2] on August 30, 2005.[7]
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- ^ a b "Recently Reviewed: Faith of My Fathers". Variety. 2005-05-30. Retrieved on 2006-11-17.
- ^ a b A&E Network (2005-03-14). "Shawn Hatosy And Scott Glenn To Star In ...". Press release. Retrieved on 2008-04-16.
- ^ Marcia Davis. "'Faith of My Fathers': In Principle, a Noble Effort", The Washington Post, 2005-05-30. Retrieved on 2008-04-16.
- ^ Alessandra Stanley. "Like Father, Like Son, Like Patriots", The New York Times, 2005-05-30. Retrieved on 2008-04-16.
- ^ "Complete list of 2005 primetime Emmy winners", Associated Press for The Chicago Tribune, 2005-09-18. Retrieved on 2008-04-16.
- ^ Film Awards. SeismicFX. Retrieved on 2008-04-16.
- ^ Faith of My Fathers. Amazon.com. Retrieved on 2008-04-15.
