They Marched Into Sunlight: War and Peace, Vietnam and America, October 1967 is a book written by Pulitzer Prize winner and bestselling author David Maraniss, was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for History in 2004 and won the J. Anthony Lukas Book Prize. It is also being made into a feature film by Universal Pictures, set for release in 2013.
The book centers around the Battle of Ong Thanh and a protest at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.
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They Marched Into Sunlight: War and Peace, Vietnam and America, October 1967 is a book written by Pulitzer Prize winner and bestselling author David Maraniss, was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for History in 2004 and won the J. Anthony Lukas Book Prize. It is also being made into a feature film by Universal Pictures, set for release in 2013.
The book centers around the Battle of Ong Thanh and a protest at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.
A 2005 documentary film, part of the PBS American Experience series was based on this book, titled Two Days in October. In the UK it was also broadcast by BBC Four as How Vietnam was Lost, as part of the channel's Storyville series.
Both Tom Hanks and Gary Goetzman have the rights for making a feature film version of Maraniss's book. Their production company Playtone is very interested in having Paul Greengrass (United 93, The Bourne Ultimatum) as director of the project, besides of re-writing J. Michael Straczynski's first draft. Universal...
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