Apologies for being totally off subject but I feel uncomfortable about letting it go uncommented, being symptomatic of the U.S.centric nature of this list. John Hoppe wrote (re: American films) >Full Metal Jacket (yes, Kubrick is a Brit, but so what? Vietnam was an > American War) Well, quite a few Australians and I think New Zealander's fought and died in this 'American' war, I believe the French might have a different view and well, weren't there some Vietnamese in there somewhere too? Adrian Miles