Goodbye America
Goodbye America is a 1997 actiondrama film that examines how the closing of the U.S. naval base at Subic Bay, Philippines affected the Filipinos and the Americans who had served there. The film was an attempt to bring Philippine cinema into the international audience.
Paul Bladon Alexis Arquette, another Navy Seal at the Subic Bay base, is the son of a U.S. Senator Michael York, who will be visiting Subic Bay for the bases closing ceremonies. Senator Bladon is bringing along Pauls American girlfriend Angela Maureen Flannigan, though Paul has fallen in love with a Filipina, Emma Alma Concepcion, a former prostitute who now plans to marry Paul. The third Navy Seal, John Stryzack Corin Nemec, is furious over what he sees as Americas betrayal of its responsibilities in the Philippines he winds up behind bars after a violent incident, but he plans to escape to assassinate Senator Bladon, whom he believes is responsible for the closing of the base.The film premiered in the Philippines on August 20, 1997 and at the Film Market of the 1997 Cannes Film Festival, where the screening attracted curious distributors and the movie garnered some hype. ........
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