In Love and War (1987 film)

In Love and War 1987 is a Vietnam warbased thrillerdrama television film starring James Woods and Jane Alexander. It was directed by Paul Aaron. The film is based on the true story of James Stockdale and Sybil Stockdale. James Stockdale, a highestranking naval officer, was held as a prisoner of war in Vietnam, whilst Sybil Stockdale became a cofounder, and then later served as the national coordinator of the National League of Families, a nonprofit organization that worked on behalf of American Vietnamera Missing in Action and Prisoner of War Families. The films screenplay was written by Carol Schreder, who was also one of the films producers. The screenplay was based on the book In Love and War The Story of a Familys Ordeal and Sacrifice During the Vietnam Years, which was written by James and Sybil Stockdale themselves.

In Love and War is an account of US Navy Commander James Stockdales eight year imprisonment in North Vietnam as a prisoner of war. During his confinement in subhuman living conditions within such camps as the infamous Hanoi Hilton, Stockdale, amongst other American prisoners, led a resistance group against the North Vietnamese, facing torture, isolation, and starvation in attempts to break their wills. Meanwhile back in America, Stockdales wife, Sybil, begins working with other POW wives to try to get information on their husbands and to inform the world on their treatment.The film stars James Woods as James B. Jim Stockdale and Jane Alexander as Sybil Stockdale. Others in the film include Concetta Tomei as Doyen Salsig, Haing S. Ngor as Major Bui, Jon Cedar as Bud Salsig and Jon Cedar as Bud Salsig. ........

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