THIS IS ONLY PLAYING AT CERTAIN MOVIE THEATERS.
IT STARS ROBERT REDFORD, WHO ALSO DIRECTED IT.
IT IS A FASCINATING STORY, BASED ON THE PROTESTS IN THE USA OVER THE VIETNAM WAR OF THE 1960s
IT IS 30 YEARS LATER BUT THE STORY RELATES TO PEOPLE 30 YEARS AGO IN THE PEOPLE'S PROTEST OF THE USA FIGHTING A WAR IN VIETNAM.
IT DOES BRING BACK THE HISTORY OF THAT TIME, AND HOW THE PAST IS NOW CATCHING UP TO THE PRESENT FOR THOSE INVOLVED IN THE PROTESTS.
FOR THE YOUNGER GENERATION, THEY WOULD NEED TO DO SOME INTERNET RESEARCH ON THE HISTORY OF THOSE YEARS, TO GET THE FULL BENEFIT OF THE MOVIE. BUT THAT WOULD BE A GOOD USA HISTORY LESSON FOR THEM.
IT WAS BACK IN THE DAYS WHEN THE USA GOVERNMENT WAS FANATICAL ABOUT COMMUNISM BEING THE BIG SATANIC EVIL, THAT HAD TO BE FOUGHT AND DEFEATED AT EVERY TURN, INCLUDING GOING INTO VIETNAM TO WAR AGAINST THE SATANIC FORCE.
IT IS A PART CHAPTER OF A HISTORY OF THE USA, AT THE SAME TIME AS RACISM HAD ITS UGLY HEAD IN MANY PARTS OF AMERICA,
CULMINATING IN THE ASSASSINATION OF MARTIN LUTHER KING, THE HEAD OF THE PEACEFUL DEMONSTRATIONS FOR EQUALITY FOR THE BLACKS IN EVERY WAY IN THE USA.
AS THE YEARS WENT ON MORE AND MORE PEOPLE WERE AGAINST THE VIETNAM WAR. THERE WAS "CONSCRIPTION" OR "THE DRAF" INTO THE USA ARMY, WHICH MANY YOUNG MEN REFUSED BY DISAPPEARING, MANY COMING INTO CANADA. MOHAMMED ALI [THE WORLD HEAVY-WEIGHT BOXING CHAMPION AT THE TIME] REFUSED CONSCRIPTION, SAYING, "THOSE PEOPLE HAVE DONE NO WRONG TO ME, WHY SHOULD I FIGHT THEM." HE WAS GOING TO GET A JAIL SENTENCE, BUT WAS PARDONED BY THE PRESIDENT.
IT WAS A WAR, LIKE THE TWO "B" BOYS [BUSH AND BLAIR] STARTED IN IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN, ENTERED INTO WITH STUPIDITY, AND KILLED THOUSANDS OF USA SOLDIERS, AND THOUSANDS OF INNOCENT MEN, WOMEN, AND CHILDREN, IN A LAND FAR WAY FROM THE USA.
SO THE MOVIE "THE COMPANY YOU KEEP" IS WORTH SEEING BY ADULTS AND TEENAGERS.
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