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Seasons of the Pearl
Seasons of the Pearl
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One year in the life of a Saigon bar is the stage for the same year in the lives of the GIs and young women who hang out in this gritty comedy.
Sammy and Bugs are US Army guys working their way through a one-year tour in Vietnam during the war years. They’re joined by a few whacky buddies and the local bar girls whose Pidgin English is all part of their charm. Their hang-out is a small bar, The Oriental Pearl, in Saigon where the girls work. Savannah, an American news correspondent, joins them, befriends the girls and has an affair with one of the guys. They all go back and forth through the swinging doors of the Pearl bringing with them humor, pathos, and serious war zone emotions. The Americans are there for the four seasons of the year. Most of the locals are there for life.
While comedy is the central theme of this screenplay, a strong political message is present. It’s a question that seems to be unanswered in the world today. The characters are real people brought together in a surreal atmosphere of an extremely unpopular war.
Sammy and Bugs are US Army guys working their way through a one-year tour in Vietnam during the war years. They’re joined by a few whacky buddies and the local bar girls whose Pidgin English is all part of their charm. Their hang-out is a small bar, The Oriental Pearl, in Saigon where the girls work. Savannah, an American news correspondent, joins them, befriends the girls and has an affair with one of the guys. They all go back and forth through the swinging doors of the Pearl bringing with them humor, pathos, and serious war zone emotions. The Americans are there for the four seasons of the year. Most of the locals are there for life.
While comedy is the central theme of this screenplay, a strong political message is present. It’s a question that seems to be unanswered in the world today. The characters are real people brought together in a surreal atmosphere of an extremely unpopular war.
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