Heaven & Earth

The life of Le Lys, a woman from a Vietnamese village, is shattered by the presence of communist insurgents and the subsequent turmoil of the French and American wars, leading to immense personal suffering, false relationships, relocation, and ultimately a tragic end to her relationship with a Marine named Steve. Heaven & Earth is a 1993 English-language Action Biography movie featuring Tommy Lee Jones, Joan Chen, Haing S. Ngor, Hiep Thi Le, Bussaro Sanruck, Supak Pititam and George A. Roark. The movie is inspired from When Heaven and Earth Changed Places by Le Ly Hayslip Jay Wurts Child of War Woman of Peace by Le Ly Hayslip James Hayslip. Le Studio Canal + in association with Regency Enterprises, Alcor Films, Ixtlan, New Regency Productions, Kitman Ho Productions and Todd-AO. were the production houses involved in the project along with executive producer(s) Oliver Stone, Arnon Milchan, Robert Kline and A. Kitman Ho. Heaven & Earth is written by Le Ly Hayslip, Jay Wurts, James Hayslip and Oliver Stone and it is directed by Oliver Stone. Warner Bros. acquired the distribution rights for the movie. Heaven & Earth was released on 25th December 1993 and takes a screen time of 140 minutes. Heaven & Earth was made on a budget of $33 million and at the box office it grossed only $5 million. The screenplay for the movie was written by Oliver Stone. Cinematography was done by Robert Richardson and editing by David Brenner and Sally Menke. The music was composed by Kitar.