21 and a Wake-Up (2009)
"I learn that Chris McIntyre served in Vietnam and that "21 and a Wakeup," set in an Army hospital in the waning days of the war, is based on events that he experienced and heard about." - Roger Ebert
Top billed cast
Amy AckerCaitlin Murphy
Danica McKellarJenny Valentine
Faye DunawayMajor Rose Thorn- Todd CahoonChris Cameron
Kristyn GreenSkylar Paige
JC ChasezDr. Tom Drury- Lê Y LanVietnamese Villager
Kenneth Chang24th Evac Staff and Patients
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