This film saved America....

Rating: 9/10 (26 January 2007)

Had Scorcese not made this film, John Hinkley would not have shot President Reagan in order to impress Jodie Foster...President Reagan wouldn't have been able to impress America by bouncing back so quickly, and therefore Mondale would have won in 1984... ....Only days later, he would have surrendered America, unconditionally, to the Soviets..freedom would be dead, and all the Earth would be red. I must say, Cybil Shepherd looked her finest here...it certainly didn't hurt her chances in being chosen for her later series, Moonlighting. This film captures not only the mental anguish of the Vietnam vet, but also the state of America as it was in the mid 1970's. Had it not been for Marty Scorcese and this film. Credit to American Dad for this:)