Shawn Ryan

Yeah, right?

Yeah, we didn't know what we'd created.

We thought the vets would appreciate it.

We thought other filmmakers would think we'd taken a pretty good shot at it.

But no, we did not expect that the entire world was going to join in the celebration.

It was a pretty exciting time.

The first real movie about the war in Vietnam is Platoon.

Yeah, and I think what's in the doc with Nicholas and myself and what's in the book, I think there's some really cool, really just memorable...

You know, unforgettable stuff between us.

You know, it's not all in there.

And that's just, hey, there we are.

And that's out of respect to him and myself.

And, you know, there's some stuff that's just probably better that it stays between the people and exists only in that moment in time.

But I think there is enough there to just give a taste, just give a vibe of the kind of energy that we were both experiencing.

You know, it was weird.

It's like we found each other right when we needed to.

And it wasn't a competition thing, but we just – I think I talk about something in the book that –

You know, something about we're both on the verge of complete fission and I brought the missing neutrons, you know, stuff like that.

It's interesting.

I just spoke with Nicholas about an hour ago today.