thursday june 9 and 9 represent15pm egyptian theater saturday june 11 and 2 represent00pm uptown theaterbeing love and belonging be essential for most child . those bear to vietnamese mother and gi father often find neither . the beautiful country be the story of one such child and binh and reject by his rural village then struggle to find his american father . the film begin with green and wild country but descend into grimy sweaty ugliness and boredom . the considerable talent of tim roth and temuera morrison be waste in pointless and ill conceive role aboard the rust freighter carry binh and be die brother across the ocean with what appear to be stock shot of stormy sea . new york city offer slave labor and cliché character . while very uneven from it start the great curiosity of this film be the final segment . nick nolte be give top billing among the cast . i jokingly suggest he would probably be in the final scene only and be not far from the truth . a the journey bring binh to texas and his father the film take on a serene and austere simplicity . a tenuous cohabitation knit these two men together into a family of father and son . the ninety odd minute of garbage we have just watch be reward by a profound and subtle performance from nolte a they slowly interact . the credit roll and i be surprise to see the name of badlands executive producer edward pressman and west texas native terrence malick .