Trivia for
In Country (1989) More at IMDbPro »

• The veterans in the dance sequence are all actual Vietnam veterans, and their real family members accompany them.
  
  
• Of the five major characters who are Vietnam veterans, only one, Earl, is played by an actual Vietnam veteran, Jim Beaver.
  
  
• Ken Jenkins, who plays "Jim Holly" (the organizer of the veteran's dance), is the father of Daniel Jenkins who plays Sam's father in the Vietnam flashbacks. Their casting in the film was purely coincidental.
  
  
• The doctor's office seen in the film is actually a dry cleaners which is still operating in Mayfield, Kentucky. After the film, the store was named "Clothes Doctor" as a result of appearing in the movie.
  
  
• A full scale replica of the Vietnam Veteran's Memorial, one of the first replicas outside D.C., was built in Mayfield, as shooting on the Mall at that time was restricted.
  
  

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