MOVIES - April 24, 1987

Vietnam will allow an American movie crew to shoot a film in the country for the first time since the Communists took power in 1975, director Christopher Crowe said Wednesday night during shooting in Bangkok of the movie “Saigon.” “They’ve agreed to allow us to come to Ho Chi Minh City (formerly Saigon), and shoot as much or as little of the picture as we want,” he said. A Vietnamese embassy official said the film crew most likely would go to Vietnam in June. “Saigon,” among a spate of American movies with Vietnam themes, is described as a murder thriller set during the Communist forces’ 1968 Tet offensive. It features “Platoon” star Willem Dafoe and Gregory Hines.