Desc: 55 Days the Fall of Saigon: Directed by Ricardo Pollack. With Tim Pigott-Smith, Alan Carter, Mel Chatman, Kimloan Hill. As America struggles to find a get-out strategy in Iraq, this documentary looks at the humiliation of their withdrawal from Vietnam 30 years ago. Tim Pigott-Smith narrates the remarkable story of the events leading up to that chaotic day, captured in images of Americans scrambling aboard a helicopter on the roof of the CIA building in Saigon - a traumatic moment that was to shape the American psyche for over a generation.