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Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam is a american film of genre War directed by Bill Couturié released in USA on 1 october 1987 with Tom Berenger
Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam (1987)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 1 october 1987
Length 1h27
Directed by Bill Couturié
OriginUSA
Themes Politique, Documentary films about war, Documentary films about historical events, Political films
Rating78%
Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam is an American grammy Award–winning 1987 documentary, inspired by the anthology of the same title, directed by Bill Couturié. Using real letters written by US soldiers (which can be read in the book along with many more) and archive footage, the film creates a highly personal experience of the Vietnam War. The film won the Special Jury Prize: Documentary at Sundance Film Festival in 1988. It was also screened out of competition at the 1988 Cannes Film Festival.
Roger Ebert commented, "There have been many great movies about Vietnam. This is the one that completes the story."
Synopsis
Le documentaire est basé sur une lecture de lettre envoyées par de jeunes soldats américains à leur famille pendant la guerre du Viêt Nam, sur fond de documents d'archives. La lecture réalisée par de célèbres acteurs américains. Il présente la guerre du Viêt Nam selon le point de vue des jeunes soldats américains, de façon chronologique et ancrée dans l'histoire réelle.Actors
Tom Berenger
((voice))
Ellen Burstyn
(Mrs. Stocks (voice))
Sean Penn
((voice))
J. Kenneth Campbell
((voice))
Martin Sheen
(Alan (voice))
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