Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam

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Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam
Directed by Bill Couturié
Produced by Bill Couturié
[homas Bird
Bernard Edelman
Written by Bill Couturié
Richard Dewhurst
Starring Tom Berenger
Ellen Burstyn
Sean Penn
Martin Sheen
Robin Williams
Music by Todd Boekelheide
Cinematography Michael Chin
Editing by Stephen Stept
Gary Weimberg
Distributed by Corsair Pictures
Release date(s) Flag of United States October 1987
Flag of Sweden September 9, 1988
Flag of Italy November 17
Flag of France November 30
Flag of Germany January 5
Running time 87 min.
Country U.S.A.
Language English
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Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam is an Emmy award winning 1987 documentary directed by Bill Couturié. Using real letters written by US soldiers and archive footage, the film creates a highly personal experience of the Vietnam War.

Roger Ebert commented, "There have been many great movies about Vietnam. This is the one that completes the story."

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