Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam
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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) | October 1987 September 9, 1988 November 17 November 30 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."