Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam
For the unrelated Scholastic book series with diaries about Female Fictional Teenage Historical Figures inspired by the CBS TV Series from Hallmark, see Dear America.
| Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam | |
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| Directed by | Bill Couturié |
| Produced by |
Bill Couturié Thomas Bird Bernard Edelman |
| Written by |
Bill Couturié Richard Dewhurst |
| Starring |
Tom Berenger Ellen Burstyn Sean Penn Martin Sheen Robin Williams Willem Dafoe Robert Downey Jr. |
| Music by | Todd Boekelheide |
| Cinematography | Michael Chin |
| Edited by |
Stephen Stept Gary Weimberg |
| Distributed by | Corsair Pictures |
Release dates |
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Running time | 87 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
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.[1]
Roger Ebert commented, "There have been many great movies about Vietnam. This is the one that completes the story."
References
- ↑ "Festival de Cannes: Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 2009-07-31.
External links
- Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam at the Internet Movie Database
- Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam at AllMovie
- Review by Roger Ebert
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