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Dear America - Letters Home From Vietnam

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Dear America - Letters Home From Vietnam (1988)

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Reviews Counted: 14 Fresh: 14  Rotten:0 Average Rating: 8.5/10
Runtime: 87 mins
Synopsis:
The above stars and others read letters written home by American soldiers stationed in Vietnam. Includes newsreel footage, NBC newscasts, veterans' home movies, and original music from Bruce Springsteen, Creedence Clearwater Revival, the Doors, and the Rolling Stones.... [More]
The above stars and others read letters written home by American soldiers stationed in Vietnam. Includes newsreel footage, NBC newscasts, veterans' home movies, and original music from Bruce Springsteen, Creedence Clearwater Revival, the Doors, and the Rolling Stones. [Less]

Genre: Education/General Interest

Starring: Robert De Niro, Robin Williams, Martin Sheen, Sean Penn, Robert Downey

Director: Bill Couturie

DVD Info

Release:

Jan 11, 2005

[DVD Details]
  • Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam
  • This classic HBO documentary features reenactments of actual letters written by soldiers during the Vietnam war. In each case, a famous celebrity voice (Martin Sheen, Michael J. Fox, Robin Williams, and others) reads the letters to us.
  • Source: Warner Home Video
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    An intensely moving and disturbing experience.

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    01/26/06 03:16 AM
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    Laudable though the intentions may be, there's something a little hollow about this all-star oral history of the Vietnam War.

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    04/07/05 05:37 PM
    Andy Klein
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    Adds immeasurably to the growing stockpile of testaments about this tragic war.

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    08/28/04 07:49 AM
    Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
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    02/24/04 09:53 PM
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    02/20/04 12:43 PM
    Carol Cling
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    Mr. Couturie, the director, and his associates have done a first-rate job.

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    05/20/03 05:13 PM
    Vincent Canby
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    08/09/02 10:14 AM
    David Poland
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    When it comes to war, listen to the soldiers.

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    07/25/02 10:25 PM
    Scott Weinberg
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    The missives get you where you live.

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    01/01/00 12:00 AM
    Desson Thomson
    Washington Post
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    The first film about Vietnam to come to us free of bias, free of rhetoric.

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    01/01/00 12:00 AM
    Hal Hinson
    Washington Post
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    What Couturie and his researchers have done is amazing.

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