Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam (1987)

10/01/1987 (US) • 1h 24m

Documentary, War

Addressed to the heart of America.

Overview

Real-life letters written by American soldiers, sailors, airmen, and Marines during the Vietnam War to their families and friends back home. Archive footage of the war and news coverage thereof augment the first-person "narrative" by men and women who were in the war, some of whom did not survive it.

Top Billed Cast

Ellen Burstyn

Mrs. Stocks (voice)

Josh Cruze

(voice)

Willem Dafoe

Elephant Grass (voice)

Robert De Niro

Great Sewer (voice)

Kevin Dillon

Jack (voice)


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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

-

Revenue

-

Keywords

vietnam war

letter

u.s. soldier

correspondences

american soldiers

epistolar

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