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Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam
“Addressed to the heart of America.”
7.2 / 10• 1987• 1h 24m•PG• English
DocumentaryWar
Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
Ellen Burstyn
Mrs. Stocks (voice)
Lead
Tom Berenger
(voice)
J. Kenneth Campbell
(voice)
Richard Chaves
(voice)
Josh Cruze
(voice)
Willem Dafoe
Elephant Grass (voice)
Robert De Niro
Great Sewer (voice)
Brian Dennehy
(voice)
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Bill Couturié's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
4.0
“Every frame feels alive. Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
