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With Tom Berenger, Ellen Burstyn, J. Kenneth Campbell, Richard Chaves. Feature-length documentary film featuring real-life letters written by American soldiers, sailors, airmen, and Marines during the Vietnam War to their families and friends back home.
- (2K)
- Documentary, History, War
- Bill Couturié
- 1988-09
The film offers readings by celebrities of letters from soldiers serving in Vietnam to friends and relatives back home. In the film, the letters are certainly poignant, but needless-to-say, are far more shattering in the book.
Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam (TV Movie 1987) - Movies, TV, Celebs, and more...
Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam is a 1987 American documentary film inspired by the anthology of the same title, directed by Bill Couturié. The film's narration consists of real letters written by American soldiers, which are read by actors, including Robert De Niro and Martin Sheen.
100% Tomatometer 14 Reviews 92% Audience Score 1,000+ Ratings During the Vietnam War, numerous U.S. soldiers wrote to friends and loved ones who were waiting back home for their safe return....
- (14)
- Bill Couturié
- PG-13
- Documentary
Couturie began with an anthology of letters written home by U.S. soldiers in Vietnam. Then he screened the entire archive of TV news footage shot by NBC-TV from 1967 to 1969 - 2 million feet of film totaling 926 hours.
Sep 16, 1988 · ''Dear America: Letters Home From Vietnam,'' which has been rated PG-13 (''Special Parental Guidance Suggested for Those Younger Than 13''), includes vulgar language, nudity and bloodily...
