Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam

Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam
Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam
Directed by	Bill Couturié
Written by	Bill Couturié; Richard Dewhurst
Produced by	Bill Couturié; Thomas Bird; Bernard Edelman
Starring	Tom Berenger; Ellen Burstyn; Sean Penn; Martin Sheen; Robin Williams; Willem Dafoe; Robert Downey Jr.
Cinematography	Michael Chin
Edited by	Stephen Stept; Gary Weimberg
Music by	Todd Boekelheide
Distributed by	HBO; Corsair Pictures
Release date	October 1987;
Running time	87 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam is a 1987 American documentary film inspired by the anthology of the same title, directed by Bill Couturié in 1987. Using real letters written by American 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 the Sundance Film Festival in 1988. It was also screened out of competition at the 1988 Cannes Film Festival.^[2]

Roger Ebert commented, "There have been many great movies about Vietnam. This is the one that completes the story."

References[]

^ Gelder, Lawrence Van (1988-07-29). "At the Movies". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-01-30.
^ "Festival de Cannes: Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam". festival-cannes.com. Archived from the original on 2012-10-03. Retrieved 2009-07-31.

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[1] Gelder, Lawrence Van (1988-07-29). "At the Movies". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-01-30.

[festival-cannes.com-2] "Festival de Cannes: Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam". festival-cannes.com. Archived from the original on 2012-10-03. Retrieved 2009-07-31.

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