Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam
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Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam

Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam

Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam

1987
Documentary, War
TV Movie
1h 24m
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. 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. (IMDB)

Directed by:

Bill Couturié
Bill-Couturi
8 total credits
Credits include: Ed, Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam, The '60s and Twice Upon a Time

Writers:

Bill Couturié
Bill-Couturi
8 total credits
Credits include: Ed, Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam, The '60s and Twice Upon a Time
,
Richard Dewhurst
Richard-Dewhurst
1 total credit
Credits include: Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam

Starring:

Willem Dafoe
Willem-Dafoe
135 total credits
Known for the darkly eccentric characters he often plays, Willem Dafoe is one of the screen's more provocative and engaging actors. Strong-jawed and wiry, he has commented that his looks make him ideal for playing the boy next door -- if you happen to live next door to a mausoleum. (All Movie Guide)
,
Ellen Burstyn
Ellen-Burstyn
100 total credits
Born in Detroit, Ellen Burstyn is perhaps best known for her performance in "The Exorcist" (1975) as Chris MacNeil. In addition to her acting, Burstyn was the first woman president of Actor's Equity, the actors' union, from 1982 to 1985.
,
Tom Berenger
Tom-Berenger
93 total credits
Tom Berenger is an American actor known mainly for his roles in action films. Berenger starred in several significant films in the 1980s, including The Big Chill (1983), Someone to Watch Over Me (1987), and Major League (1989). In 1986, he received an Academy Award nomination for his portrayal of SSG Barnes in Platoon (this performance won him a Golden Globe Award for "Best Supporting Actor"). In the mid-1990s he was most recognizable in his role from the movie Sniper... (Wikipedia)
,
Richard Chaves
Richard-Chaves
6 total credits
Credits include: Predator, L.A. Takedown, Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam, War of the Worlds and Night Eyes 2
,
J. Kenneth Campbell
J-Kenneth-Campbell
11 total credits
Credits include: The Abyss, Deadfall, Flight of the Intruder, Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam and The Last of the Finest
,
Josh Cruze
Josh-Cruze
4 total credits
Credits include: Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam, Blind Side, Animal Instincts and Taina

Genres:

Documentary, War

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam

1987
Documentary, War
TV Movie
1h 24m
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Ratings & Reviews

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Average Percentile: 71.1%
22 Nov 2018
75
94th
This documentary definitely gives the Vietnam War a personal face, very moving.
14 Feb 2016
60
53rd
Definitely a great film showing the pain and sorrows of war.
14 May 2010
82
78th
Stunning stock footage.
13 Aug 2007
88
79th
Emotional reading of letters from Vietnam.
13 Aug 2007
80
80th
Very emotional. I liked it a lot.

Cast & Info

Directed by:

Bill Couturié
Bill-Couturi
8 total credits
Credits include: Ed, Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam, The '60s and Twice Upon a Time

Writers:

Bill Couturié
Bill-Couturi
8 total credits
Credits include: Ed, Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam, The '60s and Twice Upon a Time
,
Richard Dewhurst
Richard-Dewhurst
1 total credit
Credits include: Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam

Starring:

Willem Dafoe
Willem-Dafoe
135 total credits
Known for the darkly eccentric characters he often plays, Willem Dafoe is one of the screen's more provocative and engaging actors. Strong-jawed and wiry, he has commented that his looks make him ideal for playing the boy next door -- if you happen to live next door to a mausoleum. (All Movie Guide)
,
Ellen Burstyn
Ellen-Burstyn
100 total credits
Born in Detroit, Ellen Burstyn is perhaps best known for her performance in "The Exorcist" (1975) as Chris MacNeil. In addition to her acting, Burstyn was the first woman president of Actor's Equity, the actors' union, from 1982 to 1985.
,
Tom Berenger
Tom-Berenger
93 total credits
Tom Berenger is an American actor known mainly for his roles in action films. Berenger starred in several significant films in the 1980s, including The Big Chill (1983), Someone to Watch Over Me (1987), and Major League (1989). In 1986, he received an Academy Award nomination for his portrayal of SSG Barnes in Platoon (this performance won him a Golden Globe Award for "Best Supporting Actor"). In the mid-1990s he was most recognizable in his role from the movie Sniper... (Wikipedia)
,
Richard Chaves
Richard-Chaves
6 total credits
Credits include: Predator, L.A. Takedown, Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam, War of the Worlds and Night Eyes 2
,
J. Kenneth Campbell
J-Kenneth-Campbell
11 total credits
Credits include: The Abyss, Deadfall, Flight of the Intruder, Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam and The Last of the Finest
,
Josh Cruze
Josh-Cruze
4 total credits
Credits include: Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam, Blind Side, Animal Instincts and Taina

Genres:

Documentary, War

Country:

USA

Language:

English
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