Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam (1987)

  • PG
  • 10/01/1987 (US)
  • Documentary, War
  • 1h 24m

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.

Bill Couturié

Director

Richard Dewhurst

Writer

Cast

Ellen Burstyn's headshot

Ellen Burstyn

Mrs. Stocks (voice)
Tom Berenger's headshot

Tom Berenger

(voice)
J. Kenneth Campbell's headshot

J. Kenneth Campbell

(voice)
Richard Chaves's headshot

Richard Chaves

(voice)
Josh Cruze's headshot

Josh Cruze

(voice)
Willem Dafoe's headshot

Willem Dafoe

Elephant Grass (voice)
Robert De Niro's headshot

Robert De Niro

Great Sewer (voice)
Brian Dennehy's headshot

Brian Dennehy

(voice)

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