Dear America - Letters Home from Vietnam (1987)
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Dear America: Letters Home From Vietnam was first telecast April 3, 1988, over the HBO cable service. Based on the book of the same name, the program is devoted to poignant recitations of letters to and from American participants of the Vietnam war. The letters are heard over images culled from news… More Dear America: Letters Home From Vietnam was first telecast April 3, 1988, over the HBO cable service. Based on the book of the same name, the program is devoted to poignant recitations of letters to and from American participants of the Vietnam war. The letters are heard over images culled from news footage, home movies and still photography, with contemporary music added to put things in the proper historical context. The 2-hour film, featuring readings from various well-known actors (see cast list), was a co-production involving Bill Couturie, a previous Emmy winner for Vietnam Requiem, and the Vietnam Veterans Ensemble Theatre Company. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- Bill Couturié
- Genres
- Documentary, Television, Special Interest
PG-13,
- On DVD
- Nov 1, 2005
Critic Reviews
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, Time Out
An intensely moving and disturbing experience.
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Vincent Canby, New York Times
Mr. Couturie, the director, and his associates have done a first-rate job.
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Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
What Couturie and his researchers have done is amazing.
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Hal Hinson, Washington Post
The first film about Vietnam to come to us free of bias, free of rhetoric.
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Desson Thomson, Washington Post
The missives get you where you live.
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Cast
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Tom Berenger
as Co-narrator
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Ellen Burstyn
as Narrator
- J. Kenneth Campbell
- Richard Chaves
- Josh Cruze
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Willem Dafoe
as Narrator
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Robert De Niro
as Co-narrator
- Brian Dennehy
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Kevin Dillon
as Narrator
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Matt Dillon
as Narrator
- Robert Downey Jr.
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Michael J. Fox
as Narrator
- Mark Harmon
- John Heard
- Harvey Keitel
- Elizabeth McGovern
- Judd Nelson
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Sean Penn
as Narrator
- Randy Quaid
- Tim Quill
- Eric Roberts
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Howard E. Rollins Jr.
as Narrator
- John Savage
- Raphael Sbarge
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Martin Sheen
as Narrator
- Tucker Smallwood
- Roger Steffens
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Kathleen Turner
as Narrator
- Tico Wells
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Robin Williams
as Narrator
