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Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam
Addressed to the heart of America.
Addressed to the heart of America.
Documentary, War - 1987
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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.
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Rated:
PG-13
Runtime:
83 min
Release date:
1 Oct 1987
Country:
US
Languages:
English
Budget:
$0
Revenue:
$0
Awards:
Won 2 Primetime Emmys. Another 5 wins & 2 nominations.

Top Critics Reviews

fresh:
An intensely moving and disturbing experience.
– ,
Time Out,
26 Jan 2006
fresh:
The missives get you where you live.
– Desson Thomson,
Washington Post,
1 Jan 2000
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What Couturie and his researchers have done is amazing.
– Roger Ebert,
Chicago Sun-Times,
1 Jan 2000
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The first film about Vietnam to come to us free of bias, free of rhetoric.
– Hal Hinson,
Washington Post,
1 Jan 2000
fresh:
Mr. Couturie, the director, and his associates have done a first-rate job.
– Vincent Canby,
New York Times,
20 May 2003
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