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Hearts and Minds
Formats: 15 DVD, LOVEFiLM Instant
Starring: Georges Bidault, Daniel Ellsberg, Gearges Bidault, George Coker, Clark Clifford, Kay Dvorshock
Director: Peter Davis
Genre: Documentary
Studio: METRODOME DISTRIBUTION
Collections: Award Nominees & Winners, Award Winners, Award Winners & Nominees, Oscar Winners, Top Documentaries
Title Runtime Certificate
Hearts and Minds
1hr 52 mins 15

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  • Essential viewing

    Rated - 5.0 stars  
    By a customer from Devon, UK , 08 Jan 2006

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    A masterfully created and deeply disturbing documentary about the American involvement in the Vietnamese war and its aftermath; its government's obsession with Communist evil, set against a background of jingoistic college football and cheerleaders and carnival military parades, is essential viewing.

    Why am I reminded of Michael Moore's book 'Stupid White Men'.....
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  • Review of interest to screenwriting students only

    Rated - 3.0 stars  
    By PeterDCarter (12 reviews) from Woodbridge , 05 Dec 2012

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    I was a child in the UK during the Vietnam war, and can distinctly remember several of the key images - which are collected here - being shown on the nightly BBC news. The first was of the grunts torching the straw roofs of the Vietnamese villagers' houses. Even at a young age you can sense a massive disconnect between such young men doing something so destructive and the stated desire to save the villagers in the long run. Similarly the extraordinary footage of the soldiers firing blindly over the mud walls during the Tet Offensive. An enthusiastic 'soldier' in the playground, even I knew you had to point the darned thing. Adults, I concluded, were sometimes not so smart after all. In screenwriting terms: can the eyes of a child help my script to cast a different light on some adult behaviour? And also: what are your unforgettable images? And why?
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  • A must see Vietnam dock!

    Rated - 5.0 stars  
    By a customer , 27 Feb 2012
    This is a brilinant & shocking but not surprising film on the Vietnam 'war'. How refreshing to hear Americans actually denounce the war. I met one of the US air force bomber support pilots on a water taxi in Bangkok 2010 and he said he hadn't been back to SE Asia since 1970 were he was stationed. I could tell by the way he talk that he was looking for something. Guess he's still mulling over what the hell he & his country was doing there, just like the rest of the regular guys in the film.
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  • watch this, its so interesting

    Rated - 5.0 stars  
    By a customer , 03 Feb 2012
    this is a real glimpse to the past.

    it is so interesting to watch. I really recommend watching this documentary.

    It's brilliant.
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  • WE are the WRONG SIDE...

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    By Solidarity (36 reviews) from London , 31 Jan 2012
    Peter Davis et all deliver the defining post script on Vietnam. Although entirely comprehensive and unbias in it's coverage, the real reasons for the insanity of this war will never be known. How many more millions of people must die in the name of 'Democracy' *& 'Free Markets' over time around the world? Interesting comparision with Iraq and many other regime change interventions currently funded or supported by the USA and the 'Coalition'.
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  • Thought-provoking and highly recommended

    Rated - 5.0 stars  
    By Maysie1980 (6 reviews) from Bristol , 13 Jan 2012
    A very well assembled montage of real footage, interviews and film clips, which conveys a strong anti-imperialist, anti-war message. To say I enjoyed it would be awkward, as I cried on several occasions. It is an excellent piece though, which incites anger towards Western ignorance and provides food for thought when considering Britain and America's engagement with Iraq and Afghanistan.
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