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A landmark in documentary feature films, this Academy Award-winning documentary is an insightful critique of the US's cataclysmic involvement in Vietnam. The film exposes the duplicitous nature of the American government, obsessive in its quest to squelch Communism and advance its own imperialist agenda, documented here in a .. Read more

Starring	Gearges Bidault, Clark Clifford, George Coker, Georges Bidault
Director	Peter Davis
Genres	Documentary

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- An Oscar-winning documentary dissection of the post-Vietnam American conscience. Davis, a controversial documentarist... read more on Time Out
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- - Time Out
  - 04 Nov 2008 at 00:18
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  Essential viewing
  
  A masterfully created and deeply disturbing documentary about the American involvement in the Vietnamese war and its aftermath; its government's obsession ... read more »
  
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  - 08 Jan 2006 at 16:36
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  A must see Vietnam dock!
  
  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 ... read more »
  
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  - 27 Feb 2012 at 21:02
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  watch this, its so interesting
  
  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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  - 03 Feb 2012 at 12:23
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  WE are the WRONG SIDE...
  
  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 ... read more »
  
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- - Solidarity
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  - London
  - 31 Jan 2012 at 12:24
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  Thought-provoking and highly recommended
  
  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 ... read more »
  
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- - Maysie1980
  - 6 reviews
  - Bristol
  - 13 Jan 2012 at 10:41
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  Filled with Irony without needing to try!
  
  Very high quality docmumentary on this war, showing the lies and deceipt by the politicians at time, in their full glory - to the the world looking on, to the ... read more »
  
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- - famousdirector
  - 11 reviews
  - 05 Dec 2011 at 19:47
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  The single most powerful documentary made to date!
  
  If you never watched a documentary and never much cared for this genre but want to have a peek, watch this one. Don't get me wrong, there are shed-loads of... read more »
  
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  - TerraPosse
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  - Hobbits-under-the-Wold
  - 14 Aug 2010 at 01:47
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  Hearts and minds
  
  One of the most impressive films I've seen about the Vietnam conflict, the use of the Verite style makes it even more involving as you need to use your own ... read more »
  
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- - Toshamundo
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  - Camberley
  - 03 Aug 2010 at 23:50
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  A very moving poignant piece
  
  A really strong and sometimes very disturbing film. Its staggering that a government can go through that time and not learn any lessons from it. A very well ... read more »
  
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  - 26 Apr 2010 at 00:07
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  God Help Us!!
  
  The most frightening thing about this superb documentary is the fact the some of the words and phrases used by politicical spokespeople and the military to '... read more »
  
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- - CityGent
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  - Burton Upon Trent
  - 17 Feb 2010 at 16:16
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  Powerful and informative
  
  An outstanding documentary and relevant to today unfortunately, though made about a war of 40 years ago. Yes it uses emotive imagery and interviews, so what? ... read more »
  
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  Essential viewing
  
  A masterfully created and deeply disturbing documentary about the American involvement in the Vietnamese war and its aftermath; its government's obsession ... read more »
  
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- 191263
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  - Devon, UK
  - 08 Jan 2006 at 16:36
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  Superb
  
  A disturbing lesson in how history is forever repeating itself. Brilliantly made documentary.
  
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  - Durham
  - 12 Oct 2006 at 13:49
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  this documentary will open your eyes to the vietnam war in its full attrocity
  
  you're never going to see a film like this for opening your eyes to all the hidden horror of the vietnam war or any other war, for that matter. It delves ... read more »
  
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- - cooper
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  - 14 Nov 2006 at 13:39
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  An exceptionally good documentary. I love documentaries and rented this because it got good reviews and I didn't know a huge amount about the Vietnam war. I... read more »
  
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  - 23 Jun 2008 at 15:22
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  The bomb
  
  This is the absolute business- the best war documentary ever made?
  
  The editing style must have been very innovative at the time and you can still see... read more »
  
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  - 31 Jan 2008 at 21:07
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  A very moving poignant piece
  
  A really strong and sometimes very disturbing film. Its staggering that a government can go through that time and not learn any lessons from it. A very well ... read more »
  
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  - 26 Apr 2010 at 00:07
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  Thought Provoking!
  
  I thought at first I would find this boring but it far from that and is a realistic portrayal of a time in American history. It is made all the more horrific ... read more »
  
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- - Minny
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  - 01 Sep 2006 at 09:31
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  Stunning
  
  This is probably the best documentary ever made - still frighteningly relevant (America learnt nothing from their mistakes and are still making them today ), ... read more »
  
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- - Melon
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  - 02 Mar 2006 at 14:17
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  Effing Brilliant!
  
  They don't make documentaries like this anymore. This film is a must see. It will bring tears to your eyes, especially when ... read more »
  
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  - 30 Mar 2008 at 18:06
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  One of the best documentaries I have seen
  
  Hearts & Minds sets out a balanced viewpoint in often shocking detail.
  
  This documentary exposes the lies polititians tell about warfare, and how ... read more »
  
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Critics' reviews
- An Oscar-winning documentary dissection of the post-Vietnam American conscience. Davis, a controversial documentarist... read more on Time Out
- 48493
- - Time Out
  - 04 Nov 2008 at 00:18
- The definitive American documentary about the war in Vietnam... built to outrage, appall and indict.
- 39385
- - The Village Voice
  - 08 Oct 2007 at 15:20
- A triumph
- 39384
- - New York Magazine
  - 08 Oct 2007 at 15:20

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  A landmark in documentary feature films, this Academy Award-winning documentary is an insightful critique of the US's cataclysmic involvement in Vietnam. The film exposes the duplicitous nature of the American government, obsessive in its quest to squelch Communism and advance its own imperialist ...