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Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam(1987)
Status: Released
Date: 1987-10-01
71%
27 Votes
Time: 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.
Languages: English.
Countries:
United States of America
ProductionCompanies:
Dear America
GBA
Movie: Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam
Top 10 Billed Cast
Ellen Burstyn
Mrs. Stocks (voice)
Tom Berenger
(voice)
J. Kenneth Campbell
(voice)
Richard Chaves
(voice)
Josh Cruze
(voice)
Willem Dafoe
Elephant Grass (voice)
Robert De Niro
Great Sewer (voice)
Brian Dennehy
(voice)
Kevin Dillon
Jack (voice)
Matt Dillon
Mike (voice)
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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.
Release Date
1987-10-01
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7.1
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3.5 startsTagline
Addressed to the heart of America.
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