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Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam (1987) (TV)
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September 1988 (USA) moreAwards:
Won 2 Primetime Emmys. Another 4 wins & 1 nomination moreUser Comments:
Interesting Documentary, Powerful At Times moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Tom Berenger | ... | (voice) |
 | Ellen Burstyn | ... | Mrs. Stocks (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) |
 | Robert Downey Jr. | ... | (voice) |
 | Michael J. Fox | ... | Pfc. Raymond Griffiths (voice) |
 | Mark Harmon | ... | (voice) |
 | John Heard | ... | Johnny Boy? (voice) |
| Fred Hirz | ... | (voice) |
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Germany:83 min | USA:87 minCountry:
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Mrs. Stocks: [In a letter to her KIA son, left at the Vietnam Memorial] Dear Bill, I came to this black wall again, to see and touch your name. William R. Stocks. And as I do, I wonder if anyone ever stops to realize that next to your name, on this black wall, is your mother's heart. A heart broken fifteen years ago today... moreSoundtrack:
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Letters and film footage from actual soldiers and nurses who fought in Vietnam are read aloud and shown in this "documentary." The letters are read by famous actors and actresses.
It turns out to be a sometimes-powerful moving saga of Vietnam through the eyes of those who were there but, remember, it's the filmmakers deciding what letters are read. That means you get an anti-Vietnam War bias, but it's not as blatant as one might think.
There is some good footage of bombings and nothing really gross, injury-wise, to view, most likely because this was made-for-TV.
The most moving part of the show was the last letter, from a mom to her son who had died 15 years earlier in Vietnam. That letter is a real tear-jerker. Overall, an excellent documentary, one of the better ones of its era.