Hearts and Minds

19741974
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1h 52m

Hearts and Minds (1974)

Documentary concerning the atrocities of the Vietnam war

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A startling and courageous landmark documentary that unflinchingly confronted the United States' involvement in Vietnam at the height of the controversy that surrounded it.A startling and courageous landmark documentary that unflinchingly confronted the United States' involvement in Vietnam at the height of the controversy that surrounded it.A startling and courageous landmark documentary that unflinchingly confronted the United States' involvement in Vietnam at the height of the controversy that surrounded it.

Director
- Peter Davis
Stars
- Tin Chan
- Chau Diem
- Ngo Dinh Diem(archive footage)

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Won 1 Oscar
- 5 wins & 1 nomination total

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Selfas Self

Self - Editor of Trinh Bay Magazineas Self - Editor of Trinh Bay Magazine

Self - President of South Vietnamas Self - President of South Vietnam
(archive footage)

John Foster Dulles

Self - Secretary of State, 1953-1959as Self - Secretary of State, 1953-1959
(archive footage)

Selfas Self
(archive footage)

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Self - President of the United Statesas Self - President of the United States
(archive footage)

Self - Concord, Massachusettsas Self - Concord, Massachusetts

Self - Coffin Makeras Self - Coffin Maker

Self - Air Force, Saigonas Self - Air Force, Saigon

Self - Corporal, Placitas, New Mexicoas Self - Corporal, Placitas, New Mexico

Self - Air Force, Saigonas Self - Air Force, Saigon

Self - Hung Dinh Villageas Self - Hung Dinh Village

Lyndon B. Johnson

Selfas Self
(archive footage)
(as Lyndon Johnson)

John F. Kennedy

Self - President of the United Statesas Self - President of the United States
(archive footage)

Robert F. Kennedy

Self - U.S. Senatoras Self - U.S. Senator
(archive footage)

William Marshall

Selfas Self
(as Sgt. WIlliam Marshall - Detroit)

Eugene McCarthy

Self - U.S. Senatoras Self - U.S. Senator
(archive footage)

Selfas Self
(archive footage)

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This film recounts the history and attitudes of the opposing sides of the Vietnam War using archival news footage as well as its own film and interviews. A key theme is how attitudes of American racism and self-righteous militarism helped create and prolong this bloody conflict. The film also endeavors to give voice to the Vietnamese people themselves as to how the war has affected them and their reasons why they fight the United States and other western powers while showing the basic humanity of the people that US propaganda tried to dismiss. —Kenneth Chisholm <kchishol@execulink.com>

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Trivia
In a Moviefone interview, Michael Moore cites this as one of his inspirations to begin making films.

Quotes
Daniel Ellsberg: The question used to be: might it be possible that we were on the wrong side in the Vietnamese War? But, we weren't on the wrong side. We are the wrong side.

Crazy credits
The listed translators credited in the movie (Le Thai To, Trung Trac, Le Thanh Tong and Trung Hung Dao) were all Vietnamese generals who had defeated the Chinese in various times from the first century C.E., to the fifteenth century C.E. The translator listed as Nguyen Ai Quoc was an early alias of Ho Chi Minh, founder of the Vietnamese Communist Party. I have no knowledge of the last listed translator, Barbara Gore. Apparently, someone played a good joke on the producers of this film, if it wasn't the translators themselves.

Connections
Featured in Sneak Previews: Take 2: Vietnam Movies (1980)

Soundtracks
500 Miles
(uncredited)
Written by Hedy West
Performed by Peter Paul & Mary

Top review

Doesn't pull any punches

There are certain subjects so horrendous and so important that fictionalizing them, regardless of the good intentions of the film maker, can only trivialize them. "Schindler's List", "JFK" and "The Deer Hunter" come to mind.

Give me a good documentary any time, and this is one of the best.

It takes the silly rhetoric of our leaders and juxtaposes it with images showing the horrendous results of their short-sighted policies.

If you want to know what the VietNam war was really all about, (and why so many of us were against it,) skip "Apocalypse Now", "Go Tell the Spartans" and "Full Metal Jacket" and watch this one.

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rulerattray
Aug 17, 2001

Release date
- November 17, 1975 (Sweden)
Country of origin
- United States
Official sites
- Criterion
- HBOMAX
Languages
Also known as
- I frihetens namn
Filming locations
- Linden, New Jersey, USA
Production companies
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Gross US & Canada
- $28,754
Opening weekend US & Canada
- $8,556
- Oct 24, 2004
Gross worldwide
- $28,754

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Runtime
1 hour 52 minutes
Color
- Color
Sound mix
- Mono
Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1

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