Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam
“Addressed to the heart of America.”
1987•PG•1h 24m•7.1•Released
DocumentaryWar
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.
Director
Bill Couturié
Writer
Richard Dewhurst
Languages
English
Studio
Dear America
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)
Robert Downey Jr.
(voice)
Michael J. Fox
Raymond Griffiths (voice)
Mark Harmon
(voice)
John Heard
Johnny Boy (voice)
Judd Nelson
(voice)
Production
Company
Dear America
Company
GBA Media
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