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Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam (1987)

Addressed to the heart of America.

Genre : Documentary, War

Runtime : 1H 23M

Director : Bill Couturié

Synopsis

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.

Actors

Ellen Burstyn
Ellen Burstyn
Mrs. Stocks (voice)
Tom Berenger
Tom Berenger
(voice)
J. Kenneth Campbell
J. Kenneth Campbell
(voice)
Richard Chaves
Richard Chaves
(voice)
Josh Cruze
Josh Cruze
(voice)
Willem Dafoe
Willem Dafoe
Elephant Grass (voice)
Robert De Niro
Robert De Niro
Great Sewer (voice)
Brian Dennehy
Brian Dennehy
(voice)
Kevin Dillon
Kevin Dillon
Jack (voice)
Matt Dillon
Matt Dillon
Mike (voice)
Robert Downey Jr.
Robert Downey Jr.
(voice)
Michael J. Fox
Michael J. Fox
Raymond Griffiths (voice)
Mark Harmon
Mark Harmon
(voice)
John Heard
John Heard
Johnny Boy (voice)
Judd Nelson
Judd Nelson
(voice)
Martin Sheen
Martin Sheen
Alan (voice)
Eric Roberts
Eric Roberts
(voice)
Sean Penn
Sean Penn
(voice)
Kathleen Turner
Kathleen Turner
Lynda Van Devanter (voice)
Robin Williams
Robin Williams
(voice)
Harvey Keitel
Harvey Keitel
Donald Jacques (voice)

Crews

Bill Couturié
Bill Couturié
Director
Richard Dewhurst
Richard Dewhurst
Writer
John Armstrong
John Armstrong
Still Photographer

Posters and backgrounds

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