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A startling and courageous film, Peter Davis’s landmark 1974 documentary Hearts and Minds unflinchingly confronted the United States’ involvement in Vietnam at the height of the controversy that surrounded it. Using a wealth of sources—from interviews to newsreels to footage of the conflict and the upheaval it occasioned on the home front—Davis constructs a powerfully affecting picture of the disastrous effects of war. Explosive, persuasive, and wrenching, Hearts and Minds is an overwhelming emotional experience and the most important nonfiction film ever made about this devastating period in history.
Original Release
12/20/1974
US Release
12/20/1974
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Tin Chan | Self |
Chau Diem | Self - Editor of Trinh Bay Magazine |
Ngo Dinh Diem | Self - President of South Vietnam / Self (archive footage) |
John Foster Dulles | Self - Secretary of State, 1953-1959 / Self (archive footage) |
Kay Dvorshock | Self / Self - Bobby Muller's Girlfriend |
Dwight D. Eisenhower | Self - President of the United States / Self (archive footage) |
David Emerson | Self - Concord, Massachusetts |
Mui Duc Giang | Self - Coffin Maker / Self - Saigon |
Charles Hoey | Self - Air Force, Saigon / Self - U.S. Air Force, Saigon |
Stan Holder | Self - Corporal, Placitas, New Mexico / Self - Former Corporal |
Directors
Cast
Name | Character |
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Tin Chan | Self |
Chau Diem | Self - Editor of Trinh Bay Magazine |
Ngo Dinh Diem | Self - President of South Vietnam / Self (archive footage) |
John Foster Dulles | Self - Secretary of State, 1953-1959 / Self (archive footage) |
Kay Dvorshock | Self / Self - Bobby Muller's Girlfriend |
Dwight D. Eisenhower | Self - President of the United States / Self (archive footage) |
David Emerson | Self - Concord, Massachusetts |
Mui Duc Giang | Self - Coffin Maker / Self - Saigon |
Charles Hoey | Self - Air Force, Saigon / Self - U.S. Air Force, Saigon |
Stan Holder | Self - Corporal, Placitas, New Mexico / Self - Former Corporal |
Jerry Holter | Self - Air Force, Saigon / Self - U.S. Air Force, Saigon |
Vo Thi Hue | Self - Hung Dinh Village |
Lyndon B. Johnson | Self / Self (archive footage) |
John F. Kennedy | Self - President of the United States / Self (archive footage) |
Robert F. Kennedy | Self - U.S. Senator / Self - Senator (archive footage) |
William Marshall | Self / Self - Former Sergeant |
Eugene McCarthy | Self - U.S. Senator / Self - Senator (archive footage) |
Ho Chí Minh | Self / Self (archive footage) |
Thich Lieu Minh | Self - An Quang Pagoda / Self - An Quang Pagoda, Saigon |
Ngoc Loan Nguyen | Self - Chairman, Mekong Conglomerate; Former Cabinet Minister |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Peter Davis | Producer |
Mike Burns | Producer |
Tom Cohen | Producer |
Henry Lange | Producer |
Richard Pearce | Producer |
Bob Rafelson | Producer |
Bert Schneider | Producer |
Editors
Year | Type | Category | Won |
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1975 | Oscar | Best Documentary, Features | Won |
1975 | Golden Globe | Best Documentary Film | Nominated |