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Hearts and Minds (1974)
Directed by Peter Davis
Overview
Many times during his presidency, Lyndon B. Johnson said that ultimate victory in the Vietnam War depended upon the U.S. military winning the “hearts and minds” of the Vietnamese people. Filmmaker Peter Davis uses Johnson’s phrase in an ironic context in this anti-war documentary, filmed and released while the Vietnam War was still under way, juxtaposing interviews with military figures like U.S. Army Chief of Staff William C. Westmoreland with shocking scenes of violence and brutality.
Rated R | Length 112 minutes
Actors
Clark Clifford | John Foster Dulles | Georges Bidault | Harry S. Truman | Dwight D. Eisenhower | John F. Kennedy | Richard Nixon | Lyndon Johnson | George Coker | Walt Rostow | J. William Fulbright | Randy Floyd | Charles Hoey | Jerry Holter | J. Edgar Hoover | Joseph McCarthy | Stan Holder | Bobby Muller | Daniel Ellsberg | William Westmoreland | Nguyen Van Tai | Vo Thi Tu | Vo Thi Hue | Father Chan Tin | Diem Chau | Ho Chi Minh | David Emerson | Mui Duc Giang | Edward Sowders | Lora Sowders | Barton Osborn | George Trendell | Thich Lieu Minh | William Marshall | George Patton IV | Duong Van Khai | Nguyen Ngoc Linh | Michael V. Sulsona | I. F. Stone | Eugene McCarthy | Robert F. Kennedy | Kay Dvorshock | Ngo Dinh Diem | Nguyễn Khánh | Maxwell Taylor | Nguyễn Văn Thiệu | Nguyen Thi Sau | Ngô Bá Thành | Mary Cochran Emerson | Bob Hope