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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.
- Won 1 Oscar
- 5 wins & 1 nomination total
Ngo Dinh Diem
- Self - President of South Vietnam
- (archive footage)
John Foster Dulles
- Self - Secretary of State, 1953-1959
- (archive footage)
Kay Dvorshock
- Self
- (archive footage)
Dwight D. Eisenhower
- Self - President of the United States
- (archive footage)
Lyndon B. Johnson
- Self
- (archive footage)
- (as Lyndon Johnson)
John F. Kennedy
- Self - President of the United States
- (archive footage)
Robert F. Kennedy
- Self - U.S. Senator
- (archive footage)
William Marshall
- Self
- (as Sgt. WIlliam Marshall - Detroit)
Eugene McCarthy
- Self - U.S. Senator
- (archive footage)
Ho Chí Minh
- Self
- (archive footage)
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Did you know
- TriviaDuring his Oscar acceptance speech producer Bert Schneider read a letter from the head of the Viet Cong lauding his film. Bob Hope prompted Oscar host Frank Sinatra to disclaim any political statements that had been made during the show.
- 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 creditsThe 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.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Sneak Previews: Take 2: Vietnam Movies (1980)
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Might be too shocking for few
I have never been so shocked and outraged before today when I watched "Hearts and minds". We are shown stunning images of the people of Vietnam suffering from a child crying for his father, from a wife tying to get into the grave with her husband, to two sisters pained by the death of their elder sister. We were shown images of brutality from the enemies of these poor people who had absolutely nothing to show for. Their houses were set on fire, we are even shown images of the Americans kicking a man in his privates and then being smashed in the head by their weapon. It was totally shocking! Americans sleeping with prostitutes and the image that will live with me forever, was that of an American soldier shooting a young man in the head with blood gushing out and yet the camera is still rolling. Don't these people feel any shame? You get American soldiers saying they enjoyed killing those people but after watching images years later of the pain and suffering, they felt regret. It's changed my perspective forever. Something that should not have happened in the first place.
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- gailb-1
- Jan 14, 2004
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $28,754
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $8,556
- Oct 24, 2004
- Gross worldwide
- $28,754
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