Film

Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam

1987 · 1h 24m · Documentary · War

Addressed to the heart of America.

IMDb

7.9

Rotten Tomatoes

100%

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.

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)

Martin Sheen

Alan (voice)

• Bill CouturiéDirector
• Richard DewhurstWriter

Release date

October 1, 1987

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 24m

Rated

PG

Genres

Documentary, War

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