Hearts and minds

DVD 2014

A documentary that unflinchingly confronted the United States involvement in Vietnam at the height of the foment 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.

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Vietnam War, 1961-1975 United States

Vietnam War, 1961-1975 United States Public opinion

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Documentary films Feature films Nonfiction films Video recordings for the hearing impaired

Part of a Series:

Criterion Collection Criterion Collection ; 156 Criterion collection Criterion collection ; 156

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Edition:

Dual-format edition, (DVD only)

Description:

2 videodiscs (112 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in
polychrome
digital optical Dolby Digital
NTSC
video file DVD video region 1

Target Audience Note:

CHVR: not rated ; MPAA Rating: R

Notes:

Originally produced as a motion picture in 1974
Special features: Audio commentary featuring Davis; A collection of over two hours of Davis's unused footage, including interviews with presidential adviser George Ball, broadcast journalist David Brinkley, French journalist and historian Philippe Devillers, and political activist Tony Russo; additional excerpts from General William Westmoreland; additional audio excerpts from presidential adviser Walt Rostow's interview; and scenes from a funeral and a military hospital in South Vietnam
Editor, Lynzee Klingman, Susan Martin ; photographer, Richard Pearce ; research, Brennon Jones
Translators, Le Thai To, Trung Trac, Le Thanh Tong, Tran Hung Dao, Nguyen Ai Quoc, Barbara Gore
Featuring, Georges Bidault, Clark Clifford, Lieutenant George Coker, Daniel Ellsberg, Randy Floyd, Nguyen Ngoc Linh, Nguyen Khanh, Nguyen Thi Sau, Robert Muller
DVD, NTSC, region 1, widescreen ; Dolby Digital
Optinal English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
Academy Awards, 1975: Best documentary feature

Control Number:

1907537

UPC:

715515118415

Other Authors:

BBS Productions
Bidault, Georges, interviewee (expression)
Clifford, Clark M., 1906-1998, interviewee (expression)
Coker, George, interviewee (expression)
Criterion Collection (Firm), film distributor
Davis, Peter, 1937- film director, film producer
Nguyen, Thi Sau, interviewee (expression)
Nguyễn, Ngọc Linh, interviewee (expression)
Nguyẽ̂n, Khánh, interviewee (expression)
Rainbow Pictures Corporation, production company
Schneider, Bert, 1933-2011, film producer

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