Genres
Duration
112 min
Director
Peter Davis
Rating
7.7
Release Date
December 20, 1974
Hearts and Minds
Original title: Hearts and Minds
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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.
Hearts and Minds cast
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Clark Clifford
Character:
Self - Aide to President Truman 1946-50
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John Foster Dulles
Character:
Self (archive footage)
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Georges Bidault
Character:
Self - French Foreign Minister in 1954
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Harry S. Truman
Character:
Self (archive footage)
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
Character:
Self (archive footage)
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John F. Kennedy
Character:
Self (archive footage)
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Richard Nixon
Character:
Self (archive footage)
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Lyndon B. Johnson
Character:
Self (archive footage)
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George Coker
Character:
Self - Prisoner of War 1966-73
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Walt Rostow
Character:
Self - Aide to Presidents Kennedy, Johnson
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J. William Fulbright
Character:
Self - Senator
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Randy Floyd
Character:
Self - Former Navy Captain
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Charles Hoey
Character:
Self - U.S. Air Force, Saigon
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Jerry Holter
Character:
Self - U.S. Air Force, Saigon
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J. Edgar Hoover
Character:
Self (archive footage)
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Joseph McCarthy
Character:
Self (archive footage)
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Stan Holder
Character:
Self - Former Corporal
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Bobby Muller
Character:
Self - Former 1st Lieutenant
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Daniel Ellsberg
Character:
Self - Former Aide, Defense Dept., Rand Corp.
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William C. Westmoreland
Character:
Self - Commanding General, Vietnam 1964-68
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Nguyen Van Tai
Character:
Self - Hung Dinh Village
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Vo Thi Tu
Character:
Self - Hung Dinh Village
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Vo Thi Hue
Character:
Self - Hung Dinh Village
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Father Chan Tin
Character:
Self - Saigon
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Diem Chau
Character:
Self - Editor, Trinh Bay Magazine
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Hồ Chí Minh
Character:
Self (archive footage)
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David Emerson
Character:
Self - Concord, Massachusetts
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Mui Duc Giang
Character:
Self - Saigon
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Edward Sowders
Character:
Self - Former Spec/5, Army Deserter
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Lora Sowders
Character:
Self - Detroit
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Barton Osborn
Character:
Self - Former Army Intelligence Officer, CIA
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George Trendell
Character:
Self - Sergeant
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Thich Lieu Minh
Character:
Self - An Quang Pagoda, Saigon
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William Marshall
Character:
Self - Former Sergeant
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George Patton IV
Character:
Self - Colonel
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Duong Van Khai
Character:
Self - Refugee Outside Hung Dinh Village
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Nguyen Ngoc Linh
Character:
Self - Chairman, Mekong Conglomerate
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Michael V. Sulsona
Character:
Self - Former Sergeant
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I. F. Stone
Character:
Self - Journalist (voice)
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Eugene McCarthy
Character:
Self - Senator (archive footage)
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Robert F. Kennedy
Character:
Self - Senator (archive footage)
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Kay Dvorshock
Character:
Self - Bobby Muller's Girlfriend
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Ngo Dinh Diem
Character:
Self (archive footage)
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Nguyễn Khánh
Character:
Self - President of South Vietnam 1964-65
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Maxwell Taylor
Character:
Self - Ambassador to South Vietnam 1964-65 (archive footage)
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Nguyễn Văn Thiệu
Character:
Self (archive footage)
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Nguyen Thi Sau
Character:
Self - Former Political Prisoner
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Ngô Bá Thành
Character:
Self - Political Prisoner (archive footage)
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Mary Cochran Emerson
Character:
Self - Wife of David Emerson
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Bob Hope
Character:
Self (archive footage)
