Schindler's List
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Film / 1974
Hearts and Minds
Directed by
Peter Davis
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 …
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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.
Cast
Clark CliffordSelf - Aide to President Truman 1946-50
John Foster DullesSelf (archive footage)
Georges BidaultSelf - French Foreign Minister in 1954
Harry S. TrumanSelf (archive footage)
Dwight D. EisenhowerSelf (archive footage)
John F. KennedySelf (archive footage)
Richard NixonSelf (archive footage)
Lyndon B. JohnsonSelf (archive footage)
George CokerSelf - Prisoner of War 1966-73
Walt RostowSelf - Aide to Presidents Kennedy, Johnson
J. William FulbrightSelf - Senator
Randy FloydSelf - Former Navy Captain
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Charles HoeySelf - U.S. Air Force, Saigon
Jerry HolterSelf - U.S. Air Force, Saigon
J. Edgar HooverSelf (archive footage)
Joseph McCarthySelf (archive footage)
Stan HolderSelf - Former Corporal
Bobby MullerSelf - Former 1st Lieutenant
Daniel EllsbergSelf - Former Aide, Defense Dept., Rand Corp.
William C. WestmorelandSelf - Commanding General, Vietnam 1964-68
Nguyen Van TaiSelf - Hung Dinh Village
Vo Thi TuSelf - Hung Dinh Village
Vo Thi HueSelf - Hung Dinh Village
Father Chan TinSelf - Saigon
Diem ChauSelf - Editor, Trinh Bay Magazine
Hồ Chí MinhSelf (archive footage)
David EmersonSelf - Concord, Massachusetts
Mui Duc GiangSelf - Saigon
Edward SowdersSelf - Former Spec/5, Army Deserter
Lora SowdersSelf - Detroit
Barton OsbornSelf - Former Army Intelligence Officer, CIA
George TrendellSelf - Sergeant
Thich Lieu MinhSelf - An Quang Pagoda, Saigon
William MarshallSelf - Former Sergeant
George Patton IVSelf - Colonel
Duong Van KhaiSelf - Refugee Outside Hung Dinh Village
Nguyen Ngoc LinhSelf - Chairman, Mekong Conglomerate
Michael V. SulsonaSelf - Former Sergeant
I. F. StoneSelf - Journalist (voice)
Eugene McCarthySelf - Senator (archive footage)
Robert F. KennedySelf - Senator (archive footage)
Kay DvorshockSelf - Bobby Muller's Girlfriend
Ngo Dinh DiemSelf (archive footage)
Nguyễn KhánhSelf - President of South Vietnam 1964-65
Maxwell TaylorSelf - Ambassador to South Vietnam 1964-65 (archive footage)
Nguyễn Văn ThiệuSelf (archive footage)
Nguyen Thi SauSelf - Former Political Prisoner
Ngô Bá ThànhSelf - Political Prisoner (archive footage)
Mary Cochran EmersonSelf - Wife of David Emerson
Bob HopeSelf (archive footage)
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