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Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam (1987) (TV)
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September 1988 (USA) moreAwards:
Won 2 Primetime Emmys. Another 4 wins & 1 nomination moreUser Comments:
Probably the only war movie that really makes you fear war moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Tom Berenger | ... | (voice) |
 | Ellen Burstyn | ... | Mrs. Stocks (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 | ... | Pfc. Raymond Griffiths (voice) |
 | Mark Harmon | ... | (voice) |
 | John Heard | ... | Johnny Boy? (voice) |
| Fred Hirz | ... | (voice) |
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Germany:83 min | USA:87 minCountry:
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1.33 : 1 moreSound Mix:
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Soldier: [Writing a letter home] Darling, believe me, I try not skip a day in writing you. Whether or not I get a letter determines if it's a good day or not. moreSoundtrack:
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Dear America, is most certainly one of the really great war films, and this is because nearly everything is real, all footage and the letters read are real, the only things that aren't authentic are the actors voices, however these are some of Hollywoods finest so believing them to be the actual soldiers, mothers, nurses is easy.
It is more a documentary then a film, but the presence of the actors gives it a cinemeatic feel.
Accompanied by a great soundtrack (has there ever been a Vietnam movie with a bad one) this is one of the most moving and poignent movies you will see, it is through its realness that ones gets a feel of how bad war really is, it is probably one of very few war movies that really makes you fear war, because there is no adventurous sub plot, just some letters from young guys, most of whom just want out.
The final letter really sums up the entire movie, and I would have to say this is one of the most moving pieces of film ? I have seen, this is then followed by Springsteens Born in the USA, which brings a fitting conclusion to the film