fiction.wikisort.org - MovieDear America: Letters Home from Vietnam is a 1987 American documentary film inspired by the anthology of the same title, directed by Bill Couturié. The film's narration consists of real letters written by American soldiers, which are read by actors including Robert de Niro and Martin Sheen. The footage includes film from TV news, the Department of Defense and home movies by the soldiers themselves.
1987 American documentary film by Bill Couturié
For the unrelated Scholastic book series, see Dear America.
Summary
Using real letters written by American soldiers (which can be read in the book along with many more) and archive footage, the film creates a highly personal experience of the Vietnam War.
Reception
Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert each gave the film strong recommendation.[2] Ebert wrote in his review:
"This movie is so powerful precisely because it is so simple. The words are the words of the soldiers themselves, and the images are taken from their own home movies and from TV news footage of the war. There are moments here that cannot be forgotten, and most of them are due to the hard work of the filmmaker, director Bill Couturie, who has not taken just any words and any old footage, but precisely the right words to go with the images. Couturie began with an anthology of letters written home by U.S. soldiers in Vietnam. Then he screened the entire archive of TV news footage shot by NBC-TV from 1967 to 1969 - 2 million feet of film totaling 926 hours. He also gained access to footage from the Defense Department, including previously classified film of action under fire. Much of the footage in this film has never been seen publicly before, and watching it, you know why. What Couturie and his researchers have done is amazing. In many cases, they have matched up individual soldiers with their letters - we see them as we hear their words, and then we discover their fates."[3]
Accolades
The film won the 1988 Special Jury Prize: Documentary at the Sundance Film Festival and two Emmy Awards.[4][5] It was also screened out of competition at the 1988 Cannes Film Festival.[6]
References
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Awards for Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam |
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Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Hosted Nonfiction Series or Special |
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Informational Series (1978, 1981–1997) |
- The Body Human (1978)
- Steve Allen's Meeting of Minds (1981)
- Creativity with Bill Moyers (1982)
- The Barbara Walters Specials (1983)
- A Walk Through the 20th Century with Bill Moyers (1984)
- The Living Planet (1985)
- Laurence Olivier: A Life (Great Performances) / Planet Earth (1986)
- Smithsonian World / Unknown Chaplin (American Masters) (1987)
- Buster Keaton: A Hard Act to Follow (American Masters) / Nature (1988)
- Nature (1989)
- Smithsonian World (1990)
- The Civil War (1991)
- MGM: When Lions Roared (1992)
- Healing and the Mind with Bill Moyers (1993)
- Later with Bob Costas (1994)
- Baseball / TV Nation (1995)
- Time Life's Lost Civilizations (1996)
- Biography / The Great War and the Shaping of the 20th Century (1997)
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Informational Special (1978, 1981–1997) |
- The Great Whales: National Geographic Special (1978)
- The Body Human: The Bionic Breakthrough (1981)
- The Making of Raiders of the Lost Ark (1982)
- The Body Human: The Living Code (1983)
- America Remembers John F. Kennedy (1984)
- Cousteau: Mississippi (1985)
- W.C. Fields: Straight Up (1986)
- Agnes, the Indomitable DeMille (Great Performances) (1987)
- Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam (1988)
- Lillian Gish: The Actor's Life for Me (American Masters) (1989)
- Bob Fosse: Steam Heat (Great Performances) / Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre (American Masters) (1990)
- Edward R. Murrow: This Reporter (American Masters) (1991)
- Abortion: Desperate Choices (1992)
- Lucy and Desi: A Home Movie (1993)
- I Am a Promise: The Children of Stanton Elementary School (1994)
- One Survivor Remembers / Taxicab Confessions (1995)
- Survivors of the Holocaust (1996)
- National Geographic Special: Tigers of the Snow / Without Pity: A Film About Abilities (1997)
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Informational Series or Special (2013–2019) |
- Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown / Inside the Actors Studio (2013)
- Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown / Vice (2014)
- Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown (2015)
- Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown (2016)
- Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath (2017)
- Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown (2018)
- Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown (2019)
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Hosted Nonfiction Series or Special (2020–present) |
- Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath (2020)
- Stanley Tucci: Searching for Italy (2021)
- Stanley Tucci: Searching for Italy (2022)
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Between 1998–2012, the award was bestowed as Outstanding Nonfiction Series. |
TCA Award for Program of the Year |
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- The Corner (2000)
- Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows (2001)
- Band of Brothers (2002)
- Taken (2003)
- Angels in America (2004)
- The Office: Christmas Special (2005)
- No Direction Home (2006)
- Planet Earth (2007)
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- Grey Gardens (2009)
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На других языках
- [en] Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam
[ru] Дорогая Америка: Письма домой из Вьетнама
«Дорога́я Аме́рика: пи́сьма домо́й» (англ. Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam), США, 1987 — документальный фильм о Войне во Вьетнаме режиссёра Билла Кутюрье (англ.). Картина получила награды Прайм-тайм «Эмми» и Сандэнс.
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