Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam

Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam

Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam is an Emmy Award–winning 1987 documentary, inspired by the book of the same title, directed by Bill Couturié. Using real letters written by US soldiers and archive footage, the film creates a highly personal experience of the Vietnam War. The film won the Special Jury Prize: Documentary at Sundance Film Festival in 1988. It was also screened out of competition at the 1988 Cannes Film Festival. Roger Ebert commented, "There have been many great movies about Vietnam. This is the one that completes the story.

quick facts
Release date:1987
Directed by:Bill Couturié
Rated:PG-13 (USA)
Runtime:87 Minutes
Producer:Bernard Edelman, Bill Couturié, Thomas Bird
Editor:Stephen Stept, Gary Weimberg
Music by:Todd Boekelheide
Cinematography:Michael Chin, Michael Nin
Screenplay by:Richard Dewhurst, Bill Couturié

Cast of Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam

Robert De Niro
Robert De Niro
Born:August 17, 1943
Age:68
Willem Dafoe
Willem Dafoe
Born:July 22, 1955
Age:56
Brian Dennehy
Brian Dennehy
Born:July 9, 1938
Age:73
Robin Williams
Robin Williams
Baby-san
Born:July 21, 1951
Age:60
Ellen Burstyn
Ellen Burstyn
Mrs. Stocks
Born:December 7, 1932
Age:79
Tom Berenger
Tom Berenger
Born:May 31, 1949
Age:63

Honors and Awards

YearAward Won
1988 Peabody Award, HBO
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Director

Bill Couturié
Bill Couturié

Bill Couturié is a film director, best known for the Academy Award-winning documentary Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt which he produced and his multi-Emmy-Award-winning film Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam, which he wrote, produced, and directed. He recently co-produced and...
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Music Contributors

Todd Boekelheide
Todd Boekelheide

Todd Boekelheide is an American sound engineer. He won an Academy Award for Best Sound and was nominated for another in the same category.

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