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