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A Balasaur Score of 80 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 8.2/10, Rotten Tomatoes 90%, Metacritic 68/100. Audiences rate it 14 points higher than critics do. Scores higher than 75% of the 87 1970s documentary movies in this catalog. Streaming on Max.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
Audiences rate it 14 points higher than critics do.
96 audience votes
Key crew
- Peter DavisDirector
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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