Le coeur et l'esprit

Original title: Hearts and Minds

1974
R
1h 52m

IMDb RATING

8.2/10

6.4K

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Documentary concerning the atrocities of the Vietnam war

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A startling and courageous landmark documentary that unflinchingly confronted the United States' involvement in Vietnam at the height of the controversy that surrounded it.A startling and courageous landmark documentary that unflinchingly confronted the United States' involvement in Vietnam at the height of the controversy that surrounded it.A startling and courageous landmark documentary that unflinchingly confronted the United States' involvement in Vietnam at the height of the controversy that surrounded it.

Director
- Peter Davis
Stars

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IMDb RATING

8.2/10

6.4K

YOUR RATING

Director
- Peter Davis
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

Won 1 Oscar
- 5 wins & 1 nomination total

Self
(as Father Chan Tin - Saigon)

Chau Diem

Self - Editor of Trinh Bay Magazine

Ngo Dinh Diem

Self - President of South Vietnam
(archive footage)

John Foster Dulles

Self - Secretary of State, 1953-1959
(archive footage)

Kay Dvorshock

Self
(archive footage)

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Self - President of the United States
(archive footage)

David Emerson

Self - Concord, Massachusetts

Mui Duc Giang

Self - Coffin Maker

Charles Hoey

Self - Air Force, Saigon

Stan Holder

Self - Corporal, Placitas, New Mexico

Jerry Holter

Self - Air Force, Saigon

Vo Thi Hue

Self - Hung Dinh Village

Lyndon B. Johnson

Self
(archive footage)
(as Lyndon Johnson)

John F. Kennedy

Self - President of the United States
(archive footage)

Robert F. Kennedy

Self - U.S. Senator
(archive footage)

William Marshall

Self
(as Sgt. WIlliam Marshall - Detroit)

Eugene McCarthy

Self - U.S. Senator
(archive footage)

Ho Chí Minh

Self
(archive footage)

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Trivia
During his Oscar acceptance speech, producer Bert Schneider read a letter from the head of the Viet Cong lauding his film. Bob Hope prompted Oscar host Frank Sinatra to disclaim any political statements that had been made during the show.

Quotes
Daniel Ellsberg: The question used to be: might it be possible that we were on the wrong side in the Vietnamese War? But, we weren't on the wrong side. We are the wrong side.

Crazy credits
The listed translators credited in the movie (Le Thai To, Trung Trac, Le Thanh Tong and Trung Hung Dao) were all Vietnamese generals who had defeated the Chinese in various times from the first century C.E., to the fifteenth century C.E. The translator listed as Nguyen Ai Quoc was an early alias of Ho Chi Minh, founder of the Vietnamese Communist Party. I have no knowledge of the last listed translator, Barbara Gore. Apparently, someone played a good joke on the producers of this film, if it wasn't the translators themselves.

Connections
Featured in Sneak Previews: Take 2: Vietnam Movies (1980)

Soundtracks
500 Miles
(uncredited)
Written by Hedy West
Performed by Peter Paul & Mary

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Doesn't pull any punches

There are certain subjects so horrendous and so important that fictionalizing them, regardless of the good intentions of the film maker, can only trivialize them. "Schindler's List", "JFK" and "The Deer Hunter" come to mind.

Give me a good documentary any time, and this is one of the best.

It takes the silly rhetoric of our leaders and juxtaposes it with images showing the horrendous results of their short-sighted policies.

If you want to know what the VietNam war was really all about, (and why so many of us were against it,) skip "Apocalypse Now", "Go Tell the Spartans" and "Full Metal Jacket" and watch this one.