Hearts and Minds

“The Forever War. Goes On”

Released: 1974

PLOT

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.

IMDB RATING

7.6

DIRECTOR

Peter Davis

WRITER

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🕓Running time: 1h 52m

💰Budget: $0

🎫Revenue: $30,000

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

Charles HoeySelf - U.S. Air Force, Saigon

Jerry HolterSelf - U.S. Air Force, Saigon

J. Edgar HooverSelf (archive footage)

Joseph McCarthySelf (archive footage)

Stan HolderSelf - Former Corporal

Bobby MullerSelf - Former 1st Lieutenant

Daniel EllsbergSelf - Former Aide, Defense Dept., Rand Corp.

William C. WestmorelandSelf - Commanding General, Vietnam 1964-68

Nguyen Van TaiSelf - Hung Dinh Village

Vo Thi TuSelf - Hung Dinh Village

Vo Thi HueSelf - Hung Dinh Village

Father Chan TinSelf - Saigon

Diem ChauSelf - Editor, Trinh Bay Magazine

Hồ Chí MinhSelf (archive footage)

David EmersonSelf - Concord, Massachusetts

Mui Duc GiangSelf - Saigon

Edward SowdersSelf - Former Spec/5, Army Deserter

Lora SowdersSelf - Detroit

Barton OsbornSelf - Former Army Intelligence Officer, CIA

George TrendellSelf - Sergeant

Thich Lieu MinhSelf - An Quang Pagoda, Saigon

William MarshallSelf - Former Sergeant

George Patton IVSelf - Colonel

Duong Van KhaiSelf - Refugee Outside Hung Dinh Village

Nguyen Ngoc LinhSelf - Chairman, Mekong Conglomerate

Michael V. SulsonaSelf - Former Sergeant

I. F. StoneSelf - Journalist (voice)

Eugene McCarthySelf - Senator (archive footage)

Robert F. KennedySelf - Senator (archive footage)

Kay DvorshockSelf - Bobby Muller's Girlfriend

Ngo Dinh DiemSelf (archive footage)

Nguyễn KhánhSelf - President of South Vietnam 1964-65

Maxwell TaylorSelf - Ambassador to South Vietnam 1964-65 (archive footage)

Nguyễn Văn ThiệuSelf (archive footage)

Nguyen Thi SauSelf - Former Political Prisoner

Ngô Bá ThànhSelf - Political Prisoner (archive footage)

Mary Cochran EmersonSelf - Wife of David Emerson

Bob HopeSelf (archive footage)

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