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The Forever War. Goes On - Hearts and Minds
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Title: Hearts and Minds

Release Date: 20 Dec 1974

Runtime: 1h 52m

Genre: Documentary, War

Director: BBS Productions

Production Companies: BBS Productions

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.

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Average Vote: 7.7 (88 votes)

Cast

  • 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
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