Hearts and Minds
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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Countries
United States of America
Ratings
TMDB users
7.7/10
94 votes
Rating consensus
77/100 blend
Sources: TMDB
Warm reception overall — weighted ~77/100 across 1 rating source. The listed meters mostly agree.
Cast
Clark Clifford
Self - Aide to President Truman 1946-50
John Foster Dulles
Self (archive footage)
Georges Bidault
Self - French Foreign Minister in 1954
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 (archive footage)
George Coker
Self - Prisoner of War 1966-73
Walt Rostow
Self - Aide to Presidents Kennedy, Johnson
J. William Fulbright
Self - Senator
Randy Floyd
Self - Former Navy Captain
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Hearts and Minds (1974)
Peter Davis
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