Hearts and Minds

Movie

Hearts and Minds

Documentary

War

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.

Date: 12/20/1974

Rating: 7.7

Cast: Clark Clifford, John Foster Dulles, Georges Bidault, Harry S. Truman, Dwight D. Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy, Richard Nixon, Lyndon B. Johnson, George Coker, Walt Rostow, J. William Fulbright, Randy Floyd, Charles Hoey, Jerry Holter, J. Edgar Hoover, Joseph McCarthy, Stan Holder, Bobby Muller, Daniel Ellsberg, William C. Westmoreland, Nguyen Van Tai, Vo Thi Tu, Vo Thi Hue, Father Chan Tin, Diem Chau, Hồ Chí Minh, David Emerson, Mui Duc Giang, Edward Sowders, Lora Sowders, Barton Osborn, George Trendell, Thich Lieu Minh, William Marshall, George Patton IV, Duong Van Khai, Nguyen Ngoc Linh, Michael V. Sulsona, I. F. Stone, Eugene McCarthy, Robert F. Kennedy, Kay Dvorshock, Ngo Dinh Diem, Nguyễn Khánh, Maxwell Taylor, Nguyễn Văn Thiệu, Nguyen Thi Sau, Ngô Bá Thành, Mary Cochran Emerson, Bob Hope

Clark Clifford

John Foster Dulles

Georges Bidault

Harry S. Truman