Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam
1987 · 84 MIN · IMDB 7.9 · 2,007 VOTES · DIR. Bill Couturié
Overview
Real-life letters written by American soldiers, sailors, airmen, and Marines during the Vietnam War to their families and friends back home. Archive footage of the war and news coverage thereof augment the first-person "narrative" by men and women who were in the war, some of whom did not survive it.
Dialogue Timeline — 981 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:01:37 Hey, it's 104 degrees, (40C)
00:06:53 "Dear Dad, well, here it is.
00:09:52 "Dear Tom, hi, how are you?
00:13:08 I'll get you, son of a bitch!
00:15:35 This is Cam Ranh Bay on the South China Sea.
00:19:45 but maybe it will make me feel better.
00:22:15 is what has aroused such apprehension and debate
00:24:36 V.C. number 10.'
00:29:34 Before you get to order a drink, a girl will be sitting next to you
00:32:43 I don't know if I should stop writing my parents and Darlene or what."
00:35:50 is that most men here believe we will not win the war
00:39:44 It's Tet, the Oriental New Year
00:43:08 It looks pretty clear from here, but...
00:46:41 "Dear Aunt Fanny
00:49:43 Carbine round hit me where it would do the most good
00:52:39 "This country has no gain that I can see, Dad.
00:57:20 Love and kisses, Ray."
01:01:34 They sense, rightly or not
01:03:46 to make allowances for the past 12 months.
01:06:14 What the hell is this going to prove?'
01:09:11 I can't, I'm sorry. Johnny Boy."
01:13:06 for the 40-plus thousand red-blooded Americans
01:17:10 in that strange country called Vietnam.
300:00:00 here by spring
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed981
Dialogue density11.7 lines / min
First line00:01:37
Final line300:00:00
Production Record
DirectorBill Couturié
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes2,007