Hearts & Minds - Vietnam Documentary - New Trailer

Coming back to theaters March 2009 - http://www.rainbowreleasing.com/intheatres.html

1974 Academy Award Winner for Best Documentary Feature

The title of this documentary was inspired by the mantra recited by those in charge of the Vietnam War: "In order to win the war, we must win the hearts and minds of the people." The failure to achieve this, coupled with the disastrous no-win policies of the higher-ups, is the nucleus of this film, put together by director Peter Davis in the same manner as Marcel Ophuls' The Sorrow and the Pity. Like the Ophuls film, Davis juxtaposes news footage of the Vietnam war with interviews conducted with its observers and participants, interspersing vignettes of the fatuous comments made by the generals and politicians. The film was briefly withdrawn from distribution when Walter Rostow, one-time advisor to President Johnson, insisted that his reputation had been damaged and demanded that the two minutes featuring Rostow on-camera be deleted. More controversy arose when Hearts and Minds won the Best Documentary Oscar, whereupon the Academy issued a statement--read during the awards ceremony by Frank Sinatra--that it did not condone or advocate the volatile statements made by the producers during their acceptance speech.

"A landmark! The definitive American documentary about Vietnam!"
Michael Atkinson, Village Voice

Power is virtually the first word heard in Peter Davis epic documentary Hearts and Minds,and power real and mythical is what the film contemplates in as many tones and moods as you might expect in superior fiction.
Vincent Canby, The New York Times (1975)

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[kevinusma]

I wish more Americans knew of this movie.

[MadameDeJaVu]

What a great documentary, and yes it is a shame, if Americans do not know, or do not care to know about their real history, I recommend this documentary to anyone who wishes to get a balanced view of what went on back then. Maybe if enough American people had known about this, they might not have been bamboozled into repeating the same crap all over again.

[MrRazorblade999]

It's Michael Moore's favorite documentary. See it anyway.

[lettertee1]

@kevinusma that was george pattons son

[xpat73]

@MadameDeJaVu Americans don;t care about the truth. Just flag waving bullshit and mom and apple pie.

[megatroll]

Nothing new here.

The USA are a fascist military empire which massacres and exploits the poor and helpless of this world in order to expand to cover the planet with their bases (the US equivalent of imperialism).

The population is brainwashed into radical nationalists who worship the military as a godlike entity and oppose any questioners.

They install and back dictators until the time is right to "harvest" the land, then they bomb, invade and occupy it.

Americans = Disgusting pigs!

[member5738]

Americans got murder in 'em, they always have. Yet they call it 'patriotism' and 'freedom'. Fucked up world, isn't it?

[zagat44]

Orwell was right

[Insurgent999]

Hearts and the minds alright. They sure got their hearts and minds with those b52 bombers

[kevinusma]

The solder at 1:01 summed up the futility of a war that should have never been fought, and was conceived of by men who knew they themselves or their children would not have go fight in it.

[cbob0080]

@CHRISTYMOR1

implying it wasn't soviet aggression.