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Blu-ray

Hearts and minds

Call Number

  • BLU-RAY 959.7043 H4368 2014 (CEN)

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Edition

Director-approved Blu-ray special edition.

Languages

English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.

Performers

Featuring, Georges Bidault, Clark Clifford, Lieutenant George Coker, Daniel Ellsberg, Randy Floyd, Nguyen Ngoc Linh, Robert Muller, General Nguyen Khanh, Walt Rostow, Nguyen Thi Sau, Edward Sowders, Father Chan Tin, General William Westmoreland.

Publication Information

[Irvington, NY] : Criterion Collection, [2014]

Physical Description

1 videodisc (112 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (44 pages : color illustrations ; 16 cm)

Audience

MPAA rating: R.

Summary

Peter Davis's landmark 1974 documentary Hearts and Minds unflinchingly confronted the United States' involvement in Vietnam at the height of the controversy that surrounded it. Using a wealth of sources--from interviews to newsreels to footage of the conflict and the upheaval it occasioned on the home front--Davis constructs a powerfully affecting picture of the disastrous effects of war.

Notes

Title from container.

Originally released as documentary in 1974.

Special features: High-definition digital restoration, supervised by Peter Davis and cinematographer Richard Pearce, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack ; audio commentary featuring Davis ; a collection of over two hours of Davis's unused footage, including excerpts from interviews with presidential adviser George Ball, broadcast journalist David Brinkley, French journalist and historian Philippe Devillers, and political activist Tony Russo; additional excerpts from General William Westmoreland's interview; additional audio excerpts from presidential adviser Walt Rostow's interview; and scenes from a funeral and a military hospital in South Vietnam.

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