DVD
Hearts and minds
Edition
Director-approved DVD 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
2 videodiscs (112 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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 ; 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.