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Hearts and Minds (1974) Plot Summary Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1974 · 112 mins · English
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- Directed by
- Peter Davis
- Starring
- John F. Kennedy, Richard Nixon, Joseph McCarthy, Robert F. Kennedy, Daniel Ellsberg, Dwight D. Eisenhower
The film is an anti‑war documentary made while the Vietnam conflict was still raging. It takes Lyndon B. Johnson’s “hearts and minds” slogan and uses it sarcastically, contrasting interviews with senior military leaders such as Army Chief of Staff William C. Westmoreland with stark footage of battlefield violence and civilian suffering.
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