Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam

Bill CouturiƩ
1987-10-01

Addressed to the heart of America.
7.1
84 min

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.

Cast

Name Character Team
Ellen Burstyn Mrs. Stocks (voice) Unowned
Tom Berenger (voice) Unowned
J. Kenneth Campbell (voice) Unowned
Richard Chaves (voice) Unowned
Josh Cruze (voice) Unowned
Willem Dafoe Elephant Grass (voice) Goutbreak
Robert De Niro Great Sewer (voice) Zac E. Chan
Brian Dennehy (voice) Unowned
Kevin Dillon Jack (voice) Unowned
Matt Dillon Mike (voice) Hangin with Mr. Cooper
Robert Downey Jr. (voice) Zac E. Chan
Michael J. Fox Raymond Griffiths (voice) Unowned
Mark Harmon (voice) Unowned
John Heard Johnny Boy (voice) Unowned
Judd Nelson (voice) Unowned
Martin Sheen Alan (voice) Unowned
Eric Roberts (voice) Hangin with Mr. Cooper
Sean Penn (voice) Goutbreak
Kathleen Turner Lynda Van Devanter (voice) Unowned
Robin Williams (voice) Unowned
Harvey Keitel Donald Jacques (voice) Unowned