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Encyclopedia > Hearts and Minds (film)

This article refers to the movie, for other uses see Hearts and Minds (disambiguation)


Hearts and Minds is a 1974 Academy Award winning documentary directed by Peter Davis. The documentary premiered at the 1974 Cannes Film Festival and later went on to win the Academy Award for best documentary of the year, both before its release in the United States itself. Release had been held up by threatened lawsuits, public controversy, and threats. By changing distributors, the film makers were able to get the movie released to audiences in March of 1975. During his acceptance of the Oscar award, co-producer Bert Schneider read out a "Greetings of friendship to all American People" from the North Vietnamese government. Frank Sinatra retaliated later by reading a letter from Bob Hope, another presenter on the show, disavowing any political comments in the broadcast. 1974 is a common year starting on Tuesday (click on link for calendar). ... Although he never won an Oscar for any of his movie performances, the comedian Bob Hope received two honorary Oscars for his contributions to cinema. ... A documentary is a work in a visual or auditory medium presenting political, scientific, social, or historical subjects in a factual and informative manner. ... The palace in which the festival takes place. ... 1975 was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1975 calendar). ... Frank Sinatra in 1947 Francis Albert Sinatra (December 12, 1915 – May 14, 1998) was an American singer who is considered one of the finest vocalists of all time, renowned for his impeccable phrasing and timing. ... Leslie Townes Hope KBE (May 29, 1903 – July 27, 2003), best known as Bob Hope, was a famous entertainer, having appeared in vaudeville, on Broadway, on radio and television, movies and in army concerts. ...


Davis had earlier directed and written The Selling of the Pentagon and Hunger in America. Hearts and Minds concentrates less on the people of Vietnam than the American soldiers. In a sense, he revert's Johnson's quote back onto the people of America. Over the years, "Hearts and Minds" has become a shorthand reference for a disastrous and misguided attempt to use a military to make a subjugated population like its conquerors, and the 1974 film has become an accepted masterpiece of political documentary film.


External link

  • Hearts and Minds at IMDB
  • The Criterion Collection's Background Essay on the Film

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Argument by Irony in hearts and Minds (6168 words)
Pearce uses distance to calibrate intimacy throughout the film, and whether close on a shoe in the mud or from a master shot framing a scene, he directs the viewer’s eye with a precision that is essential to the film’s effect.
Hearts and Minds is such a text to its core of dedicated aficionados, notably Peter Davis, and whether it can cut through the din to reach a wider audience today remains to be seen.
Hearts and Minds teaches that uncensored war imagery, a human look at the “enemy,” and a reminder of presidential deceit are necessary if not sufficient elements in creating a persuasive case against war.
Volunteer and Intern Introduction and Agreement (4211 words)
Hearts and Minds may discipline a staff person for any inappropriate conduct discovered in investigating reports made under this policy, regardless of whether the conduct amounts to a violation of law or even a violation of this policy.
Hearts and Minds recognizes that the question of whether a particular action or incident is part of a purely personal, social relationship without a discriminatory employment effect requires a factual determination based on all facts and circumstances.
Hearts and Minds prohibits the illegal use of drugs and also the use of alcohol at the workplace and prohibits employees and volunteers from acting under the influence of alcohol or illegal drugs at the workplace or while conducting Hearts and Minds business.
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