Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 112 min
- Age rating
- R
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
- Violence
- Strong
Why tonight?
- It goes hard on violence — not a wind-down.
The story
Many times during his presidency, Lyndon B. Johnson said that ultimate victory in the Vietnam War depended upon the U.S. military winning the "hearts and minds" of the Vietnamese people. Filmmaker Peter Davis uses Johnson's phrase in an ironic context in this anti-war documentary, filmed and released while the Vietnam War was still under way, juxtaposing interviews with military figures like U.S. Army Chief of Staff William C. Westmoreland with shocking scenes of violence and brutality.
- vietnam war
- vietnam veteran
- vietnam
- war veteran
- prisoner of war
- controversy
- interview
- militarism
- carpet bombing
- communism
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
Clark Clifford
Self - Aide to President Truman 1946-50
John Foster Dulles
Self (archive footage)
Georges Bidault
Self - French Foreign Minister in 1954
Harry S. Truman
Self (archive footage)
- Dwight D. Eisenhower — Self (archive footage)
- John F. Kennedy — Self (archive footage)
- Richard Nixon — Self (archive footage)
- Lyndon B. Johnson — Self (archive footage)
- George Coker — Self - Prisoner of War 1966-73
- Walt Rostow — Self - Aide to Presidents Kennedy, Johnson
- J. William Fulbright — Self - Senator
- Randy Floyd — Self - Former Navy Captain
- Charles Hoey — Self - U.S. Air Force, Saigon
- Jerry Holter — Self - U.S. Air Force, Saigon
- J. Edgar Hoover — Self (archive footage)
- Directed
- Peter Davis
Production
- Rating
- 7.6 / 10 · 95 ratings
- Studio
- BBS Productions
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
