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DESCRIPTION:FRIDAY–THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 24–30  HEARTS AND MINDS  Daily: 7:00, 9:30 / 
 Sat & Wed: 1:30, 4:15, 7:00, 9:30   Sunday: 4:15, 7:00, 9:30   Director 
 Peter Davis will appear in person to introduce the film on Friday and 
 Saturday evening and a Q&A will follow the 7:00 screening.  “If the first 
 casualty of war is truth, the last is memory.” —Peter Davis  "It is not 
 only the best documentary I have ever seen, it may be the best movie ever. 
 If I were to pick the one film that inspired me to pick up a camera, it is 
 'Hearts and Minds,' a film that remains every bit as relevant today. 
 Required viewing for anyone who says, 'I am an American.'" —Michael Moore 
   With John Kerry’s combat record and Bush’s lack of one an increasing 
 part of the current presidential campaign, and the poorly-planned 
 occupation of Iraq heading into quagmire territory, this landmark 1974 
 documentary acquires a newfound immediacy. Acclaimed filmmaker and 
 journalist Peter Davis’s Hearts and Minds illustrates in human and at 
 times graphic terms the horrors and lessons of the Vietnam conflict. Edited 
 from over 200 hours of footage–incorporating newsreels, telecasts, even 
 scenes from Hollywood war movies–the film captures the experience of war 
 through multiple perspectives, depicting its effects on the diverse range 
 of actors and participants (from “doves” to “hawks,” military 
 advisors to bombing victims, GIs to bargirls) that make up the societies of 
 Vietnam and America. Premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in 1974, 
 Davis’s film—highly anticipated at the time given his reputation for 
 provocative telejournalism on politically sensitive subjects—quickly drew 
 media attention for its unflinching examination of the then-recent conflict 
 and its implications for America’s role in the world. The resulting 
 public interest led to the film’s review being read aloud to both houses 
 of the U.S. Congress, the only movie thus discussed as part of the 
 Congressional Record. The film went on to win an Academy Award for Best 
 Documentary Feature. In light of current international events, Hearts and 
 Minds once again prompts us to examine the underlying assumptions of our 
 culture and its far-reaching political effects. The film will be presented 
 in a newly struck 35mm print from a recent restoration by the Academy of 
 Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. 112m.\n 
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SUMMARY:HEARTS AND MINDS screening at Castro
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