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The Fog of War

The Fog of War
★ 7.7/10•2003•1h 47m•PG-13•Documentary

Former corporate whiz kid Robert McNamara was the controversial Secretary of Defense in the Kennedy and Johnson administrations, during the height of the Vietnam War. Augmented by archival footage and cabinet conversation recordings, Errol Morris gives the conflicted McNamara a platform on which he attempts to confront his and the U.S. government's actions in Southeast Asia in light of the horrors of modern warfare, the end of ideology and the punitive judgment of history.

Errol Morris · Director

StatusReleased
Runtime1h 47m
LanguageEN
Release DateOct 26, 2003
Revenue$5,038,841

Actors

Robert McNamara

Robert McNamara

Self

Errol Morris

Errol Morris

Self (uncredited)

Fidel Castro

Fidel Castro

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Barry Goldwater

Barry Goldwater

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

John F. Kennedy

John F. Kennedy

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Nikita Khrushchev

Nikita Khrushchev

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Curtis LeMay

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Richard Nixon

Richard Nixon

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Harry Reasoner

Harry Reasoner

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Self (voice) (archive footage) (uncredited)

Woodrow Wilson

Woodrow Wilson

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

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