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Feature film — 2003

The Fog of War (2003)

7.71h 47mDocumentary

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.

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A high-signal pick with 311 votes.

SenArt Films / RadicalMedia / Sony Pictures Classics

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Director: Errol Morris

On screen

Cast & crew

Robert McNamara as Self

Robert McNamara

Self

Errol Morris as Self (uncredited)

Errol Morris

Self (uncredited)

Fidel Castro as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Fidel Castro

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Barry Goldwater as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Barry Goldwater

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

John F. Kennedy as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

John F. Kennedy

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Nikita Khrushchev as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Nikita Khrushchev

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

C

Curtis LeMay

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Richard Nixon as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Richard Nixon

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Harry Reasoner as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Harry Reasoner

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Franklin D. Roosevelt as Self (voice) (archive footage) (uncredited)

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Self (voice) (archive footage) (uncredited)

Woodrow Wilson as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Woodrow Wilson

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

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