Path to War
starring: Michael Gambon, Donald Sutherland, Alec Baldwin, Bruce McGill, James Frain
directed by: John Frankenheimer
directed by: John Frankenheimer
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Binding: DVD
Brand: Warner Brothers
EAN: 9780783120935
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Full Screen, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 0783120931
Label: HBO Video
Manufacturer: HBO Video
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: HBO Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: March 25, 2003
Running Time: 164 minutes
Sales Rank: 10564
Studio: HBO Video
Theatrical Release Date: May 18, 2002
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Product Description:
PATH TO WAR tells the inside story of how 'the best and the brightest' advisors in the Johnson administration including Defense Secretary Robert McNamara and special advisor Clark Clifford counsel the President in the decisions that will lead to America's deeper and deeper engagement in Vietnam. Torn between those who recommend increased bombing to win and those who advise a path be found to peace Johnson watches as his presidency and his nation are torn apart by the deaths of young Americans overseas and the protests of those who remain.Running Time: 164 min.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: DRAMA UPC: 026359191121
Amazon.com:
The quagmire that was the Vietnam War comes to vivid life in this HBO film--not in the jungles of Southeast Asia, but in the offices of the White House, where a disastrous U.S. policy was forged. From Lyndon Johnson's landslide 1964 victory to his weary withdrawal from the 1968 race, Path to War charts the disappearance of LBJ's 'Great Society' domestic dreams into the bramble patch of war. The bungled decisions are forcefully directed by John Frankenheimer, whose expertise at political intrigue shines in his final film. Donald Sutherland and Alec Baldwin do some of their best work in years (as Clark Clifford and Robert McNamara), although the great actor Michael Gambon, while impressive, doesn't quite capture the honey lilt of LBJ's beguiling style. Among the many superb scenes: Johnson intimidating an outmatched George Wallace (an unbilled Gary Sinise, re-creating a role from another Frankenheimer HBO film) on civil rights. --Robert Horton
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- America's Nightmare retold This story begins with the reason why Vietnam began and how it spiraled out of control. How it began ... Read More
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- Very Surprising!After watching the film "Nixon" (which I thought was over-the-top in its representation of how Nixon ... Read More
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- Great Item!I know Johnson had his flaws, But If I were in his shoes maybe I would of done the same thing.
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- McNamara's Way In Living Color; LBJ Still UnknownOh man. Yet another movie that doesn't hammer it home about LBJ, almost yet another item out of thousands ... Read More
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- EERIE SIMILARITIESPATH TO WAR is an HBO film, almost a docudrama, about the war in Vietnam-not the one fought on the battlefield ... Read More
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