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The Fog of War - Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara

starring: Robert McNamara
directed by: Errol Morris

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Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Sony
EAN: 9781404941663
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 1404941665
Label: Sony Pictures
Manufacturer: Sony Pictures
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Sony Pictures
Region Code: 99
Release Date: May 11, 2004
Running Time: 107 minutes
Sales Rank: 2528
Studio: Sony Pictures
Theatrical Release Date: 2004-02



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The story of america as seen through the eyes of former secretary of defense robert mcnamara. One of the most controversial & influential figures in world politics he takes us on an insiders journey through many of the seminal events of the 20th century. Studio: Sony Pictures Home Ent Release Date: 05/13/2008 Starring: Robert Mcnamara Run time: 107 minutes Rating: Pg13

Amazon.com:
The Fog of War, the movie that finally won Errol Morris the best documentary Oscar, is a spellbinder. Morris interviews Robert McNamara, Secretary of Defense in the Kennedy and Johnson administrations, and finds a uniquely unsettling viewpoint on much of 20th-century American history. Employing a ton of archival material, including LBJ's fascinating taped conversations from the Oval Office, Morris probes the reasons behind the U.S. commitment to the Vietnam War--and finds a depressingly inconsistent policy. McNamara himself emerges as--well, not exactly apologetic, but clearly haunted by the what-ifs of Vietnam. He also mulls the bombing of Japan in World War II and the Cuban Missile Crisis, raising more questions than he answers. The Fog of War has the usual inexorable Morris momentum, aided by an uneasy Philip Glass score. This movie provides a glimpse inside government. It also encourages skepticism about same. --Robert Horton



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Rating: 3 out of 5 stars - Historical Spin
McNamara is clearly spinning history and running from his ghosts. I once read that he was known for ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Great
Errol Morris came to fame in the late 1980s with his anti-police corruption documentary The Thin Blue ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - A Green Visor War Criminal Speaks
The brilliance of this documentary is Morris's decision to just let McNamara talk, with minimal prompting. ... Read More


Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - The Fog Of War Gets Foggier
In the normal course of events former high level bureaucrats in American presidential administrations usually ... Read More


Rating: 1 out of 5 stars - A war criminal remembers ...
The old boy is a war criminal, remember that! The fog was in his head, when he helped to lie the USA into attacking ... Read More

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