The Fog of War

2003Rated7.71h 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.

Starring: Robert McNamara, Errol Morris, Fidel Castro

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Cast

  • Robert McNamaraSelf
  • Errol MorrisSelf (uncredited)
  • Fidel CastroSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)
  • Barry GoldwaterSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)
  • John F. KennedySelf (archive footage) (uncredited)
  • Nikita KhrushchevSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)
  • Curtis LeMaySelf (archive footage) (uncredited)
  • Richard NixonSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)
  • Harry ReasonerSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)
  • Franklin D. RooseveltSelf (voice) (archive footage) (uncredited)

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