Using archival footage, cabinet conversation recordings, and an interview of the 85-year-old Robert McNamara, The Fog of War depicts his life, from working as a WWII whiz-kid military officer, to being the Ford Motor Company's president, to managing the Vietnam War as defense secretary for presidents Kennedy and Johnson.
Type:
MOVIE
Country:
US
Genres:
Documentary, TV Movie, History, War
Release:
October 2003
Production:
SenArt Films, RadicalMedia, Sony Pictures Classics
Cast:
Robert McNamara, Errol Morris, Fidel Castro, Barry Goldwater, John F. Kennedy, Nikita Khrushchev, Curtis LeMay, Richard Nixon, Harry Reasoner, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson
Tags:
vietnam, politics, biography, historical figure, historical society, secretary of defense, anti war protest, cuban missile crisis, cabinet position, armed forces, spin doctor, self immolation, auto industry, historical drama, semi-biographical, historical reinterpretation, historical revisionism, historical documentary, historical events
