The Fog of War

2003 1h 47m EN

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★7.7TMDB · 307🍅96%Rotten Tomatoes●87Metacritic★8IMDB · 26,387

Documentary

Synopsis

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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.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Robert McNamara
Self
Errol Morris
Self (uncredited)
Fidel Castro
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Barry Goldwater
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
John F. Kennedy
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Nikita Khrushchev
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Curtis LeMay
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Richard Nixon
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Credits

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Director: Errol Morris
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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ERA

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Released 23 years ago.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Errol Morris, shot by Robert Chappell. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Philip Glass. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Doug Abel shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Robert McNamara and Errol Morris and Fidel Castro carry the top of the cast.

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0317910 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

Errol Morris directs. Robert Chappell behind the camera. Philip Glass scores. Doug Abel cuts. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Released 23 years ago.
2Directed by Errol Morris, shot by Robert Chappell. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
3Original score by Philip Glass. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
4Editor Doug Abel shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
5Robert McNamara and Errol Morris and Fidel Castro carry the top of the cast.
6IMDB entry: tt0317910 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
7Classified under 19 themes, including "vietnam", "politics", "biography", "historical figure".